Keeping Services Going During The COVID-19 Emergency: A Snapshot From The Field

What are the decisions that managers of provider organizations are making right now? I had a glimpse of the situation on the “frontlines” of serving consumers with disabilities in a snapshot survey (see Illinois ID/DD/MH/SUD Community Provider Survey) conducted by five Illinois provider associations—The Arc, Community Behavioral Healthcare Association, Illinois Association For Behavioral Health, Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, and The Institute on Public Policy For People With Disabilities.

As I read the snapshot survey—a combination of clinic-based and residential provider organizations, there were two themes—the staffing effect and the financial effect. On . . .