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Idaho Independent Living Council tells Health and Welfare Committee housing, workforce and Medicaid case-management gaps threaten community-based care
Summary
Mel Levitan, executive director of the Idaho State Independent Living Council, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that housing accessibility, a shortage of direct support professionals and limited Medicaid case management threaten Idahoans’ ability to remain in community-based settings.
Mel Levitan, executive director of the Idaho State Independent Living Council (SILC), presented the council's annual update to the Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee, outlining the group's statewide needs assessment and the priorities in its current three-year state plan.
Levitan said the council — a volunteer body of about 17 to 24 members that includes four ex officio state-agency representatives — is supported by a staff of four. He said the SILC partners with the Centers for Independent Living (the Disability Action Center Northwest, Living Independence Network Corporation — LINC — and LIFE, a center for independent living in eastern Idaho) and other state agencies to amplify the voices of Idahoans with disabilities.
The 2022–23 statewide needs assessment collected input from 871 Idahoans and included 29 listening sessions; Levitan said the SILC visited roughly 27 communities…
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