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State of Support

Sources

Where the State of Support numbers come from

Every grade in State of Support traces to a public source on this page. Links go to the original publisher. The sources behind the Disability Atlas listings are on the Atlas Data sources page.

State of Support: grades and state data

Every measure on State of Support comes from one of these public sources. We took each at its newest release as of 24 September 2026 (28 September 2026 for sources added for Areas of interest) and recorded the data year on every value.

RISP: Residential Information Systems Project

Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota

Where people with IDD live, waiver and ICF/IID use, waiting for services, state institutions, spending per person.

Edition used: State profiles FY2023; FY2021 technical report (published 19 Feb 2026)

State profiles (52 links)

State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

University of Kansas (formerly University of Colorado)

Family support, total and Medicaid IDD spending, HCBS and ICF/IID spending, fiscal effort, spending on community settings.

Edition used: 2025 state profiles, FY2023 data

State profile PDFs (52 links)

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Users and Expenditures

CMS and Mathematica

Share of IDD long-term care spending on home and community services; users and spending by population.

Edition used: Calendar year 2023 (released 17 Oct 2025) and 2022 data tables

National Core Indicators IDD In-Person Survey

NCI (NASDDDS and HSRI)

Friends, loneliness, choice, community participation, safety, health exams, paid jobs, self-direction.

Edition used: 2024-25 cycle (published May 2026)

Report chapters used (9 links)

Population estimates and American Community Survey

U.S. Census Bureau

Population, disability, and cognitive difficulty rates, employment rates, household income.

Edition used: Vintage 2025 estimates; ACS 2024 1-year

ACS tables used (5 links)

State personal income (SAINC1)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Personal income for fiscal effort context.

Edition used: 2025 preliminary and 2024

Regional Price Parities by state

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Cost of living by state (all items and rents, US = 100), used to adjust spending and pay for local prices.

Edition used: 2024 (released December 2025)

IDEA Section 618 state data

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs

Where students with disabilities learn, diplomas at exit, and early intervention reach for children under 3.

Edition used: Part B child count and educational environments, fall 2024; Part B exiting, 2023-24; Part C child count, fall 2024

Medicaid eligibility for children with disabilities, buy-in programs, and expansion status

KFF State Health Facts, with Kids' Waivers and the Georgetown Center for Children and Families

Katie Beckett (TEFRA) option or comparable waiver, Family Opportunity Act and working disability buy-in, Medicaid expansion.

Edition used: April 2026 survey; expansion status as of August 2026; Kids' Waivers state pages 2025 to 2026

Out of Reach

National Low Income Housing Coalition

Statewide average fair market rent for a one-bedroom home (HUD FY2026), used to compare SSI with rent.

Edition used: 2026

ABLE programs by state

ABLE National Resource Center

Each state's ABLE savings program and any state tax deduction or credit.

Edition used: September 2026

Method reference: Case for Inclusion from UCP and ANCOR pointed us to these source families. We did not copy its figures; every value was pulled from the original publisher.

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