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YELLOW SHEET Office of the State Auditor of Missouri |
December 23, 2003
Report No. 2003-120
Operation costs could be reduced for the state�s habilitation centers
housing residents with developmental disabilities
Currently, Missouri residents with developmental
disabilities can be placed in one of the division�s six habilitation centers or
into contractor-operated facilities in their own communities.� During fiscal year 2002, the cost of serving
the 1,284 residents of state-operated campus facilities was $113.4 million.� Due to state budget cuts, the Division of
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities needs to assess its programs.� The following highlights the findings:
State operated on-campus residential services should
have operating costs examined
If the division decides to close one facility, about $5
to $6.9 million (about $2 to $2.7 million in state funds and $3 to $4.2 million
in federal funds) in annual operating costs could be saved. �Habilitation center officials said renovations
at four of the five remaining facilities could add a sufficient number of
Medicaid certified beds to accommodate residents from the closed facility.� (See page 3)
Division officials have initiated actions to
streamline center operations
Division officials said they have
begun a phased approach in deliberate stages to streamlining and reorganizing
the habilitation center system.� However,
the division officials had no written plan to show how or when overall
reorganization would take place or the most cost beneficial approach to
reorganization.� (See page 5)
