NYS INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
SYSTEMS CHANGE OUTCOME RESULTS

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The Role of Independent Living Centers in
Bringing About Community and Systems Change
2000-2001

New York’s 35 Independent Living Centers (ILCs) receive $10.5 million to provide an array of independent living services to individuals and to advocate for and lead change to systems affecting the lives of people with disabilities. “Systems Change”, in the context of New York State’s Independent Living Standards, Performance Measures and Data Collection Guide means, “Permanent change to policies, practices and decisions in the public and/or private sector that control resources necessary to enhance integration, inclusion and independence of people with disabilities as a group”.

Each of the 35 Independent Living Centers must achieve three results of community and systems change per year under contract with the Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID). VESID has established six distinct domains of systems change in areas of Education, Employment, Health Care, Commerce, Social and Citizenship. Furthermore, tracking within categories is also done to group similar results together within each domain. For instance, within the Education domain, results are grouped if they have had an impact on A. transition services, B. receipt of funding non-pre-K through university or business program, or C. if the result demonstrated integration of a new educational component into a curriculum. Under the Health Care domain, results are grouped if they addressed A. legislation/regulation/policy, B. consumer directed personal assistance or C. increased access to physician offices/clinics.

A detailed analysis of results are maintained in a systems change inventory database to determine frequency of specific types of systems change in each domain and the number of results in subcategories of each domain. Results are shared with the field on an annual basis to report on outcomes and provide opportunities for exchanges of best practices. Below is a sampling of results from the reporting period, October 1, 2000 – September 30, 2001. During the same reporting period, the network of 35 ILCs served over 66,000 individuals with and without disabilities with direct services.

There were 240 instances of results of community and systems change accomplished by the New York State network of Independent Living Centers with 83 percent of ILCs achieving the required three or more outcomes. One ILC achieved results in each of the six domains of systems change.

The most frequently occurring outcomes of community and systems change are:

Some unique results that span the range of domains include the following:

Education

Employment

Health Care

Commerce

Social

Citizenship

NYS INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

SYSTEM CHANGE OUTCOMES

OCTOBER 1, 2000 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2001

STATEWIDE DATA REPORT

SYSTEM CHANGE DOMAINS

OUTCOMES ACHIEVED


# of
ILCs


% of
35 ILCs


# of
OUTCOMES

% of
TOTAL
OUTCOMES

EDUCATION

23

66%

53

22%

EMPLOYMENT

10

29%

26

11%

HEALTH CARE

24

69%

38

16%

COMMERCE

26

74%

63

26%

SOCIAL

21

60%

41

17%

CITIZENSHIP

10

29%

19

8%

TOTAL

240

100%

 

NYS INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

SYSTEM CHANGE OUTCOMES

OCTOBER 1, 2000 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2001
NUMBER OF SYSTEMS CHANGE DOMAINS ACHIEVED BY ILCS

SYSTEM CHANGE DOMAINS

EDU-CATION

EMPLOY-MENT

HEALTH
CARE

COM-MERCE

SOCIAL

CITIZEN-SHIP

RESULTS *

No.

LOCATION

ILC

TOTAL

S

U

1

Albany

Capital District Center for Independence

X

X

X

X

4

X

2

Amsterdam

Resource Center for Independent Living-Amsterdam

X

X

X

3

X

3

Auburn

Options for Independence

X

X

2

X

4

Batavia

Genesee Region Independent Living Center

X

X

X

X

4

X

5

Binghamton

Southern Tier Independence Center

X

X

X

X

4

X

6

Bronx

Bronx Independent Living Services

X

1

X

7

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled

X

X

X

3

X

8

Buffalo

Western New York Independent Living Project

X

X

X

X

4

X

9

Corning

Access to Independence and Mobility

X

X

X

X

4

X

10

Delaware

Catskill Center for Independence

X

X

X

X

X

5

X

11

Glens Falls

Glens Falls Independent Living Center

X

X

X

3

X

12

Harlem

Harlem Independent Living Center

0

X

13

Ithaca

Finger Lakes Independence Center

X

X

X

3

X

14

Jamestown

Southwestern Independent Living Center

X

X

X

3

X

15

Kingston

Resource Center for Accessible Living

X