National Core Indicators (NCI)

Post November 26, 2019

The National Core Indicators (NCI) Survey is used by the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) to assess performance in services and supports provided to people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD). The NCI survey has been used in California since 2010 as a requirement by the Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 4571 to implement a nation-wide quality assessment survey.

The survey was developed by the Human Services Research Institute and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) and is used in 48 states and Washington, D.C. In California, the NCI Survey is conducted by the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD).

The survey asks questions about these areas of an individual’s life:

Residence
Employment
Relationships
Involvement in the community
Information and Planning
Health and Welfare
Safety
Respect and Rights
Access to services and supports
Satisfaction of services
Choices, decision making and control

Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 4571(h)(1) also requires regional centers to annually present the data collected from the findings of the NCI surveys at a public meeting of its governing board. You may view notices for upcoming presentations and previous presentations to the community here.

Following our public presentations, Harbor Regional Center submits a report to the Department of Developmental Services which outlines our implementation of the requirements of Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 4571(h). View the latest report here: