Research to Improve the Quality, Impact, and Value of Home and Community-Based Services

We are grateful to the Laura and John Arnold Foundation for funding this work and to the participants in an expert panel on Home and Community-Based Services convened to inform it. This paper reflects our own views. Any errors are our own. Expert Panel members include: Alison Barkoff, (Hirsch Health Law and Policy Professor, George Washington University), Alexandra Bonardi, (Vice President – Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Aging & Disability Human Services Research Institute), Valerie Bradley, (Founder and President Emerita, Human Services Research Institute), Henry Claypool, (Visiting Scientist, Laurie Institute for Disability Policy, Heller School at Brandeis University), Chanee Fabius, (Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), R. Tamara Konetzka, (Louis Block Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago), Katherine Miller, (Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Stacy Nonnemacher, (Director of Cross System Strategies, National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services), Bryan O’Malley, (former Executive Director, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York State), Harold Pollack, (Helen Ross Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago), Mary Sowers, (Executive Director, National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services), Liz Weintraub, (Senior Advocacy Specialist, Association of University Centers on Disability). Jacob Sims Speyer reports support from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under the following award (training grant): T32MH019733. Dr. Ne’eman reports consulting income within the last twelve months from CareSource, the National Council on Disability, and the Service Employees International Union. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the National Bureau of Economic Research.