The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a draft of its 2024-25 Olmstead Plan designed to assist people with disabilities to reside in and experience the full benefit of inclusive communities. The plan is open for public comment through March 7, 2024. NCDHHS encourages all interested individuals and organizations to provide comment on the draft plan. The final, two-year plan will be published in April and implemented in calendar years 2024 and 2025.
The Olmstead Plan serves as a blueprint for the way NCDHHS and its state government partners make decisions central to improving the lives of children and families, youth, adults and older adults with disabilities. It reflects the department’s ongoing cross-divisional work to advance independence, integration, inclusion and self-determination for those with disabilities. In alignment with the U.S. Supreme Court’s imperative for community integration in the Olmstead v. L.C. decision, the plan seeks to divert people from entering institutions and support those wishing to leave by offering an array of community-based living services.
For more information about the North Carolina Olmstead Plan, visit ncdhhs.gov. To learn more about the Olmstead v. L.C. U.S. Supreme Court case, visit hhs.gov.
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