ACS Waiver: WAY long waits

Arkansas Waiver Association has an update on the long, long waits for ACS. Right now even individuals coming out of institutions are facing delays of 10 months to a year before receiving community services. Somehow a new priority list of individuals in HDCs needing community services has been developed by DDS.

The ACS waiver list is not moving at all for families. Arkansas will hopefully redirect money from the closed HDCs into the waiver program, but it's not too pretty right now.

Comments

[dixie]

I signed up for the waiver services for the first time my son is 6 years old they told me he was number 1335 on the list this was from conway.I dont understand what is the its 169 people on the list

[Eye Contact Arkansas]

The 169 people are the ones exiting institutions right now. They're the priority group for waiver services, before other individuals such as your son. He's on the list of disabled people who could be in an institution but are not in one.