For over a year, Indiana has had a waitlist for home- and community-based services through Medicaid waivers. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration launched a new online resource for people on the waitlists.

Advocates say the state won’t invite new people off the waitlist until previous invitations have been declined or rescinded.

Gerald Williams was one of thousands of Hoosiers placed on a waitlist for services. This isn’t the first time Indiana has implemented a waitlist for these services. In fact, advocates warn this could be the return to a decades-long wait for services and that wait is already having a human cost.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced it will almost double the number of people it processes off of waitlists for home- and community-based services. But that means a majority of people waiting for slots will still have to wait for months.