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Community Living and Institutions

What is the problem?

Community services are not funded enough while institutional services are funded too much.

How can it be fixed?

Strike a balance between community and institutional funding by having "money follow the person" to make community a real choice:

• Permanently close and stop paying for empty nursing home and State Center beds and gain immediate savings for community services.
• Close Northern and Southern State Centers within four years and transfer $20 million in savings to community services.
• Provide more funding to community service providers to support people in the community.

People with disabilities now living in nursing homes or ICFs-MR could be served in the community at a savings of $65 million each year

Resources

• DAWN Closing the State Centers for the Developmentally Disabled

1. Introduction
2. Adults Waiting for Services
3. Community Living and Institutions
4. Direct Service Workers
5. Dental Care
6. Election Reform
7. Employment
8. Lifespan Respite Care
9. Long Term Care System
10. Mental Health Services
11. Prescription Drugs
12. Services for Children and Families
13. Special Education
14. Transportation
15. WrapAround Programs