The recession continues to affect state programs for older individuals and adults with physical disabilities. Demand for publicly funded services has grown, and resources, including staff, are stretched thin, according to this new 50-state study. 31 states have cut non-Medicaid aging and disability services programs in FY 2010, and 28 states were expecting to cut these programs in FY 2011. Find the research report, brief, video and compiled State profiles. 

Walls, Jenna; Gifford , Kathleen; Rudd, Catherine; O'Rourke , Rex; Roherty, Martha; Copeland, Lindsey, Fox-Grage, Wendy 

Medicaid; Long Term Services and Supports; Expenditures; ARRA stimulus; state budgets; State Units on Aging and Disability; health reform; state balancing; Community First Choice; Money Follows the Person; ARRA Nutrition Funding; state balancing 

Affordable Care Act (ACA), Aging Issues, Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care, Physical Disabilities, State/Agency Information 

Audio / Video recordings, Data, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Reports 

AARP Public Policy Institute, NASUAD, Health Management Associates 

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, All States/Territories 

01/20/2011 

Wendy Fox-Grage
AARP

wfgrage@aarp.org
202-434-3867