The purpose of IM4Q is to improve the everyday living outcomes for individuals with intellectual disability and their families who are registered to receive services through the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP), Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. IM4Q helps make sure people are healthy, safe, and have choice and control in their lives.

IM4Q is part of the intellectual disabilities/autism (ID/A) system’s Quality Assessment and Improvement process. This process is guided by the values and principles of Everyday Lives: control, choice, freedom, stability, health and safety, connection, responsibility, communication, success, employment/meaningful contribution, individuality, relationships, partnership, quality, and advocacy.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by gathering, analyzing, and reporting information about their satisfaction and everyday living outcomes through interviews and surveys. In Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties, IM4Q is administered through Chatham University’s Graduate Psychology Programs located at Chatham Eastside.