Indiana Spending On MR/DD Services Reaching $500 Million: Additional $141 Million Projected To Address Waiting List Of 5,000

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Industry Statistics

Indiana spends almost half a billion dollars annually on an array of community and institutional services for adults and children with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities (MR/DD). At this time, more than 5,000 people are known to be waiting for these MR/DD services. In order to meet the needs of the approximately 5,237 people on known waiting lists, it would cost an estimated additional $141 million annually.

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