Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities

Monitoring and advocacy supports: Quality Trust's monitoring and advocacy program collects, tracks, and analyzes information from interviews and a wide range of documentation regarding the Quality of supports provided to people with intellectual and developmental Disabilities. The program provides 1) technical assistance to service providers on topics that affect the Quality of life for people, (2) individual advocacy supports to people in accomplishing their desired outcomes and to resolve barriers to true integration into the community (3) publishes an annual monitoring report of their analysis of the year's data, that are then disseminated to local disability and government stakeholders and are posted on Quality Trust's website. This year staff triaged 1150 serious reportable incidents, 94 randomly drawn people for monitoring assignments, 300 individual surveys in the national core indicators project (nci) and supported 29 new people through advocacy. We met people living in host homes, supported living, icfs, natural homes and ltac facilities.

Legal education and advocacy: Quality Trust's legal and advocacy team of attorneys advocates for government reform and improvement; access to self-determination; and community supports and services to people with developmental Disabilities. They accomplish this by providing (1) individual and systemic legal advocacy to promote self-determination and improve access to high-quality services and supports, (2) providing education, outreach, and training to people with Disabilities, families, legal and disability professionals in different disability policy and practice areas, and (3) directing a number of specific projects on utilizing best practices to support people with disabilities.this year staff conducted 12 trainings and presentations by the legal team in 2023, over 400 participants (family members, people with Disabilities, and professionals), and at least 70 stakeholder meetings (including meetings with local and national advocates, monthly meetings with dds, and working group meetings).

Outreach and special projects: Quality Trust's outreach and special projects program provides direct support to enhance the Quality of life for people with developmental Disabilities through youth and family advocacy, parent to parent peer support, latino outreach and domestic violence with men and women with disability. Our work is accomplished by (1) providing individual and group advocacy support, (2) providing training to people with Disabilities, families, and professionals, (3) providing education and advocacy for spanish-speaking persons, and (4) working in collaboration with several government and community organizations. Some of the programs' work and activities have returned to an in-person environment, but we continue to utilize the virtual meeting platforms to conduct our work as all persons aren't comfortable or willing to meet in-person and it often enables self-advocates to participate when there are challenges to them joining in-person. This year outreach and special projects staff participated in 12 formal collaborations, supported 58 people with Disabilities and 51 parents and caregivers. We facilitated 12 virtual trainings and webinars, and 355 people were impacted by our outreach and special projects.