FDDC 2022 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 5
HOME- AND COMMUNITYBASED DELIVERY SYSTEMS
2022 saw important outcomes achieved
through Council activities:
• Direct Service Rate Increase: Pay Fair for My Care advocacy
helped support a rate increase to $15 per hour for direct
support workers. This was funded with over $160 million
of Florida General Revenue Funds and a federal match of
nearly $243 million.
• Reducing Waitlist: Over $59 million was budgeted for the
Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) to serve 1,100
individuals with I/DD on the iBudget waiver waitlist.
• Greater Dental Services: $8.5 million was budgeted to
provide dental services to individuals with I/DD.
• No Patient Left Alone Act: This new law allows people with
I/DD to have someone with them in a hospital or nursing
home to provide care and comfort.
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