Connecticut To Expand Community-Based Services For People With Autism & I/DD

The Connecticut Departments of Social Services (DSS) and Developmental Services (DDS) are planning to expand community-based services for people with autism and intellectual/developmental disability (I/DD). Currently 2,000 people are on a waitlist for the state’s autism services Medicaid waiver, which is managed by the DSS. More than 900 people are on a waiting list for residential supports offered through the I/DD HCBS Medicaid waivers, which are managed by DDS. As of January 2023, 685 people were on the DDS waiting list for residential services.

The expansion is the result of Connecticut House Bill (HB . . .