With financial pressures mounting, disability service providers across the country are increasingly weighing whether to cut more programs and they say that in-home supports are among their most vulnerable offerings.
A new survey of 469 community-based providers of intellectual and developmental disabilities services in 48 states and Washington, D.C. reveals an industry that is facing added struggles to remain afloat after years of challenges.
Some 52% of providers indicated that they are considering program cuts if recruitment and retention of staff does not improve, according to findings from the annual survey conducted by the American Network of Community Options and Resources, or ANCOR, which represents disability service providers nationally. That’s up significantly from 34% last year.