Mississippi DMH Budget Caps Spending For ID/DD Home- & Community-Based Waiver
On May 2, 2017, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) announced that a state budget cap on spending has halted enrollments for the intellectual disability/developmental disability (ID/DD) Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver. Enrollments will remain at the 2,515 currently funded waiver slots. New applicants for waiver services will be added to the waiting list, which currently has 1,300 people. The average wait for waiver services is eight years.
DMH is addressing the impact of a $19.7 million reduction in its funding for fiscal year (FY) 2018, which begins on July 1, 2017 . . .