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MO HealthNet Eligibility
September 11, 2015
“In response to concerns raised by Pilot Communities, the Division of DD and the Family Support Division within Social Services developed a new protocol allowing the Medicaid application to be submitted up to 90 days prior to a student’s ...
MA Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 11, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Utah Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND)/ SSDI ‘1 for 2’ Project
September 11, 2015
“The goal of Utah’s pilot was to recruit 500 individuals who receive SSDI benefits only (not in combination with SSI) to be part of the pilot project. Participants were recruited from among SSDI-only beneficiaries who had recently been involved in ...
Utah 1915(c) HCBS Waivers
September 11, 2015
Utah Has Eight Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers: Acquired Brain Injury Waiver; the Aging Waiver (For Individuals Age 65 or Older); Community Supports Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities or Other Related Conditions; Medicaid Autism Waiver; New ...
Utah Acquired Brain Injury Waiver
September 11, 2015
This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help people with an acquired brain injury to remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as independently as possible with supportive services provided through ...
Utah Aging Waiver (For Individuals Age 65 or Older)
September 11, 2015
~~"This Utah Medicaid Waiver for Individuals Age 65 or Older, also known as a Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, or the Aging Waiver, is designed to assist older individuals with elevated levels of care needs. It provides services ...
MassHealth Section 1115 Demonstration
September 11, 2015
“The MassHealth demonstration is a statewide multi-faceted health reform effort. The demonstration was initially implemented in July 1997, and has developed over time through amendments and renewals reflecting new priorities and the enactment of the ...
Utah Medicaid Autism Waiver
September 11, 2015
~~“The Medicaid Autism Waiver is no longer accepting new applications.Autism Services may be provided to individuals who demonstrate medical necessity who are enrolled in Medicaid. Information and policy on the State's Autism Services may be found ...
MA Community Living (0826.R01.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community based day supports, ...
Utah New Choices Waiver
September 11, 2015
~~"Utah's New Choices Waiver (NCW) is a Medicaid program intended to help elderly and disabled individuals who currently reside in a Medicaid-funded, assisted living community, small health care facility, or nursing home. The program provides a ...
MO Balancing Incentives Program
September 11, 2015
“The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS), in partnership with the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the Department of Mental Health (DMH), proposes to leverage the Balancing Incentive Payment Program to further develop ...
MA Intensive Supports Waiver (0827.R01.00) [1915c]
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, residential hab, respite, day hab supplement, 24-hr self directed home sharing support, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports ...
Missouri Money Follows the Person
September 11, 2015
The overall goal of MFP is "to support people who have disabilities and those who are aging to move from a nursing facility or habilitation center to a quality community setting that meets their needs and wants." The objectives of MFP—My ...
MA Adult Supports Waiver (0828.R01.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community based day supports, family training, home ...
Utah Physical Disabilities Waiver
September 11, 2015
“This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help people with physical disabilities remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as independently as possible with supportive services provided through ...
Missouri SAMHSA EDI (FY 2011 & 2012)
September 11, 2015
Goal 1: To strengthen peer delivered services in Missouri by leveraging Medicaid billing for services provided by Certified Peer Specialists in Consumer Operated Services Programs (COSP). Goal 2: To introduce and begin implementation of peer delivered ...
MA Community Living Waiver (1915c)
September 11, 2015
This waiver, "provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community ...
Utah Waiver for Technology Dependent Children
September 11, 2015
“The Technology Dependent Waiver Program provides services statewide to help technology dependent, medically fragile individuals remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals receive services through this waiver program in order ...
MA MFP Community Living Waiver (1027.R00.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides home health aide, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services, respite, supported employment, addiction services, adult companion, chore, community crisis stabilization, community family training, community psychiatric support and treatment, day ...
MA MFP Residential Supports Waiver (1028.R00.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides prevocational services, residential habilitation, supported employment, addiction services, assisted living, community crisis stabilization, community psychiatric support and treatment, day services, home accessibility adaptations, individual support ...
MO MR Developmental Disabilities Comprehensive (0178.R06.00)
September 11, 2015
“Provides community employment, day service, group home, in home respite, individualized supported living, job preparation, personal assistant, assistive technology, behavior analysis service, communication skills instruction, community specialist ...
MO Div of Developmental Disabilities Community Support (0404.R03.00)
September 11, 2015
“Provides community employment, in home respite, job preparation, personal assistant, assistive technology, behavior analysis service, co-worker supports, communication skills instruction, community specialist services, counseling, crisis ...
Vermont State System of Care Plan for Developmental Disabilities Services, FY 2018-2020
September 11, 2015
“The Plan is intended to help people with developmental disabilities, their families, advocates, service providers and policy makers understand how resources for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families are managed. It lays out ...
NE Title 404 - Community Supports Program (CSP)
September 11, 2015
Section 9-003.02D The Community Living and Day Supports service includes the following components: • Supports to enable the individual to maintain or obtain employment. This may include someone hired to accompany and support the individual in ...
Washington Second Substitute Senate Bill 5732
September 11, 2015
“AN ACT Relating to improving behavioral health services provided to adults in Washington state…” Some of the significant policy changes include: “Beginning May 1, 2014, the legislature shall convene a task force to examine ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant – Washington State Pathways to Employment
September 11, 2015
“Helping Washingtonians with a disability make informed decisions about going to work.” By promoting the awareness and use of work incentives provided under Medicaid regulations and the Social Security Act, Pathways to Employment continues to foster an ...
Maryland Balancing Incentive Program
September 12, 2015
“The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports…The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems by, [l]owering costs ...
Maryland Community First Choice
September 12, 2015
“The program provide assistance with activities of daily living to Medicaid recipients who have a chronic illness, medical condition or disability. Services are provided in the eligible individual's home or community residence (waiver participants ...
Maryland Money Follows the Person
September 12, 2015
Money Follows the Person (MFP) in Maryland will help people transition from an institution, for example a nursing facility, to community living in an apartment, private home, or small group setting. MFP initiatives increase outreach to individuals in ...
MD Community Pathways (0023.R06.00)
September 12, 2015
Provides community residential hab, community supported living arrangements, expanded day hab-employment discovery and customization, expanded day hab-supported employment, live-in caregiver, medical day care, resource coordination, respite, traditional day ...
MD New Directions Independence Plus Waiver (0424.R01.00)
September 12, 2015
Provides community supported living arrangements, expanded day hab-supported employment, expanded day hab-employment discovery and customization, live-in caregiver, medical day care, resource coordination, respite, traditional day hab, support brokerage, ...
Montana Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“MFP is a demonstration program [that] helps Montana shift its long term care system by reducing the use of institutionally based services and increasing the use of home and community based services (HCBS). MFP is focused on helping individuals transition ...
Washington Medicaid Buy-in
September 12, 2015
“Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) allows people with disabilities who are working to purchase medical coverage by paying a monthly premium that is based on their income.”
Washington Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“Roads to Community Living is a demonstration project designed to help people with complex, long-term care needs move back into the community. The project is Washington State's part of a federally funded project called Money Follows the ...
WA - Core Waiver (0410.R03.00)
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides community inclusion, individual supported employment/group supported employment, prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, behavioral health stabilization services-specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric ...
MT HCBW for Individuals w/DD Waiver (0208.R05.00)
September 12, 2015
~~Provides day supports and activities, homemaker, job discovery/job preparation, live-in caregiver, residential hab, respite, supported employment-follow along support, waiver-funded children's case management, OT, PT, psychological services, speech ...
WA - Community Protection Waiver (0411.R03.00)
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides individual supported employment/group supported employment, prevocational services, residential habilitation, behavioral health stabilization services - specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric services, behavioral health ...
Basic Plus Waiver 0409.R03
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides community inclusion, individual supported employment/group supported employment, personal care, prevocational services, respite, behavioral health stabilization services-specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric services, ...
WA COPES Waiver (0049.R08.00)
September 12, 2015
“Provides adult day health, home health aide, personal care, adult day care, client support training, community transition, environmental mods, home delivered meals, nurse delegation, personal emergency response, skilled nursing, specialized ...
MT Supports for Community Work and Living Waiver (1037.R00.00)
September 12, 2015
~~Provides job discovery/job preparation, respite, supported employment-follow along support, supports brokerage, behavioral support services, environmental mods/adaptive equipment, individual goods and services, meals, PERS, personal supports, supported ...
Montana Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“MFP is a demonstration program [that] helps Montana shift its long term care system by reducing the use of institutionally based services and increasing the use of home and community based services (HCBS). MFP is focused on helping individuals transition ...
WV Money Follows the Person – Take me home
September 12, 2015
“West Virginia was awarded a Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2011… The purpose of the MFP initiative is to support state Medicaid programs in providing ...
WV M-WIN (Medicaid Work Incentive Network)
September 12, 2015
“M-WIN is a work incentive for people with disabilities or chronic health conditions. It allows individuals who work, to pay a monthly premium and keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage. M-WIN eliminates a major barrier to employment - losing ...
WV Comprehensive Employment Systems Infrastructure Development (CES-ID) Grant
September 12, 2015
“A diverse team of agency administrators, partner organizations, and technical assistance providers collaborated to begin the process of creating a comprehensive and coordinated statewide employment support system. This map is the first product of ...
WV Medicaid Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Waiver
September 12, 2015
“The Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Waiver (formerly the MR/DD Waiver Program) provides services that instruct, train, support, supervise, and assist individuals who have intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities ...
WV Aged and Disabled Waiver Program
September 12, 2015
“Aged and Disabled Waiver Program (ADW) is a long-term care alternative that provides services that enable an individual to remain at or return home rater than receiving nursing home care. The goals and objectives of this ...
Mississippi Executive Order 1335
September 13, 2015
“Whereas, my administration is committed to supporting policies under which agencies that provide services to persons with disabilities and/or provide employment, economic development, or other related services explore employment in an integrated ...
MS Money Follows the Person
September 13, 2015
“Money Follows the Person is a federal initiative to help states enhance community living options for persons with disabilities and establish person-driven and sustainable long-term care systems. The program is for qualified residents of nursing homes ...
CA HCBS Waiver for Californians w/DD (0336.R03.00)
August 02, 2015
"This waiver "provides behavioral intervention, community living arrangements, day service, home health aide, homemaker, prevocational services, respite care, supported employment (enhanced habilitation), chore, communication aides, community-based ...
MS Intellectual Disabilities/DD Waiver (0282.R04.00)
September 13, 2015
Provides day services-adults, prevocational, residential hab, respite, support coordination, supported employment, behavior support/intervention, home and community supports, specialized medical supplies, therapy services for individuals w/autism, DD, MR ages ...
Mississippi ESEA Flexibility Request
September 13, 2015
“The Mississippi Department Education's ESEA flexibility request was approved on July 19, 2012.”
Minnesota Medical Assistance Reform Waiver
September 13, 2015
“It is the intent of the legislature to reform components of the medical assistance program for seniors and people with disabilities or other complex needs, and medical assistance enrollees in general, in order to achieve better outcomes, such as ...
Minnesota Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
“Moving Home Minnesota is a person-centered approach to help people … transition from nursing home and other institutional settings to community living that meets their needs and wants. Moving Home Minnesota services are available to eligible Minnesota ...
Minnesota CMS Section 1115 Waiver
September 14, 2015
~~“Federal waivers allow states to test new ways to deliver and pay for health care services. Changes to the state’s Medicaid program often require waivers approved by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue ...
Oregon Employment First – Comprehensive Services Developmental Disabilities Program
September 14, 2015
“Oregon has been successful in developing community-based care and discouraging institutionalization of seniors and the disabled because of their exceptional case management system. Through the case management program, consumers get information and ...
Oregon Employed Persons with Disabilities (EPD) – Medicaid Buy-in
September 14, 2015
“EPD is a Medicaid program administered by the Oregon Department of Human services. EPD provides medical coverage and long-term services to people with disabilities who are employed. If you are eligible to participate, you will be charged a nominal fee ...
Money Follows the Person (MFP) “On the Move”
September 14, 2015
Oregon’s Money Follows the Person project “On the Move in Oregon” aimed to reverse the increase in nursing facility utilization… and continue this state’s historic rebalancing efforts using Home and Community-Based ...
Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant - Integrated Employment Plan (revised 7/2015)
September 14, 2015
“(2010-2011) During this time period VR used resources within its Medicaid Infrastructure Grants (MIG) Competitive Employment Project (CEP) and other available resources to support of a variety of Employment First related activities including:Co-funding ...
The Work Incentive Network (WIN!) (now part of the activities of the MIG)
September 14, 2015
Part of the activities of the MIG“Benefits and Work Incentive Counseling services help people with disabilities make informed decisions about work, benefits and the use of work incentives to achieve their employment goals, as well as helping them ...
Maine HCBS Transition Plan
September 14, 2015
This Transition Plan is required by the federal government as part of new Medicaid regulations. It tells the federal government how Maine will meet the new Medicaid rules. All states must follow the federal rules for the Medicaid program.Medicaid is a joint ...
Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
September 14, 2015
~~“THE VERMONT DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL (VTDDC) is a statewide board that identifies and addresses critical issues affecting people with developmental disabilities and their families .At least 60% of VTDDC’s members must be ...
Vermont Medicaid - Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
~~“In 2011, DAIL was awarded a five year $17.9 million “Money Follows the Person” (MFP) grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The grant was continued effective April 1, 2016 through September 30, 2019 with an ...
Colorado Community First Choice (1915k)
August 04, 2015
“Community First Choice (CFC), also known as 1915(k), allows states to offer Medicaid attendant care services on a state-wide basis to eligible participants. Through CFC, participants would have the option to direct their attendant care ...
VT Social Security Benefit Offset National Demonstration
September 14, 2015
“The Vermont Offset Pilot Demonstration was one of four small state pilots initiated as a first step in preparing for the Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND). It used a random-assignment, experimental design. The purpose was to test whether ...
Vermont Choices for Care (Long-Term Care Medicaid Waiver)
September 14, 2015
“Choices for Care is a Medicaid-funded, long-term care program to pay for care and support for older Vermonters and people with physical disabilities. The program assists people with everyday activities at home, in an enhanced residential care setting, ...
Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services State Board Policy 1036
September 14, 2015
“It is the policy of the Board that in the development and implementation of policies and procedures and the delivery of services, the Department and CSBs shall ensure that community-based individual supported employment in integrated work settings is ...
Virginia DBHDS: Strategic Plan for Employment First
September 14, 2015
To facilitate interagency collaboration the Strategic Plan for Employment First establishes an Employment First Summit Meeting, which will gather leadership from various department committed to upholding Employment First principles, and orders for the ...
Virginia Disability Employment Initiative (Round One)
September 14, 2015
“The Virginia Community College System, the administrator of the Workforce Investment Act in Virginia, will enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) to provide co-leadership in order to ...
Oregon - Staley v. Kitzhaber 2000
September 14, 2015
“The lawsuit was the result of years of frustration in waiting for appropriate, adequate services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities, and their families… The lawsuit alleges that the State of Oregon failed to provide ...
Oregon Money Follows the Person (MFP) “On the Move” (2008)
September 14, 2015
“On the Move in Oregon Transition Coordinators will provide one-on-one assistance to help create a package of services and supports that help people live more independently in the community without sacrificing needed ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Waiver
September 14, 2015
“The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to ...
Oregon ICF/IDD Support Services (0375.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Provides employment path services, supported employment - individual employment support, waiver case management, direct nursing, discovery/career exploration services, environmental safety modifications, family training - conferences and workshops, ...
Comprehensive Waiver Services Amendment Application (12/2015)
September 14, 2015
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to live in ...
Oregon Support Services Waiver (Brokerage)
September 14, 2015
Provides “Respite; Homemaker; Supported Employment Services; Environmental Accessibility Adaptations; Non-Medical Transportation; Chore Service; Personal Emergency Response Systems; Family Training; PT/OT/Speech; Special Diets; Specialized Supports; ...
Colorado Money Follows the Person
August 05, 2015
“‘Money Follows the Person’ is a federal grant program that allows Medicaid funding to follow a person from an institutional setting to housing in the community. … A secondary goal is to build and improve the infrastructure supporting ...
Pennsylvania Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program
September 14, 2015
~~“The purpose of the Business Enterprise Program (BEP) Randolph-Sheppard Retail Sales ITQ is to qualify responsible and responsive Contractors the opportunity to install, operate, and maintain retail food service facilities at designated state and ...
Pennsylvania AHEDD
September 14, 2015
“At AHEDD, we frequently collaborate with various organizations to carry out our mission. Our partners consist of organizations and individuals that can help with: agency funding; referrals of program participants; training for our staff; guidance for ...
Pennsylvania MAWD - Medical Assistance Benefits for Workers with Disabilities
September 14, 2015
“For people with disabilities, finding a job or returning to work can be a challenge. For a long time one of the biggest obstacles to working was health care coverage. Earning too much money meant risking losing health care benefits. However, ...
CO Support Living Services Waiver (0293.R04.00)
August 05, 2015
Provides day hab, homemaker, personal care, respite, supported employment, dental, vision, assistive technology, behavioral services, consumer directed attendant support, home accessibility adaptations, mentorship, nonmedical transportation, personal ...
The Pennsylvania Disability Employment and Empowerment Summit (PADES)
September 14, 2015
~~“This one and one-half day conference features nationally acclaimed keynote speakers , educational sessions presented by subject matter experts, exhibitors showcasing valuable resources, networking opportunities to learn from your peers and an ...
PA 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
September 14, 2015
”On January 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for Home and Community-Based Settings (HCBS). The CMS HCBS rule became effective on March 17, 2014, and applies to the settings in which ODP waiver services ...
VA Community Living Waiver (0372.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Waiver Authority 1915 (c)Date Originally Approved 07/01/2001Implementation Date 07/01/2014Expiration Date 06/30/2019Summary Provides day support, personal assistance, prevocational, residential support, respite, supported employment, consumer directed ...
Family and Individual Support home and community-based (1915(c)) waiver (0358.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Expiration Date06/30/2018Summary Provides day support, in-home residential, personal care, prevocational, respite care, supported employment - group/individual, services facilitation, adult companion, assistive technology, crisis stablization, crisis ...
CO DD Waiver (0007.R07.00)
August 05, 2015
Provides day hab, residential hab, supported employment, dental, vision, behavioral services, nonmedical transportation, specialized medical equipment and supplies for individuals w/DD ages 18 - no max age.
Maine Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) Program
September 14, 2015
“PROMISE is a joint initiative of the US Department of Education, Social Security Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services and US Department of Labor. Under PROMISE, states will be funded to develop and implement model demonstration ...
Maine Medicaid Balancing Incentives Program
September 14, 2015
The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011. The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems by: ...
Maine Money Follows the Person ("Homeward Bound")
September 14, 2015
“Money Follows the Person (MFP), known as Homeward Bound in Maine, is assisting individuals transitioning from institutional to community care and has provided enhanced public awareness of community services. MDS Section Q training for nursing facility ...
Maine Disability Employment Initiative (DEI)
September 14, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving ...
WI Department of Health Services’ Managed Care and Employment Task Force (MCETF): Final Report
September 14, 2015
“Against this backdrop, the Managed Care and Employment Task Force (MCETF) was convened in May 2007 by Division of Long-Term Care Administrator Sinikka Santala and charged with recommending a comprehensive strategy to expand work options for adults who ...
WI Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
“Wisconsin received a federal award for a five-year Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (MFP Demo). The demonstration, authorized by Congress and funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, provides enhanced federal ...
WI Medicaid Purchase Plan
September 14, 2015
“The Medicaid Purchase Plan offers people with disabilities who are working or interested in working the opportunity to buy health care coverage through the Wisconsin Medicaid Program. Depending on an individual’s income, a premium payment may be ...
Community Integration Program Ended June 30, 2018
September 14, 2015
~~“he Community Integration Program (CIP) was replaced by the Family Care, Family Care Partnership, and IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct) programs on July 1, 2018. For more information, contact the aging and disability resource center in your ...
ME Home & Community Services for Adults w/ID or Autism Spectrum Disorder (0159.R06.00)
September 14, 2015
Provides community support, home support (1/4 hr), per diem home support, work support, communication aids, consultation, counseling, crisis assessment, crisis intervention, employment specialist services, home accessibility adaptations, non-traditional ...
WI Family Care Program
September 14, 2015
~~"The Family Care Partnership Program is an integrated health and long-term care program for frail elderly and people with disabilities. The Partnership Program consists of several managed care organizations located in different geographical regions of ...
WI Self Directed Support Waiver (IRIS)
September 14, 2015
“The IRIS Program is a Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver for self-directed long-term supports. The program is an option for adults with long term care needs. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Long Term Care ...
Maine Support Services for Adults w/ID or Autistic Disorder (0467.R01.00)
September 14, 2015
"Provides community support, home support 1/4 hr, respite, work support-group, assistive technology, career planning, employment specialist services, home accessibility adaptations, home support remote support, transportation, work support-individual for ...
Maine Money Follows the Person ("Homeward Bound")
September 14, 2015
~~“Maine’s Money Follows the Person program (Homeward Bound) is a demonstration project funded by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS).Homeward Bound is designed to help elderly and disabled adults move from institutional to ...
WY Long Term Care (0236.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day care, case management, personal care, respite, FMS, care coordination, home delivered meals, non-medical transportation, PERS installation, ERS, self-help assistant, skilled nursing for aged individuals 65 – no max age and ...
WY Assisted Living Facility HCBS (0369.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides case management, assisted living service level I, assisted living service level II, assisted living service level III for aged individuals ages 65 - no max age and physically disabled individuals ages 19-64.”
WY Adult Developmental Disabilities (0226.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
TERMINATED 09/30/2014 – “Provides case management, community integrated employment, day hab, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services-phased out yr 1, residential hab, respite, supported living, OT, PT, speech therapy, agency with choice, ...
WY Acquired Brain Injury (0370.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services, residential hab, respite, supported employment, supported living, OT, PT, speech/hearing/language, independent support broker, behavioral ...
WY Children's Mental Health (0451.R02.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides family care coordination, respite, youth and family training and support for individuals w/mental illness ages 18-21 and for individuals w/serious emotional disturbance ages 4-17.”
WY Supports (1060.R00.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, respite, supported employment, dietician services, OT, PT, skilled nursing, speech/hearing/language services, independent support brokerage, behavioral ...
WY Comprehensive (1061.R00.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, residential hab, respite, supported employment, dietician services, OT, PT, skilled nursing, speech/hearing/language services, independent support ...
Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council Five Year State Plan 2012-2016
September 15, 2015
Interagency Efforts around Supportive EmploymentPeer Mentor Pilot- “This pilot has involved the training of 22 individuals with DD to help others with DD to reach their life goals and increase their community involvement and self advocacy. The pilot has ...
Michigan Money Follows the Person
September 15, 2015
“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 40,500 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the community ...
MI Habilitation Supports Waiver (0167.R05.00)
September 15, 2015
Provides out-of-home non-vocational hab, prevocational services, respite, supported employment, supports coordination, enhanced medical equipment and supplies, enhanced pharmacy, goods and services, community living supports, environmental mods, family ...
Connecticut Connect-Ability
August 10, 2015
“Connect-Ability began in late 2005 with a federal grant to the State of Connecticut to identify and remove barriers to employment faced by people with disabilities. This five-year, multimillion dollar 'systems change grant' involved a detailed look at the ...
Connecticut Balancing Incentives Program
August 10, 2015
"The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011.The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems ...
Connecticut Medicaid Infrastructure Grant: Local Level Pilot Initiative Evaluation
August 10, 2015
“The statewide Connect-Ability (C-A) Strategic Planning Local Level Pilot (LLP) Initiative was created to develop and implement innovative strategic plans locally to bring about change, improve access, build broad-based constituency, and increase ...
5123.022 OH State Policy Regarding Community Employment for Disabled
September 17, 2015
“It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities be directed at community employment. Every individual with a developmental disability is presumed capable of community ...
Arkansas Employment First Task Force Final Report
April 07, 2016
Recommendations for FY2012 from the Task Force:Develop online training modules on disability employment, to efficiently train large numbers of State and provider agency staff who work with individuals with disabilities. To be developed in-house by the ...
Arkansas HCBS 1915c Technical Guide
April 08, 2016
These instructions provide information to assist states in completing the Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, including changes implemented through November 2014…This guidance is intended to improve understanding ...
Arkansas Medicaid State Plan
April 08, 2016
Revised Medicaid State Plan"The Arkansas Medicaid state plan details the state and Federal government Medicaid implementation agreement. It describes how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It also describes how the state will ...
CT Acquired Brain Injury Waiver (0302.R03.00)
August 10, 2015
Provides case management, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, respite, supported employment, ABI group day, chore, cognitive behavioral programs, community living support, companion, environmental accessibility adaptation, home delivered meals, ...
Arkansas HCBS Transition Plan
April 08, 2016
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based services that requires states to review and evaluate current Home and Community -Based Services (HCBS) settings, including residential and nonresidential ...
Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
April 08, 2016
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to live in ...
Medical Assistance Reform Waiver (256B.021)
April 10, 2016
"It is the intent of the legislature to reform components of the medical assistance program for seniors and people with disabilities or other complex needs, and medical assistance enrollees in general, in order to achieve better outcomes, such as ...
CT Employment and Day Supports (0881.R01.00)
August 10, 2015
Provides adult day health, community based day support options, respite, supported employment, independent support broker, behavioral support, individual goods and services, individualized day support, interpreter, specialized medical equipment and supplies, ...
CT Individual and Family Support (0426.R02.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day health, community companion homes (formerly community training homes), group day supports, individual supported employment (formerly supported employment), live-in companion, prevocational services, respite, independent ...
Minnesota Money Follows the Person
April 11, 2016
~~“The Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration, offered through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was created as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The purpose of the demonstration is to promote a series of rebalancing ...
MN DHS - Alternative Care Program (Section 1115)
April 11, 2016
On October 18, 2013 the Department of Human Services (DHS) received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for federal financial participation (FFP) on the Alternative Care Program. This approval relates to the contingency items ...
CT Comprehensive Supports Waiver (0437.R02.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "Provides adult day health, community companion homes/community living arrangements, group day supports, live-in caregiver, respite, supported employment, independent support broker, adult companion, assisted living, behavioral support, ...
Alaska Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 11, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Proposed Model of Employment Services for Individuals with Behavioral Health Disabilities
April 11, 2016
This is the proposed model of employment services of individuals with behavioral disabilities for providers as well as select government agencies within the state of Alaska. It focuses on training, technical assistance and required resources.
AK Children with Complex Medical Conditions (0263.R04.00)
April 11, 2016
"Provides care coordination, day hab, residential hab, respite, supported employment, chore, environmental mods, intensive active treatment, meals, nursing oversight and care management, specialized medical equipment, transportation for medically fragile ...
Alaska Supported Employment HCBS Waiver Conditions of Participation
April 11, 2016
Supported employment services may be provided to assist recipients to acquire and maintain the work-related skills necessary for employment or to become self-employed. These services focus on activities that will lead to an appropriate job match for the ...
Alaska Medicaid State Plan
April 11, 2016
Alaska’s Medicaid state plan describes how Alaska will administer its Medicaid program. The document lays out the agreement between the state and the Federal government and gives the assurance that Alaska will abide by Federal rules and may ...
CT Mental Health Waiver (0653.R01.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day health, community support, supported employment, assisted living, brief episodic stabilization, community living support, home accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals, non-medical transportation, overnight recovery ...
Alaska Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 11, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Alabama Pathways to Employment
April 11, 2016
Pathways to Employment is a collection of stepping stones. These opportunities are housed not in one state agency but in many. To make it easier for families and individuals, they are now all in one place. There is no perfect path. But there are many ...
Alabama HCBS Transition Plan
April 11, 2016
Describes Alabama’s process for ensuring compliance with home and community-based setting requirements.
Alabama Medicaid Money Follows the Person
April 11, 2016
Alabama received a Medicaid Money Follows the Person grant in October 2012."Alabama will receive $3.4 million in the first year and up to $28 million over the four year project in the form of an enhanced matching rate to support the ...
Insure Tennessee Plan
April 12, 2016
“Nearly one million Tennesseans have disabilities and many struggle to access the health care they need. Access to quality health care is a priority for the Tennessee Disability Coalition (TDC) and its members. TDC has joined with business leaders, ...
Tennessee State Plan Amendment (SPA) 16-0001 (approved 3-22-2016)
April 12, 2016
The State covers low-income families and children for Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) under section 1925 of the Social Security Act (the Act). This coverage is provided for families who no longer qualify under section 1931 of the Act due to increased ...
Tennessee Home and Community-Based Services Settings Rule Statewide Transition Plan (11/2015) Amended Based on Public Comment (2/2016)
April 12, 2016
~~1915 (c) waiver settings assessed included:• Residential Habilitation• Employment and Day (Community and Facility Based Day, In-home Day, and Supported Employment)• Family Model Residential Support• Medical Residential Services• ...
Tennessee 1915(c) Home and Community Based Service "Self Determination Waiver Program "
April 12, 2016
The Self-Determination Waiver offers a continuum of services that are selected by each individual pursuant to a person-centered planning process and support each person’s independence and full integration into the community, including opportunities to ...
SD CHOICES - Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled Waiver
April 12, 2016
~~“Provides career exploration, case management, day services, residential habilitation, supported employment, medical equipment and drugs, nursing, other medically related services - speech, hearing & language for individuals w/DD, IID ages 0 - no ...
Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities Individual Support Plan Guide
April 12, 2016
The Division of Developmental Disabilities requires that each individual eligible for Division Supports have an Individual Support Plan. Individuals, their families, providers and facilitators who write plans in cooperation with all individuals receiving ...
Missouri HCSB Transition Plan
April 12, 2016
In March 2014, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published a final rule regarding changes to Home and Community Based Waiver Services (HCBS Waiver). The rule defines home and community based settings and person-centered planning requirements ...
Missouri Developmental Disabilities Waiver Manual
April 12, 2016
~~“The Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Division of Developmental Disabilities (Division of DD)administers four Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. The four ...
Human Resources Code Section 32.075 (Employment Assistance)
April 13, 2016
This code defines “Employment assistance” as, “assistance provided to an individual to help the individual locate paid employment in the community.” It defines “Supported employment” as, “assistance provided, in order ...
DC Transforming State Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS)/No Wrong Door Grant
August 11, 2015
“District of Columbia has recently received a No Wrong Door planning grant. Their state team is working to incorporate the LifeCourse Framework as they re-design the front door to long term services and supports as well as the person-centered planning ...
Texas Youth Empowerment Services
April 13, 2016
~~“The Youth Empowerment Services waiver is a 1915(c) Medicaid program that helps children and youth with serious mental, emotional and behavioral difficulties. The YES waiver provides intensive services delivered within a strengths-based team planning ...
Balancing Incentives Program
April 13, 2016
~~“Federal law established the Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) which increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to participating states through September 2015 in exchange for states making certain structural reforms to increase access to ...
Texas HCBS Transition Plan
April 13, 2016
~~Effective March 17, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule under which states may provide home and community-based long-term services and supports. Under 42 CFR §441.301, states must meet the new ...
Texas Medicaid State Plan
April 13, 2016
The state plan is the officially recognized document describing the nature and scope of the State of Texas Medicaid program. As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act, the plan was developed by the state and approved by the U.S. Department of ...
Texas Money Follows The Person
April 13, 2016
~~“Texas was among the first 30 states chosen to participate in the Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFPD) in 2007. As of June 2016, 43 states participate in this federal demonstration designed to help older adults or persons who have ...
KY HCBS Waiver (0144.R06.00)
April 13, 2016
“What It IsThe Home and Community Based (HCB) waiver is part of Kentucky's 1915(c) HCBS Medicaid waiver program. HCB provides assistance to the elderly or to adults and children with physical disabilities to help them live in the community as ...
Kentucky Medicaid State Plan
April 13, 2016
The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of Kentucky's Medicaid program.As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (Act), the Plan was developed by our state and approved by the United States ...
DC DDS Customized Employment Efforts
August 11, 2015
“Customized Employment is being promoted by the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) as an effective set of techniques to create a win-win for people with disabilities and ...
Louisiana Medicaid Balancing Incentive Program
April 13, 2016
“Since 2001, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been engaged in focused, comprehensive system transformation of the long-term care system. These reform efforts have included stakeholder input at all levels and have resulted in changes ...
Louisiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 13, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Louisiana Balancing Incentive Program
April 14, 2016
Since 2001, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been engaged in focused, comprehensive system transformation of the long-term care system. These reform efforts have included stakeholder input at all levels and have resulted in changes in ...
Louisiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 14, 2016
"The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Mississippi Balancing Incentives Program
April 14, 2016
~~“The Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) provided financial incentives to States to increase access to non-institutional long- term services and supports (LTSS) in keeping with the integration mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ...
Mississippi Money Follows the Person Bridge to Independence
April 14, 2016
~~“Attention: Long Term Care ProvidersThe Mississippi Division of Medicaid’s (DOM) Bridge to Independence (B2I) program, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), completed ...
Mississippi HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
On Jan. 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule, effective March 17, 2014, which amends the requirements for qualities of home and community-based (HCB) settings. These requirements reflect CMS’s intent that ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Job Preparation
April 14, 2016
“Job preparation provides formalized training and work experiences, based upon the goals identified during job discovery, intended to teach a person the skills necessary to succeed in a paid competitive, customized, or self-employment setting. Training ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Support Employment, Follow Along Support
April 14, 2016
“Follow along support consists of habilitation services and supports that enable a person to stabilize or expand employment in a competitive, customized, or self-employment setting. The person may require follow along support when: (a) the ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Supported Employment, Individual Employment Support
April 14, 2016
“Individual employment supports are habilitation services and staff supports needed by a person to acquire integrated employment or career advancement in the general workforce. Individual employment support is delivered in a competitive, customized, or ...
Montana HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
CMS has issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that individuals receive Medicaid HCBS in settings that are ...
North Dakota HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
States are required to ensure all HCBS settings comply with the new federal requirements to ensure that all individuals receiving HCBS are integrated in and have full access to their communities, including opportunities to engage in community life, work in ...
New Mexico (Mi Via) State HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
The goal of Mi Via is to provide a community-based alternative that 1) facilitates greater participant choice and control over the types of services and supports that are purchased within an agreed upon budgetary amount; and 2) enables the State to serve the ...
Maryland Community First Choice
April 15, 2016
“The program provide assistance with activities of daily living to Medicaid recipients who have a chronic illness, medical condition or disability. Services are provided in the eligible individual's home or community residence (waiver participants ...
Maryland Money Follows the Person
April 15, 2016
Money Follows the Person (MFP) in Maryland will help people transition from an institution, for example a nursing facility, to community living in an apartment, private home, or small group setting. MFP initiatives increase outreach to individuals in ...
MD HCBS Transition Plan
April 15, 2016
Maryland receives funding from the federal government to help pay for services provided in programs such as the Autism, Brain Injury, Community Pathways, Community Options, Model, and Medical Day Waivers and a program that helps children, youth and families. ...
Nebraska HCBS Transition Plan
April 15, 2016
In March 2014, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published the final rule regarding changes to home and community-based waiver services (HCBS waiver) which defines home and community-based settings and person-centered planning requirements ...
A 'Primer’ on The StartUP New York 4-Phase Model
April 16, 2016
“START-UP/New York convened a multidisciplinary collaboration of highly skilled partners to provide a customized, intensive, and well-rounded training, technical assistance, counseling, and support program for people with disabilities interested in ...
DC HCBS Waiver Program
August 11, 2015
"Home and Community Based (HCBS) Services waiver program is jointly funded with federal and local dollars. The federal government reimburses the District of Columbia 70 cents for every one dollar spent for qualifying services and supports for people ...
New York State Medicaid Plan
April 16, 2016
Medicaid State Plan is an official document that describes the nature and scope of a state's Medicaid program. Each state develops its own Plan, as required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (Act), which is then approved by the federal ...
NY State’s Statewide Transition Plan for HCBS Settings
April 16, 2016
A five year plan to assure that all settings in which recipients of HCB services live and/or receive these services are fully compliant with 42 CFR 441.301(c)(4) and (5); 441.710(a)(1)(2).
MIG Brief: The Entrepreneurship Partners Dialogue Meeting
April 16, 2016
“The Entrepreneurship Partners Dialogue Meeting that convened in Albany, New York on November 1, 2010 was designed to facilitate discussion about challenges and barriers faced by people with disabilities who want to become self-employed. The meeting was ...
MIG Brief: Impact: Inclusive Entrepreneurship - 02/01/2011
April 16, 2016
““Building upon the “Inclusive Entrepreneurship™” processes and partnerships modeled by the Syracuse University Burton Blatt Institute, Whitman School, Onondaga SBDC and other partners, NYMWP (New York Makes Work Pay) implemented ...
Employment First Project Update (February 2016)
April 18, 2016
“As part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Transition plan, services and rates are being updated for Adult Day waiver services. Input was gathered from community forums and stakeholder workgroups throughout 2014 and 2015. These new ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 18, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The…grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports ...
DC HCBS Waiver MR DD (0307.R04.00) (1915c)
August 11, 2015
~~Provides day habilitation, employment readiness, in-home supports, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment, personal care services, skilled nursing, assistive technology services, behavioral supports, companion services, creative arts ...
OH Disability Benefits 101: Working with a Disability in Ohio
April 18, 2016
“Disability Benefits 101 gives you tools and information on health coverage, benefits, and employment. You can plan ahead and learn how work and benefits go together.”
How Does Work Impact My Benefits?
April 18, 2016
“If you are receiving benefits from the government (money, services, staff, medical care), you may be worried that if you work, you will not get those services. This page can help you learn what will change as you start to make your own money. You will ...
Ohio’s HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
“Governor John Kasich created the Office of Health Transformation (OHT) to lead the Administration’s efforts to modernize Medicaid and streamline health and human services programs. Using an innovative approach that involves collaboration among ...
Oklahoma Medicaid State Plan
April 18, 2016
Title XIX State Plan The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of any state’s Medicaid program. As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (the Act) the State Plan is developed by the ...
Oklahoma HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
The purpose of this Transition Plan is to ensure the individuals receiving Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) are integrated in and have access to supports in the community, including opportunities to seek employment, work in competitive integrated ...
OK In-Home Supports Waiver for Adults (0343.R04.00)
April 18, 2016
Provides adult day, habilitation training specialist services, homemaker, prevocational, respite, supported employment, prescribed drugs, psychological services, assistive technology, specialized medical supplies, audiology, dental, environmental ...
Maine Balancing Incentives Program
April 18, 2016
“The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011. The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems ...
Maine HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
This Transition Plan is required by the federal government as part of new Medicaid regulations. It tells the federal government how Maine will meet the new Medicaid rules. All states must follow the federal rules for the Medicaid program.Medicaid is a joint ...
MA Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 18, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Massachusetts HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule related to Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) for Medicaid-funded long term services and supports provided in residential and non-residential home and community-based ...
Michigan Money Follows the Person
April 19, 2016
“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 40,500 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the community ...
Michigan State HCBS Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
In 2014, the Federal Government issued a new rule for Medicaid waiver programs that pay for home and community-based services. The goal of the new rule is to ensure that individuals who receive home and community-based services are an equal part of the ...
Employed Persons with Disabilities (EPD) – Medicaid Buy-in
April 19, 2016
“EPD is a Medicaid program administered by the Oregon Department of Human services. EPD provides medical coverage and long-term services to people with disabilities who are employed. If you are eligible to participate, you will be charged a nominal fee ...
Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant - Integrated Employment Plan (revised 7/2015)
April 19, 2016
“(2010-2011) During this time period VR used resources within its Medicaid Infrastructure Grants (MIG) Competitive Employment Project (CEP) and other available resources to support of a variety of Employment First related activities including:Co-funding ...
State Plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act Medical Assistance Program
April 19, 2016
The Oregon Health Authority is the single State agency designated to administer or supervise the administration of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act. (All references in this plan to "the Medicaid agency" mean the agency ...
Oregon 1915(c) HCBS Waiver - Comprehensive Residential (0117.R06.00)
April 19, 2016
Provides supported employment/prevocational, waiver case management, OT, PT, speech/hearing/language, alternatives to employment-habilitation, family training/counseling for individuals w/DD, IID ages 0 - no max age.
Oregon Home and Community Based Services Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is Oregon’s single state Medicaid agency. The OHA’s Health Systems Division (HSD) operates Oregon’s 1915(i) Home and Community Based Services State Plan Option.Through an intergovernmental agreement, ...
Pennsylvania Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“Pennsylvania will use its statewide transition plan as a way to determine its compliance with CMS’s rule on HCBS. Pennsylvania will determine the current level of what state actions are needed for compliance. This will include a review of current ...
Pennsylvania State Medicaid Plan
April 19, 2016
~~“Thank you for your interest in the Pennsylvania Medicaid State Plan.The plan is not available online and the files are too large to email. However, text searchable PDF files are available on a CD Rom. A copy of the CD costs ...
Pennsylvania Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“Pennsylvania will use its statewide transition plan as a way to determine its compliance with CMS’s rule on HCBS. Pennsylvania will determine the current level of what state actions are needed for compliance. This will include a review of current ...
Pennsylvania’s Home and Community-Based Settings CMS Final Rule Statewide Transition Plan (Spring 2016)
April 19, 2016
In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new rule (CMS rule) that states must follow to review and evaluate settings in which home and community-based services (HCBS) are provided, which include residential and ...
Report of the Court Monitor Progress on the Consent Decree United States v. Rhode Island, Civil Action Number CA14-175
April 19, 2016
"This review assesses the documentation and actions taken by the State of Rhode Island as described in the Defendant’s Fourth Status Report to determine progress and compliance with respect to certain requirements set forth in the ...
Updated Transition Plan to Implement the Settings Requirement for Home and Community Based Services CMS Final Rule (1/14 – 3/1/16)
April 19, 2016
The purpose of the Conversion Institute is defined in the Consent Decree. “The Sheltered Workshop Conversion Institute will be designed to assist qualified providers of sheltered workshops services to convert their employment programs to include ...
Rhode Island Medicaid Infrastructure Grant "Rhodes to Independence" (RTI)
April 19, 2016
“In 2000, Rhode Island launched an initiative called “Rhodes to Independence” (RTI) to promote systems changes that reduce barriers to employment. RTI focuses on health care, transportation, housing, youth transitions, and ...
Rhode Island Medicaid State Plan
April 19, 2016
~~“The Medicaid State Plan is a document that serves as a contract between the State and the federal government that delineates Medicaid eligibility standards, provider requirements, payment methods, and health benefit packages. A Medicaid State Plan is ...
Transition Plan to Implement the Settings Requirement for Home and Community Based Services CMS Final Rule of January 2014
April 19, 2016
“In January 2014 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule regarding Medicaid -funded home and community based services (HCBS). The rule applied to HCBS provided under 1915(c) authorities. Rhode Island’s authority to ...
Governor’s Commission on Disabilities Legislation Committee - Access to Medicaid Coverage
April 19, 2016
1500.04 HCBS CORE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES “Supported Employment-- includes activities needed to maintain paid work by individuals receiving HCBS, 24 including supervision, transportation, and training. Covers only the adaptations, supervision and ...
DE Pathways to Employment
August 12, 2015
“Pathways to Employment, a program now under development in Delaware, is designed to support low-income persons with disabilities who wish to work. The program is a result of an initiative launched by Governor Jack Markell while Chairman of the National ...
Arizona HCBS Transition Plan Review
April 20, 2016
Arizona submitted its STP to CMS on October 20, 2015. CMS has completed the initial review of the STP and has some questions and requests regardingthe transition timeframe, the public notice processes, public comments described in the STP, and the ...
Arizona Medicaid State Plan
April 20, 2016
The Arizona Medicaid state plan details the a state and Federal government Medicaid implementation agreement. It describes how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It also describes how the state will abide by Federal rules and may ...
Colorado HCBS Transition Plan
April 20, 2016
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based services that requires states to review and evaluate current Home and Community -Based Services (HCBS) settings, including residential and nonresidential ...
FL Division of VR - Work Incentives Program
April 20, 2016
This introductory flyer encourages SSI recipients to think about employment. It includes information on the Student Earned Income Exclusion, the Plan for Achieving Self-Support, the Section 301 Rule, as well as links to SSA, Florida Division of ...
Florida HCBS Transition Plan
April 20, 2016
In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based programs. The new rule contains requirements that ensure persons who receive Medicaid home and community-based services do so from providers ...
Utah HCBS Transition Planning
April 20, 2016
This website will provide access to the latest updates on the HCBS Transition Plan for the State of Utah as well as provide a means to sign-up for list-servs, and provide feedback on the Transition Plan, and its associated tools and publications.
UT Community Supports Waiver
April 20, 2016
This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with conditions related to intellectual disabilities remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as ...
South Carolina Statewide Transition Plan – Revised (HCBS)
April 20, 2016
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) gives notice that the revised draft Statewide Transition Plan, required per Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Rule (42 CFR ...
SC Community Supports (0676.R02.00)
April 20, 2016
Provides adult day health care, personal care, respite care, waiver case management, incontinence supplies, adult day health care-nursing, adult day health care-transportation, assistive technology and appliances, behavior support, career preparation, ...
California Ticket to Work/Work Incentives Program
April 21, 2016
Ticket to Work (TTW) is a voluntary work incentive program for Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who are between the ages of 18 and 64 and interested in ...
Delaware Medicaid Money Follows the Person
August 12, 2015
“ The Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFP) "Finding A Way Home" Program, is a special project funded by the Federal Government and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance ...
CA Employment First: Braiding Day and Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 21, 2016
This Employment First training presentation focuses on different approaches to promoting Employment First and encouraging integrated, community-based employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Some of the strategies include using Discovery and ...
CA San Francisco Community Living Support Benefit (0855.R00.00)
April 21, 2016
Provides care coordination, community living support benefit in licensed settings, behavior assessment and planning, community living support benefit in housing sites, enhanced care coordination, environmental accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals ...
California HCBS Transition Plan
April 21, 2016
~~“California’s HCBS programs, which are the focus of this Statewide Transition Plan (STP) are either directly administered or overseen by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) as the single state agency for Medicaid/Medi-Cal. ...
California Medicaid State Plan
April 21, 2016
~~“The Medicaid State Plan is based on the requirements set forth in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and is a comprehensive written document created by the State of California that describes the nature and scope of its Medicaid (Medi-Cal) ...
D.C Medicaid State Plan
April 22, 2016
The Medicaid state plan is the agreement between a state and the Federal government describing how that D.C will administer its Medicaid program. The state plan sets out groups of individuals to be covered, services to be provided, methodologies for ...
D.C Medicaid State Plan Amendments
April 22, 2016
When D.C plans to make a change to its Medicaid program policies or operational approach, states send state plan amendments (SPAs) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for review and approval. This webpage include D.Cs Medicaid state ...
Department of Health Care Finance: Notice of Final Rulemaking
April 22, 2016
“These final rules establish standards governing the participation requirements for providers who provide supported employment services to participants in the Home and Community Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental ...
D.C. HCBS Waiver Transition Plan
April 22, 2016
"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule effective March 17, 2014, that contains a new, outcome-oriented definition of home and community-based services (HCBS) settings. The purpose of the federal regulation, in part, ...
Home and Community Based Care Settings Rule: New Hampshire Statewide Transition Plan
April 22, 2016
~~“New Hampshire has drafted a Statewide Transition Plan to show how it will establish compliance with these new regulations. New Hampshire’s draft Statewide Transition Plan includes several sections: 1) Inventory – review of existing state ...
NH BDS Developmental Services (0053.R06.00)
April 22, 2016
~~“Provides community participation services, residential habilitation/personal care services, respite, service coordination, supported employment, assistive technology support services, community support services (CSS), crisis response services, ...
CT Balancing Incentive Payment Project
April 22, 2016
“The State of Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, Division of Health Services (DHS), with the Legislative and stakeholder support, seeks approval for application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for participation in the ...
Connecticut HCBS Transition Plan
April 22, 2016
In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community based services (HCBS) that requires states to review and evaluate home and community based (HCB) settings, including residential and ...
Connecticut Medicaid State Plans
April 22, 2016
~~The Connecticut Medicaid state plan is an agreement between the state and the Federal government describing how Connecticut administers its Medicaid program. The plan details how the state will follow Federal rules and guidelines. It also gives ...
Connecticut Medicaid State Plan Amendments
April 22, 2016
A Medicaid and CHIP state plan is an agreement between a state and the Federal government describing how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs…When a state is planning to make a change to its program policies or operational approach, ...
CT Balancing Incentive Payment Project
April 22, 2016
“The State of Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, Division of Health Services (DHS), with the Legislative and stakeholder support, seeks approval for application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for participation in the ...
ODEP Disability Employment Initiative 2010
April 25, 2016
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development will build their DEI project upon earlier Work Incentive Grant and Disability Program Navigator grant activities. The approach utilizes Rehabilitation Services Administration Technical Assistance ...
DiscoverAbility Learning at Work Symposium
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAbility NJ is a living document that was built upon the state's longstanding efforts to improve the labor market participation of people with disabilities. At the same time it included contemporary thinking about what is needed to increase their ...
Garden State Employment and Training Association (GSETA) Scholarships
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAbility NJ sponsored ten scholarships for disability employment service providers to attend the GSETA Fall Conference.
Marketing & Training on Disability Benefits
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAbility NJ has partnered with the World Institute on Disability (WID) to improve the capacity to figure benefits and support for better employment outcomes by upgrading the current New Jersey Benefits Calculator (DB 101) and translating it into ...
Travel Training & Information Series
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAbility NJ partnered with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University to pilot a travel/ training and information series is designed to inform job coaches/employment counselors of a variety of transportation options and how to ...
DiscoverAbility NJ Leadership Academy
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAiblity NJ has partnered with Rutgers University’s Center for Nonprofit Management and Governance at the School of Social Work to provide an intensive Leadership Academy for rising professionals in the field of disability employment. New Jersey ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
April 25, 2016
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federal demonstration project that helps eligible individuals who have been residing in nursing homes and developmental centers for a minimum of 90 consecutive days move into a community-setting. The setting will offer ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 25, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
New Jersey HCBS Transition Plan
April 25, 2016
The Statewide Transition Plan outlines to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) how New Jersey will meet compliance with federal Home and Community Based Settings regulations by 2019.The Statewide Transition Plan sets forth the determination ...
HireAbilities Hawai'i
April 25, 2016
This website is intended to provide resources to support employment for individuals with disabilities. It is intended to be used by job seekers with disabilities, service providers, agencies and businesses. This site was revamped December 2013 and now has ...
Hawaii Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 25, 2016
“In 2006, Hawaii received a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid to improve employment outcomes for persons with disabilities. The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program, known as Hire Abilities Hawaii, ran from 2006 to 2009. It was ...
Idaho HB 476
April 25, 2016
“Idaho Code 56-255 (3) (e) (ii) describes Medicaid services for people with developmental disabilities. The total amount of Medicaid developmental disability services a person can receive is limited by an individual budget amount, determined by a ...
ID Aged & Disabled Waiver (1076.R05.00)
April 25, 2016
"Provides adult day care, attendant care, day hab, homemaker, residential hab, respite, supported employment, adult residential care, chore, companion services, consultation, dental, environmental accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals, ...
Idaho Request for an Amendment to a §1915(c) HCBS Waiver: ID Developmental Disabilities (Amendment # ID.0076.R05.02)
April 25, 2016
“In March 2014, the Idaho Legislature passed House Bill 476 which amended Section 56-255 of Idaho Code. Revisions to Idaho Code direct the state to allow Developmental Disability budget modifications only when needed to obtain or maintain employment or ...
Idaho HCBS State Transition Plan
April 25, 2016
“The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published regulations in the Federal Register on January 16, 2014, which became effective on March 17, 2014, implementing new requirements for ...
Vermont Comprehensive Quality Strategy (Including Home- and Community-Based Transition Plan
April 25, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has completed its review of Vermont’s Statewide Transition Plan (STP) to bring state standards and settings into compliance with new federal home and community-based settings requirements. The ...
Money Follows the Person
April 25, 2016
~~In 2011, DAIL was awarded a five year $17.9 million “Money Follows the Person” (MFP) grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The grant was continued effective April 1, 2016 though September 30, 2019 with an additional $8 ...
