By The Numbers
The data below provides a snapshot of the state’s population of people with I/DD and older Americans, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waitlists, and the collective impact of the BADN collaboration.
State Disability Prevalence Date
Est Total State Disability Population (%):
12.5%
Est Total State Disability Population (#):
446,200
Est State Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities (%):
State Waiting Lists for Medicaid HCBS
Number of People with IDD on Medicaid HCBS Waitlist:
0
Number of People with Autism on Medicaid HCBS Waitlist:
2,036
Number of People who are Seniors and/or have Physical Disabilities on Medicaid HCBS Waitlist:
1,162
Total Number of People in State on Medicaid HCBS Waitlist:
3,608
State Aging & Disability Network
Number of Area Agencies on Aging/Aging & Disability Resource Centers:
5
Number of Centers for Independent Living:
5
Number of Developmental Disability Regions:
3
CITATION FOR COLUMN 1 DATA: The percentage of non-institutionalized males or females with any disability (all ages; 65+), cognitive disability (all ages; 65+), all races, regardless of ethnicity, across all levels of education in the United States. American Community Survey, 2023. Click here to view the source.
CITATION FOR COLUMN 1 DATA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Developmental Disability, Estimated Prevalence of Developmental Delay, All States, 2021-22. National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Click here to view the source.
CITATION FOR COLUMN 2 DATA: Kaiser Family Foundation. “Number of People Waiting for Medicaid Home Care (HCBS), by Target Population and Whether States Screen for Eligibility, 2024”. Click here to view the source.
*Not all state data is available or is N/A
Projects
Goal 1
Sustain regular open biweekly meetings of stakeholders to share common concerns and promising practices – State Alliance Team has become a central conduit for facilitating cross-systems partnerships to effectual systems change in a number of policy and programmatic areas.
Highlights/Milestones Achieved
- Connections!
- Joint Annual Summit Conference on Aging and Disabilities with State Unit on Aging, Area Agencies on Aging, State Independent Living Council, Centers for Independent Living, and other partners.
- Rapid introduction of mental health advocacy organizations to other state partners.
- Rapid coordination and mutual support around federal FY 2026 budget reductions
- Coordinated support of state budget for additional Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) navigators and Long-Term Care (LTC) ombudspersons
- Dissemination of state civil rights protections in absence of federal enforcement
- Sharing of Person-Centered Planning (PCP) tools:
- Charting the Life Course shared from DD State Agency to State Unit on Aging
- Supported Decision Making (SDM) shared by DD community with AgingCT
- The Arc of the United States Future Planning Toolkit and “The Future is Now” curriculum published by the University of Illinois-Chicago
- Municipal Assets for DD – Senior Centers and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinators
- Input to State Multisector Plan for Aging and Disabilities
Joe Caldwell addressing the seminal meeting of the Connecticut CoP in September 2022.
Executive Directors of Connecticut’s Area Agencies on Aging and Centers for Independent Living meeting to plan the 2025 Aging & Disabilities Summit
Walter Glomb, Executive Director, Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities and Maureen McIntyre, Chief Executive Officer, North Central Connecticut Area Agency on Aging with Joe Caldwell at the 2024 USAging conference
Key Resources Developed
State Co-Leads
Walter Glomb
Executive Director
Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities
State Alliance Teams
• Connecticut State Department of Developmental Services
• Connecticut State Bureau of Aging
• The Arc Connecticut
• AARP Connecticut
• Connecticut State Independent Living Council
• Health Equity Solutions