Meet the Need NC was a four-year initiative (2021-2025) funded by the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities. The initiative recognized systemic change for I/DD community services and supports requires a common agenda. The content on this website aims to provide individuals, families and professionals education and information on intellectual and other developmental disabilities. It is not intended to replace professional medical, psychological, behavioral, legal, or educational counsel. Reference to any specific agency or legislation does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the LAND Policy Education Center, Meet the Need NC or the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities.
Meet the Need NC was driven by the Leadership Alliance for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LAND), now called the LAND Policy Education Center. They continue the Meet The Need NC movement through the Disability Action Network NC. The LAND Policy Education Center is an educational nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those with I/DD and their families through policy change.
Where are we now regarding Unmet Needs for North Carolina's I/DD community?
- It is difficult for individuals and their families to find and understand information about I/DD services.
- Families and individuals who wait for the Medicaid Innovations Waiver, many for over a decade, suffer in many ways with minimal support.
- The ability for those with I/DD to live more independently in communities is impacted by the direct support professional workforce crisis, affordable housing, and many other factors.
- The Registry of Unmet Needs* is 18,000+ waiting and growing.
- There are many who should be on the Registry of Unmet Needs who are not.
- Those with lived experience are key to our educational efforts.
- Medicaid Transformation: Tailored Plans and 1915(i) are now in effect.