State Report
How every state supports people with disabilities
One report for all 50 states and DC. Support grades look at waiting lists, community living, jobs, staffing, and quality of life for people with IDD. Funding looks at how each state pays for services. School grades come next, with SPED Atlas.
What is in the State Report
Support grades
Every state graded A+ to F on eight parts of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. There is no E grade.
Funding
How each state pays for services: Medicaid waiver rank, spending, waiting lists, named programs, rates, and vocational rehabilitation.
Schools Coming soon
Special education support, school funding, and public measures, graded state by state with SPED Atlas, then shown beside the support grade.
Every state at a glance
Sorted by support grade rank. Select a state to open its full State Report.
| State | Support grade | Support rank | Funding rank | Funding score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | A+ | 1 | 17 | 67.9 |
| Minnesota | A | 2 | 16 | 68.6 |
| Rhode Island | A | 3 | 21 | 66.3 |
| Arizona | A- | 4 | 1 | 84.2 |
| Oregon | A- | 5 | 6 | 76.0 |
| Washington | A- | 6 | 4 | 76.6 |
| New Hampshire | B+ | 7 | 15 | 69.0 |
| North Dakota | B+ | 8 | 29 | 61.7 |
| Delaware | B+ | 9 | 25 | 63.2 |
| Maryland | B | 10 | 12 | 71.5 |
| California | B | 11 | 10 | 74.7 |
| Michigan | B | 12 | 49 | 47.1 |
| Massachusetts | B | 13 | 20 | 67.1 |
| New Mexico | B | 14 | 23 | 64.1 |
| New York | B- | 15 | 5 | 76.0 |
| Wisconsin | B- | 16 | 8 | 75.4 |
| Ohio | B- | 17 | 13 | 70.3 |
| District of Columbia | B- | 18 | 22 | 64.5 |
| Alaska | B- | 19 | 14 | 69.4 |
| Idaho | B- | 20 | 31 | 60.6 |
| Indiana | C+ | 21 | 47 | 48.3 |
| Colorado | C+ | 22 | 11 | 72.1 |
| Kentucky | C+ | 23 | 42 | 50.6 |
| New Jersey | C+ | 24 | 3 | 76.6 |
| Iowa | C+ | 25 | 43 | 50.5 |
| Connecticut | C+ | 26 | 2 | 82.0 |
| Missouri | C+ | 27 | 7 | 75.4 |
| Montana | C+ | 28 | 45 | 50.4 |
| Pennsylvania | C+ | 29 | 9 | 74.9 |
| Maine | C | 30 | 26 | 62.7 |
| South Dakota | C | 31 | 27 | 61.9 |
| Nebraska | C- | 32 | 32 | 60.3 |
| Virginia | C- | 33 | 19 | 67.4 |
| Utah | C- | 34 | 34 | 59.1 |
| Wyoming | C- | 35 | 40 | 51.3 |
| Kansas | D+ | 36 | 41 | 51.1 |
| Oklahoma | D+ | 37 | 18 | 67.7 |
| Georgia | D | 38 | 39 | 51.4 |
| West Virginia | D | 39 | 33 | 60.1 |
| Hawaii | D | 40 | 46 | 49.9 |
| South Carolina | D- | 41 | 28 | 61.8 |
| Nevada | D- | 42 | 51 | 40.7 |
| Alabama | D- | 43 | 48 | 47.5 |
| North Carolina | D- | 44 | 36 | 52.7 |
| Tennessee | D- | 45 | 30 | 60.7 |
| Louisiana | D- | 46 | 37 | 52.3 |
| Florida | F | 47 | 35 | 53.8 |
| Illinois | F | 48 | 24 | 63.9 |
| Texas | F | 49 | 38 | 51.5 |
| Arkansas | F | 50 | 50 | 41.3 |
| Mississippi | F | 51 | 44 | 50.4 |
How to read it
Grades and ranks describe each state's system from public data. They are not ratings of any provider, and a low grade does not mean a family cannot find good help. See how support is graded and how funding is ranked.