70% Of Homes In California’s Residential Continuum Of Care For People With I/DD Had Complaints Filed

Nearly 70% of homes in the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) residential continuum of care for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and high behavioral support needs have had one or more complaints filed against them. About 40% of the homes were the subject of a substantiated complaint. To improve the quality of care for people with I/DD, DDS should implement process reforms and expand the continuum to include non-congregate settings, according to an analysis out of Stanford Law.

To improve quality of care, DDS should consider additional monitoring, and revising placement processes to be more . . .