Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Human Services announced on Tuesday morning a new $17 million framework to provide supportive living services to more than 2,400 families currently on the state’s disability waiver waitlist.
The initiative aims to expand in-home care access for Arkansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the state’s PASSE program starting by January 2027. Read more below.
Under the plan unveiled in Dardanelle by Governor Sanders and DHS Secretary Janet Mann, the state will begin work to offer supportive living services to every eligible individual on the Community and Employment Support (CES) Waiver waiting list…