RISP Infographics

Where do people who get supports live?

Bar chart showing where people with IDD who received supports lived in 2020. Sixty-one percent lived in family homes. Eleven percent lived in their own homes. Five percent lived in host or foster family homes. Fifteen percent lived in group settings of one to six people. Eight percent lived in IDD facilities, nursing homes or psychiatric facilities of 7 or more people.

The graphic also describes each type of living arrangement. Family home is a home in which the person getting supports lives with one or more family members; Own home is a home owned or rented by one or more adults with IDD who gets funded support; A host or foster family home is a home owned or rented by an individual or family who provide supportive services to one or more people with IDD, a group home is a residence shared by six or fewer people with IDD that is owned, rented or managed by the organization or agency that provides support to people living in the home; an institution is a residence shared by seven or more people who get support that is owned, rented or managed by an organization or agency that provides paid support to the people in the residence.

In 2020, 876,058 (61%) people with IDD received long-term services and supports (LTSS) while living with a family member.

553,186 people (39%) lived in other settings.

11% lived in a home of their own, 5% lived with a host or foster family, 15% lived in a group home shared by 6 or fewer people, and 8% lived in a IDD facility of 7 or more people, a nursing home or a psychiatric facility.

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Cite as: Residential Information Systems Project (year). [Page Name]. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, RISP, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration. Retrieved from: https://risp.umn.edu.)