The Market Need

There are far more adult residents of Indiana with IDD than there are safe, affordable, supportive residential settings designed to accommodate their needs and wants through the lifespan. There were 155,892 people with IDD in the State of Indiana as of June 30, 2016, according to the In-Home and Residential Long-Term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends Through 2016 report produced by the Residential Information Systems Project (RISP) of the University of Minnesota. Of that total, 45,768 were 18 years of age or older.

The Indiana Task Force for Assessment of Services and Supports for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (aka 1102 Task Force), presently chaired by Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch, was established by HEA 1102 in the 2017 session of the Indiana General Assembly. The goal was to assess Indiana’s current service and support system and identify ways to improve what the state is doing but to also create a system that provided more opportunities for people with disabilities to live independently with access to jobs and all aspects of their local communities.

The final report of the Task Force was issued in October 2018 and included these recommendations:

1.8 Developing, expanding, and promoting housing options, especially permanent support housing, for all people with disabilities that allows for informed choice for them to attain affordable, accessible, and integrated housing in communities they choose to live in (rural or metropolitan). 

4.2 The creation of an array of living settings that support people with disabilities living in a setting of their informed choice that allows them to enjoy their interests, hobbies, and preferred lifestyle.

The Crossbridge Point residences, Community Center amenities, and its benefits to residents and the broader community respond directly to the Task Force’s recommendations above.