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Disability advocates press KDADS to fund waiver slots, modernize waitlist and restore CDDO administrative funds
Summary
Self‑advocates and disability organizations urged KDADS to fund additional IDD and PD waiver slots, lower the waitlist cap, fund the Community Supports Waiver start‑up, restore CDDO state aid, and build an interactive waitlist portal and tiered prioritization.
A broad coalition of disability advocates, councils and provider associations urged KDADS to put funding and system changes in the FY27 budget to eliminate waiver wait lists, strengthen CDDO administration and improve communication for families.
Speakers including Rocky Nichols (Disability Rights Center), Lola Cornell and Whit Downing (Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities), and representatives from Interhab, the Big Tent Coalition, and the Self Advocate Corporation recommended a coordinated approach. Rocky Nichols summarized a three‑part plan labeled “year 3 of the five‑year plan” to eliminate the IDD wait list: (1) fund 500 additional IDD waiver slots and lower the…
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