The Community Living Policy Center (CLPC) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) aims to identify methods of improving the long-term services and support (LTSS) system in the states, improve data collection on community living policy, and develop a strategic plan for community living research.

This RRTC at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago within the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab develops and tests innovative strategies to enable people with disabilities to achieve and maintain their optimal health and function; assesses the optimal dosing, cost-effectiveness, and value of selected approaches to achieve and maintain their health and function; and disseminates information regarding these strategies to various stakeholders.

This project at University of Illinois at Chicago enhances the health and function of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) over their lifespan through a coordinated set of research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities. The goals of the center are to (1) increase the understanding of health status, health access, and health behaviors of adolescents and adults with I/DD; (2) improve the health and function of persons with I/DD through health promotion interventions; and (3) improve health care access through integrated care practices.

RRTC:Rural at the University of Montana advances the science of rural disability and rehabilitation by finding solutions to rural issues experienced by people with disabilities (PWD) in the areas of health, employment, and community living.

The goal of University of New Hampshire’s StatsRRTC is to actively narrow and bridge the divide between the producers and end users of disability statistics, thereby supporting better data collection and more relevant statistics to positively inform programs that serve people with disabilities and, ultimately, to improve conditions for people with disabilities and their families.

The NRTC at Mississippi State University conducts research that generates new knowledge about the efficacy of rehabilitation services and technology used to support employment outcomes for individuals who are blind or visually impaired (B/VI), utilizing multiple stages of research. Their goal is to enhance employment and independent living outcomes for individuals who are blind or visually impaired through research, training, education, and dissemination.

This project at Virginia Commonwealth University is developing and implementing five research studies that directly impact the employment outcomes of individuals with physical disabilities. .

EPM-RRTC at University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability supports the disability and policy communities as they take on important policy issues, generating and translating new knowledge about disability employment policy and ways to measure the labor market experiences of people with disabilities.

The University of Minnesota Institute for Community Inclusion’s RRTC/OM evaluates measures focused on the outcomes experienced by people with disabilities as well as the quality of services and supports they receive. More specifically, they conduct research, training, and provide technical assistance activities to promote quality outcome measurements in home and community-based activities.

The RRTC at Boston University works to improve employment outcomes through the development and testing of Thinking Skills for Work, a tablet application to extend a work-focused cognitive remediation intervention; research to predict employment outcomes with client and program characteristics, work environment, and community characteristics; a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of the peer-run Vocational Empowerment Photovoice (VEP) program; development and testing of Opening Doors, a career education and career development project; and a study of the impact of federal and state government policies and practices on employment outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities.