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NH long-term supports face cuts: county cap, congregate housing suspension and developmental-services waitlist risks
Summary
Melissa Hardy, director of the Division of Long Term Supports and Services, told the Senate committee that the House proposal raises the county cap, suspends a congregate-housing program and removes funding that the division said was intended to prevent a developmental-disability waiver waitlist.
Melissa Hardy, director of the Division of Long Term Supports and Services at DHHS, told the Senate committee the division oversees services across the lifespan, including adult and aging services, developmental services and family-centered services.
Hardy said the House proposal increases the county cap to 3% year over year for the next biennium and, separately, would suspend a congregate-housing program that previously had been funded at $750,000 of general funds for two housing authorities. “The congregate housing program … provides gap services for people to…
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