Some great statistics to use with your State legislators

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Friend and advocate Bonnie Dohogne did a great job of digging up these stats...

NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVING MEDICAID FUNDED SERVICES IN

ILLINOIS

3,600 adults receive Home Based Services under HCBS Waiver

1,300 children receive HBS through the Waiver

8,700 adults in CILAs

1,100 adults in other residential, non-CILA settings

6,500 in DD long-term care: ICF/DDs and nursing homes

And 2,144 in SODCs

This information is from Marc Staley, Human Services Manager in the Governor's

Office of Management and Budget (217.782.3787), given to Bonnie Dohogne, 25

April 2011.

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AND 22,000 Illinois citizens with disabilities are waiting for services (PUNS

database)

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The Chicago Community Trust in issued a white paper, Quest for Equality:

Breaking the Barriers for People with Disabilities, A Call to Action for

Illinois' Leaders in November 2010.

Its analysis of Illinois' expenditures for long-term care for Medicaid

recipients with disabilities:

Only 28% currently for community supports

But 72% for institutional care.

Its recommendations:

Expand the number of families receiving consumer-home-based support services.

Phase out SODCs.

Reduce reliance on nursing homes.

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld egskb@...