• Education Program Specialist
Email
begin036@umn.edu
Address
Institute of Communicty Integration
1-329AI MIDB [map]
2025 E River Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3604

Projects

Project

Research and Training Center on Community Living (RTC-CL)

Conducts a wide range of research, training, and technical assistance and dissemination projects related to community supports under its center grant and related project funding. The RTC-CL is …

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Residential Information Systems Project (RISP)

Examines the status of, and longitudinal trends in, provision of institutional and home and community based long-term supports and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabiliti…

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Minnesota Transformation Initiative Technical Assistant Center (MTI)

ICI and the University of Massachusetts Boston are collaboratively designing, implementing, and evaluating the Minnesota Transformation Initiative Technical Assistance Center (MTI). MTI supports …

Products

Long-term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends Through 2019

Ever wonder how many people in the United States have intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD), how many of them get publicly funded supports from state IDD agencies, or where people …

Published: 2022

RISP Data Bytes: Jails, Prisons, and Large State Institutions

Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who live in state-run facilities of 16 or more people have had previous criminal involvement. In 2019, 29% of people admitted to …

Published: 2024

RISP Data Bytes: More People with IDD get Services in Homes Shared by Three or Fewer People

ICI's Residential Information Systems Project (RISP) gets information each year from state IDD agencies about the places where people with IDD live. In 1977, 247,780 people with IDD lived in large …

Published: 2023

RISP Data Bytes: Changes in Spending for Long-term Services and Supports between 1982 and 2019

Since 1982, the number of individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) receiving services in community settings has surged, while those in Medicaid-funded IDD institutions …

Published: 2024

RISP Data Bytes: Most People in Large IDD Facilities Now Live in Settings Operated by Nonstate Providers

In 1967, almost 200,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) lived in large state institutions. Initially, those leaving state facilities moved to non-state ones. Starting …

Published: 2023

RISP Data Bytes: Caseloads versus People Receiving Services

The number of people known to state IDD agencies and the number receiving services increased 21% from 2013 to 2020. In 2020, 85% of the people known to state IDD agencies got one or more services …

Published: 2024

Job Match Makers: Episode 1: Welcome to "Job Match Makers!"

In the first episode of Job Match Makers, hosts Brian Begin and Sherry Healey introduce the podcast, explain the objective of the Minnesota Transformation Initiative, and talk about their careers …Published: 10/7/2024

Job Match Makers: Episode 3: A Job that Combines Fishing and Woodworking!?

Hosts Brian and Sherry are joined in the studio by their Institute on Community Integration colleague, Kathia Fernandez. Kathia shares a story from her time as an employment consultant when she …

Published: 10/7/2024

RISP Data Bytes: Prevalence of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the U.S.

In 2020, there were an estimated 6.1 million children with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, or developmental delays, of whom 11% were known to state IDD agencies. There were an …

Published: September 2024

Job Match Makers: Episode 2: Perspectives from 50 Years in Employment Services for People with Disabilities

In the second episode of Job Match Makers, Brian and Sherry are joined by their Minnesota Transformation Initiative colleague, Don Lavin. Don explains how he left his cousin Vinny behind in New …

Published: 10/7/2024

Policy Research Brief: Institutionalization Bias in Long-Term Services and Supports for People with IDD

Medicaid requires states to provide institutional services to eligible Medicaid recipients, but allows states to have waiting lists for recipients preferring home and community based services. …

Published: September 2023

Policy Forum: Institutional Bias in Long-Term Services and Supports for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This Policy Forum from October 3, 2023 discussed the Policy Research Brief titled, Institutional Bias in Long-Term Services and Supports for People with IDD . Slides from the presentation are …

Published: 10/3/2023

RISP Data Bytes: Institutionalized Adults with IDD, 1967 to 2020

In 1967, 29.1% of adults with IDD in the U.S. lived in large state-run institutions, while most others resided with family. By 2020, only 0.7% lived in such facilities, with an additional 1.9% in …

Published: 2024

RISP Data Bytes: Estimated Annual Per Person Medicaid Expenditures by Living Arrangement for Adults with IDD, FY 2020

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) typically have better lives when they live on their own, with family, or in other community-based settings compared to institutions. …

Published: October 2024

RISP Data Bytes: People with IDD Waiting for HCBS Waiver-Funded Supports in 2020

In some states, people with IDD are on waiting lists for years before they receive necessary services. However, there are different ways of measuring waitlists and who to include when reporting on …

Published: November 2024

RISP Data Bytes: Expenditures Per Person by Age in 2020

In 2020, almost a million people with IDD received HCBS waiver services with an average per-person expenditure of $49,787. Adults often live in non-family homes, so their waiver expenditures are …

Published: August 2024

RISP Data Bytes: Fewer People with IDD Live in ICF/IIDs, But Progress is Not Equal

Medicaid Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IIDs) are institutions where four to 500 people live and get support. Use of these facilities is declining …

Published: 2024