The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is celebrating the reduction of the waitlist for state services for the intellectual disabilities and autism (ID/A).
The list that had over 4,500 people in it in February 2024 and is now down 40 percent to just over 2,700 people. Several counties, including Lawrence county have eliminated their emergency waitlist.
The DOH credits this change to the over $350 million investment in the state budget that has set new funding records.
ID/A raises rates for service providers and wages for workers who care for Pennsylvanians with ID/A to help reduce job vaccines.
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