New Mexico鈥檚 auditor identified more than $ earlier this year. Now a national agency wants to see some of that money go to a program for people with disabilities.
It鈥檚 known as the DD Waiver, and it鈥檚 a program that helps folks with developmental disabilities get services. But the waiting list is up to .
Art Terrazas is with the American Counseling Association, which sent a letter to the state Department of Health asking that $125 million unspent dollars be put towards shortening that waiting list.
"We鈥檙e talking a small sliver of those moneys and allocating it to a program that has been proven to help people out," he said. "I have family that have developmental disabilities that could be helped by this program. And the way I was raised in New Mexico, we do whatever we can to help each other out."
The Health Department responded that it would need more than a one-time infusion of money; lasting change would require an increase in funding every year. Gov. Susana most of the funds the state auditor identified are allocated to projects that are already underway.
