North Carolina Updates Olmstead Plan Priorities For Those With I/DD & Behavioral Disabilities

In the North Carolina 2024-25 Olmstead Plan, the state set six priorities for improving access to services and supporting choice for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and those with serious mental health or addiction disorders. This is the state’s first update to its inaugural two-year Olmstead Plan issued in 2022. In the previous plan, the state set out a system framework and identified specific actions to achieve its vision. It measured progress in terms of completed actions. In this update, the state intends to take a new approach and will measure progress that occurs as . . .