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Provider warns of 8-year waitlist; new state waiver to add 200 slots in October
Summary
Sara Pearson of Hetlinger Developmental Services told commissioners the provider waitlist for services is "currently 8 years long" and said a new Community Support Waiver scheduled to begin in October is expected to add about 200 slots to expand personal care, employment and behavioral health services.
Sara Pearson, director of CDDO administration at Hetlinger Developmental Services Inc., briefed the commission on Hetlinger’s service area and a statewide policy change intended to expand services for people with disabilities.
Pearson said the provider waitlist "is currently 8 years long" and urged families to get on local waitlists as soon as possible. She described a new State Community Support Waiver set to take effect in October that she said will add roughly 200 new service slots intended to increase personal care, employment and behavioral health supports. Hetlinger requested the same county appropriation for 2027 as in prior years: $15,000.
The transcript does not record questions from commissioners about how the new slots will be allocated locally or whether county funding would be tied to slot allocations.
