National Core Indicators

The goal of National Core Indicators is to understand the performance of state service delivery systems. To evaluate how these systems are working and where they need improvements, NCI maintains very broad inclusion criteria for each survey.

National Core Indicators – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (NCI-IDD)

·       In-Person Survey (IPS): Adults who receive at least one publicly funded service (not including case management) from the developmental disability services in their state are eligible to participate.

·       Family Guardian Survey (FGS): Families who have an adult family member (18 years of age or older) who does not live in the family home and receives one service (not including case management) from the DD services in their state are eligible to participate.

·       Adult Family Survey (AFS): Families with an adult family member (18 years of age or older) who lives in the family home AND receives one service (not including case management) from the DD services in their state are eligible to participate.

National Core Indicators – Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD)

Adult Consumer Survey (ACS): People who receive long-term services and supports as defined as at least one “active service” (not including case management) at least twice a week. For instance, chore services, personal care attendant, day services, home delivered meals.

The Bureau of Disabilities Services (BDS) has partnered with the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University, IU's Center for Excellence in Disabilities, to facilitate the NCI survey process and provide meaningful data analysis. NCI is utilized across 48 states to assess the quality and outcomes of individuals receiving developmental disabilities, aging, or physical disabilities services through state systems.  

Center for Collaborative Systems Change (CCSC) leads data collection for the NCI survey via interviews conducted with approximately 1,000 adult consumers receiving services through the Family Support and Community Integration and Habilitation Waivers, as well as those receiving Supervised Group Living services.  

The survey covers key topics including:

• Home and living situation

• Employment and other daily activities

• Friends and family connections

• Satisfaction with services and supports

• Rights and privacy

• Community inclusion

• Personal choice and decision-making

• Access to needed supports

• Health and wellness

• Safety

• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Surveys FAQ
• Aged & Disabled (AD) Survey FAQ