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AARP, advocates ask Appropriations for 750 new home-care waiver slots to cut long waiting list
Summary
AARP Louisiana and disability advocates asked the House Appropriations Committee to add 750 Community Choices waiver slots to the FY25–26 budget, citing a 11,250-person wait list, an average seven-year delay for services and a $2.9 million state share for the request.
AARP Louisiana volunteers and disability advocates told the House Appropriations Committee they want 750 additional Community Choices waiver slots included in the FY2025–26 budget so more Louisianans can receive home- and community-based long‑term care.
Advocates said the shortage of slots forces many people into costly institutional care rather than allowing them to remain at home. "These waiver services provide a cost effective alternative to facility based care for many people who are able to remain in their homes," AARP volunteer Bobby Savoie told the committee during his testimony.
The nut graf: advocates said state policy and budgets currently favor institutional care and that expanding the…
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