1. supporting people with developmental disabilities to have new experiences so that they can develop new skills, grow in independence (no matter how small the steps might be) and make informed choices
2. providing training to people receiving services, DSPs, families, providers and service coordinators so that they have the knowledge and skills they need to maximize the participation, independence and autonomy of people with disabilities
3. collecting and sharing data that will help Regional Centers and state government to understand the real life experiences of people receiving developmental disability services and what is needed now and in the future to maintain and improve the quality of services and the outcomes experienced

This project resulted in interest at legislative level in a PAVE service outcomes system and the work began to seek funding for a pilot project to allow the PAVE system to be tried and evaluated. Although Bill AB813 did not go through, the 2021-2022 Approved State Budget included funding for a pilot project on measuring outcomes, with the budget bill language amended in the following year to specifically name CCLN as the organization which would take forward this work.

1. Support people with developmental disabilities to have better quality of life outcomes through training, tools and resources for people with developmental disabilities, their DSPs, families, service providers and service coordinators.
2. Gather data on service quality and outcomes experienced by people with developmental disabilities, including informed choice and satisfaction, and how these vary by service type, by demographics and over time.
3. Provide access to that data at different levels and in different ways to promote strategic service planning and development, service improvement and the implementation of a quality incentives program.

We want to have good tools that measure how good people’s lives are (their outcomes) when they are receiving services. We also need to gather information that helps us to understand why some people have better outcomes and others have poorer outcomes. We want to look at how outcomes change over time and how they differ across people and across service types. This is very important if the PAVE system is to help improve services. We will try out the different elements of the system and gain feedback from those who use it – we want the system to be useful to all stakeholders in multiple ways and not considered just as a data collection tool.