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Developmental‑disability council urges 1,000 NOW/COMP waivers in amended FY25 to cut waiting list
Summary
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities urged the committee to fund 1,000 additional NOW/COMP waivers in the amended FY25 budget and 1,400 in FY26 to address a waiting list of roughly 7,916 people and provider capacity strengthened by last year’s rate study.
Darcy Robb, executive director of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), presented council recommendations to reduce the NOW/COMP waiver waiting list and expand services for Georgians with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Robb said the most recent figures the council had were that approximately "13,700 and 11…
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