Congressional Briefing Identifies Waiting Lists, Workforce, Caregivers & Housing As Key Challenges To Medicaid HCBS For I/DD

Success in increasing Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) availability for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) is dependent on addressing a number of disparate issues—state funding limitations that lead to large HCBS waiting lists, high staff turnover rates and overall lack of adequate numbers of direct support professionals, state reliance on unevenly skilled family caregivers, and limited housing opportunities. This was the perspective of the presenters at the March 6, 2018 Congressional Staff Briefing, "When a Good Life Depends on Federal Policy," presented by the National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD . . .