This study was carried out by Michlol- the Evaluation and Measurement Unit of the Shalem Fund

 For more than three decades, the Shalem Fund has been supporting the development of services for people with Intellectual developmental disabilities in the local authorities through professional advice and financial support
Establishment of the Disabilities Administration in the Ministry of Social Welfare and Social Services development of the service sequence (partly multi-handicapped), development programs in the authorities (roof agreements and urban renewal programs) – all these and more have an impact on the scope of needs and the answers for those needs in each authority
With the help of ‘Michlol’, an intra-organizational assessment unit of the Shalem fund, the foundation has been collecting, analyzing and mapping data, based on frameworks for people with Intellectual developmental disabilities in local authorities all over the country – frameworks that have received support from Shalem fund over the past three decades

The data analysis indicates needs and aims in the area of service development

The relationship between the size of the authority (current and in the future) and the scope of existing services indicates needs that will be needed to address to people with disabilities in general and to people with Intellectual developmental disabilities in particular

In an authority that has about 100,000 residents or more, it is necessary to develop more than one framework for a particular service Needs identified in rehabilitation day care centers and day care centers for the therapeutic, nursing and aging population Regional councils will required breakthrough thinking to develop responses for needs, especially leisure activities

To sum up, we can say that tomorrow is already here! The fund’s accumulated experience shows that starting and running of service or project development – if will start today – will come to it end in about four to five years
Shalem fund will continue to provide professional assistance in the drive for quality of life for people with Intellectual developmental disabilities and other disabilities, and invite the authorities to contact them and get support in advancing service development

To read the full findings report in Hebrew press here
To view the summarizing presentation of results in Hebrew press here
To view the extended presentation in Hebrew press here

Key Words
People with Intellectual developmental disabilities, Research, assessment and measurement, Shalem Fund study