Big Lakes warns rising wait list and staffing shortages will limit care as Kansas waiver caps services at $20,000 A Big Lakes representative told the Raleigh County Commission Feb. 2 that Kansas' developmental-services wait list has swollen to 4,788—above the intended 4,000 cap—and warned a new community support waiver that limits annual services to $20,000 (effective Oct. 2026) could force people to give up their place on the long statewide wait list.

Kansas' wait list for developmental services has skyrocketed to 4,788, exceeding the cap and leaving many in limbo as a controversial new waiver looms on the horizon.

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