Long-term services and supports should offer consumers access to a broad array of support options, with an emphasis on home and community-based supportive services, as well as residential options, as needed. Our current system forces people to spend down into poverty before receiving the help they need, fails to provide realistic opportunities for personal planning, and fails to provide adequate support to families and other caregivers.  America can and must do better.

We urge Congress to create broader access and flexible and more affordable long-term services and supports options.