Colorado’s HCBS ‘As Soon As Possible’ Wait List For I/DD Rose 38% From 2015 To 2018

Colorado's wait list for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) who have requested home- and community-based services (HCBS) “as soon as possible” rose 38% between January 2015 and January 2018. In 2015, the state's wait list included about 2,100 individuals with I/DD who needed services immediately and were waiting for enrollment authorization. On January 18, 2018, in testimony to the legislature, the Colorado Medicaid director said the list had grown to about 2,900 such individuals.

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF), which oversees the Medicaid program,  reported the I . . .