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RISP Data Bytes: Shift from State to Non-state Congregate IDD Settings, 1998 to 2020

RISP Data Bytes: Shift from State to Non-state Congregate IDD Settings, 1998 to 2020

April 4, 2025

In 1967, almost 200,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) lived in large state institutions. Starting in 1981, the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver helps people with IDD live with family or in small community homes. This Data Byte shows the decrease in people living in large state and non-state institutions between 1998 and 2020. Currently, about 85,000 people live in institutions. States should reduce this number because research shows people in smaller homes are happier and have more control over their living situation.

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Publisher: Residential Information Systems Project (RISP).

Funder: Administration on Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Research and Training Center on Community Living, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota