Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Waiting List

Dr. Evan Dean of the Kansas University Center on Disabilities (KUCD) recently led a study informing data-driven decision-making to serve people on the waiting lists for Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers. The Waiting List Project guided the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) decision-making regarding system capacity and reducing the Home and Community Based Services waiting lists through two aims:

1.  Understanding the overall makeup of people on the waiting lists to aid in planning for services that meet the needs of people on the waiting lists. For this aim, they analyzed who is currently on the waiting list, people who have been removed from the waiting list, and Medicaid claims data related to the waiting lists.
   
   
2. Collecting data through surveys of people on the waiting lists to understand their demographics, experiences, and needs, identifying people at risk for entering services through a crisis exception in the next 3 to 5 years, and forecasting service and support needs at the CDDO and ADRC level up to 5 years out.

Based on the results of this study, KUCD provided recommendations to KDADS about services that could be developed to better meet the needs of people on the waiting list.

• HCBS Waiting List and Caregiver Survey Interim Report
• KUCD/KDADS Waiting List Study Updates – Presentation