Good morning or afternoon (depending on where you are),

Our DD administration has engaged us in exploring with them ways to improve how our state's waiting list for community supports & services is handled.  We are interested in knowing the following as we look at other states' processes and policies:

1) Does your state have a process for determining eligibility for services that you think is reasonably/relatively fair and effective?

2) If your state places individuals deemed eligible for services in priority categories, is the criteria and process reasonably/relatively fair and effective?

3) Relative to the two questions above, we are also interested in how eligibility and access to services are handled for children.

I know that "fair and reasonable" is subjective and often the answer is no because of many variables and perspectives. I also realize there will always be many caveats and no system is 100% effective. To narrow our research, I am basically trying to get a quick read from your perspective on which states might warrant further exploration.  

If I hear that there are some promising practices in your state, I might want to talk further offline. Thank you for any feedback.

Feel free to email me directly at xxxxxx@md-council.org.

Brian