Worker: Indiana Considers Shelters Option for People with Disabilities

INDIANAPOLIS -- A state employee is backing up some parents' claims that state workers were told that suggesting families leave severely disabled people at homeless shelters was a viable option.
The controversy first erupted last month when Becky Holladay, of Battle Ground, said a worker with the Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services told her she could leave her 22-year-old son with epilepsy, autism and other conditions at a homeless shelter.
A concerned state employee, who spoke to 6News on a condition of anonymity, said they had been told by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration's Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services that homeless shelters are an option for families.