RISP Data Bytes: More People with IDD get Services in Individualized Settings in 2021 than in 2001

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Part of the RISP Data Bytes series.
Author(s)
Sheryl A Larson, Jon Neidorf, Sarah Hall
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Cost:
Free

Description

Since 2001, the number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living in small community homes supported by Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) grew. Between 2001 and 2021, the number of individuals living in their own homes rose from 80,242 to 145,779. The number of people living in host or foster family homes or group settings of three or fewer people increased from 86,563 to 152,669. The number of people living in group settings of four or more people decreased from 256,680 to 240,004. States should continue expanding access to smaller, person-centered living options.

Details

Date
March 2026 
Type
Brief 
Publisher
Residential Information Systems Project (RISP)

Topics

  • Housing and residential services
    • Community group residential
    • Medicaid services (residential)
  • Specific disability
    • Intellectual/developmental disability (IDD)