Every year since 2006, United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) produces The Case for Inclusion, an annual ranking of how well State Medicaid programs serve Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) and their families. Individuals with ID/DD, including the young and the aging, want and deserve the same opportunities and quality of life as all Americans.
Medicaid impacts so many—children and adults with disabilities, the elderly and families living in poverty. It is the critical safety net that provides financial and health care security and community support to Americans, including those with ID/DD, so their desired opportunities, quality of life and community participation can be fully realized.
It is both a duty and a necessity of a civil society such as ours to aid and empower these individuals, who are often the most vulnerable among us, to succeed. We are all stronger together.
Yet some States do much better than others in demonstrating the needed political will and sound policies necessary to achieve this ideal. The Case for Inclusion ranks all 50 States and the District of Columbia (DC)—not on their spending – but on their outcomes for Americans with ID/DD.
The Case for Inclusion is a tool that gives us glimpses at how well each individual State is performing overall; how each State matches up against other States regarding key data measures; and, most importantly, the policies and practices of top performing States that may be considered as best practices.
To read the complete report >>UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY’S 2015 REPORT