GA Comprehensive Supports Waiver (COMP) - Provider Reference Guide
April 25, 2016
All providers (agencies) must apply to become a co-employer of services. Enrolled Co-Employer providers can serve in this capacity for the following COMP services, only: • Community Access • Community Guide • Community Living Support • ...
Disability Employment Initiative (Round Four)
April 26, 2016
As a past Round 1 grantee, VA DEI will continue to build on existing infrastructure to develop shared ownership; foster systems integration, through cross-interagency collaboration at all levels; and design access to services from a customer’s ...
Virginia Statewide HCBS Transition Plan
April 26, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community based services (HCBS) that requires states to review and evaluate home and community based (HCB) settings, including residential and non-residential settings. ...
Building Independence home and community-based 1915 (c) waiver (0430.R02.00)
April 26, 2016
~~Waiver Authority1915 (c)Date Originally Approved07/01/2005Implementation Date07/01/2013Expiration Date06/30/2018Summary Provides day support, prevocational, supported employment for individuals w/ID ages 6 - no max ageFrom the Fact Sheet:“Formerly ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 26, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will ...
Washington Medicaid State Plan
April 26, 2016
The Washington Medicaid state plan details the agreement between the state and the Federal government. It describes how Washington administers its Medicaid program and explains how the state will abide by Federal rules. It also explains how Washington ...
Washington State’s Statewide Transition Plan for New HCBS Rules
April 26, 2016
The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA, the state’s Medicaid Agency), the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) Aging and Long-Term Support Administration (ALTSA) and Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) submit this ...
Money Follows the Person – Take me home
April 26, 2016
“West Virginia was awarded a Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2011… The purpose of the MFP initiative is to support state Medicaid programs in providing people with ...
M-WIN (Medicaid Work Incentive Network)
April 26, 2016
“M-WIN is a work incentive for people with disabilities or chronic health conditions. It allows individuals who work, to pay a monthly premium and keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage. M-WIN eliminates a major barrier to employment - losing ...
West Virginia Medicaid State Plan
April 26, 2016
The West Virginia Medicaid State Plan may be accessed from this page. It is available in sections in pdf. Format.
West Virginia Medicaid State Plan, Recent amendments.
April 26, 2016
Amendments to the State Plan are available by year on this page.
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant – Washington State Pathways to Employment
April 26, 2016
“Helping Washingtonians with a disability make informed decisions about going to work.” By promoting the awareness and use of work incentives provided under Medicaid regulations and the Social Security Act, Pathways to Employment continues to ...
Methodology for West Virginia’s Waiver Transition Plan Application
April 26, 2016
West Virginia underwent the process of developing a transition plan pursuant to 42 CFR 441.301(c)(6) that contains the actions the state will take to bring all West Virginia waivers into compliance with requirements set forth in 42 CFR 441.301(c)(4-5). West ...
Delaware PROMISE - Services and Supports
April 26, 2016
This presentation serves as a practical guide for delivering services under Delaware's PROMISE (Promoting Optimal Mental Health for Individuals through Supports and Empowerment) section of Delaware's HCBS Waiver, focused on Mental Health related ...
DE Renewal DDDS (0009.R08.00)
April 26, 2016
~~Provides day habilitation, personal care, prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment – individual, supported employment - small group, assistive technology, clinical consultation: behavioral, clinical consultation: ...
Delaware's Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
April 26, 2016
Delaware's HCBS Waiver Application. “The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services ...
DE Division of DD Services - Waiver Amendment Public Notice Attachment
April 26, 2016
A public notice on various definitions under Delaware's HCBS Waiver, including a (then proposed) revision of 'Supported Employment' to include 'Customized Employment.'
Delaware HCBS State Transition Plan
April 26, 2016
In response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) promulgating a rule which for the first time defines the standard of being “community-based,” Delaware – and the individuals and families we serve – is committed to ...
Florida Model Waiver (40166.R04.00) 1915(c) Waiver
August 17, 2015
This waiver provides "respite, transition case management, assistive technology and service evaluation, environmental accessibility adaptations for medically fragile individuals ages 0-20".
Iowa Olmstead Consumer Taskforce Position Statement on Employment
April 26, 2016
“The State of Iowa has been working for over a decade to support employment outcomes by raising awareness of federal work incentives for people concerned about losing Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits, and by focusing attention on the ...
Iowa Money Follows the Person Partnership for Community Integration Project
April 26, 2016
“Money Follows the Person (MFP) Partnership for Community Integration Project is a $51 million grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It will provide opportunities for individuals in Iowa to move out of Intermediate Care ...
Iowa HCBS Statewide Transition Plan
April 26, 2016
“Federal regulations that became effective on March 17, 2014 define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that individuals receive ...
Illinois Statewide HCBS Transition Plan
April 26, 2016
“On January 16, 2014 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final regulations that pertain to Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) programs, including 1915 (c) , 1915 (i) and 1915(k) as described in 42 CFR 441.301(c) (4) (5) ...
Wisconsin Medicaid State Plan
April 27, 2016
“The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of Wisconsin's Medicaid program.”
Wisconsin Statewide Transition Plan (Medicaid)
April 27, 2016
The Department of Health Services (DHS) intends to transition the Community Recovery Services (CRS) program currently operating under the 1915(i) authority to a 1905(a) State Plan authority effective January 1, 2015, pending CMS approval. The DHS has issued a ...
WI Money Follows the Person
April 27, 2016
“Wisconsin received a federal award for a five-year Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (MFP Demo). The demonstration, authorized by Congress and funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, provides enhanced federal ...
WI Medicaid Purchase Plan
April 27, 2016
“The Medicaid Purchase Plan offers people with disabilities who are working or interested in working the opportunity to buy health care coverage through the Wisconsin Medicaid Program. Depending on an individual’s income, a premium payment may be ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 27, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
MIG-RATS
April 27, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
Wyoming State Medicaid Plan
April 27, 2016
The State Plan is a contract between a State and the Federal government, enabling the delivery of health care. It ensures that a State abides by Federal rules and gets FFP. The State Plan sets out groups to be covered, services provided and ...
Indiana Statewide HCBS Transition Plan
April 27, 2016
“Effective March 17, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of these ...
Indiana Employment First Systems Change Statewide Plan (2011-2015)
April 27, 2016
“Through the use of MIG funds, Indiana has made a number of improvements to the state’s infrastructure supporting employment of IWD. While Indiana has been a leader in many aspects of employment supports and the use of innovative practices, the ...
Indiana Money Follows the Person
April 27, 2016
“The MFP program is funded through a grant from the federal agency, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The MFP program was developed to help states move individuals from institutional settings to home and community-based settings. Indiana was ...
Kansas MIG-RATS
April 28, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
Kansas Medicaid State Plan
April 28, 2016
Medicaid is a federal-state partnership. Federal regulations provide a framework for each state to build a unique Medicaid program. States must all comply with some basic requirements such as: • Serving certain mandatory populations like ...
Kansas State HCBS Transition Plan (Draft)
April 28, 2016
The new HCBS Settings Rule from CMS applies to all programs that provide home and community based services. In Kansas, this rule will apply to all settings where home and community based services are provided for these programs:Frail Elderly (65+)Autism ...
Minnesota HCBS Transition Plan
April 29, 2016
Minnesota has developed a Statewide Transition Plan to address new rules governing home and community-based services funded through Medical Assistance. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the new rules in January 2014. The ...
Money Follows the Person
April 29, 2016
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 75,151 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the ...
MIG-RATS
April 29, 2016
Medicaid Buy-In Program For Working People with Disabilities (MBI-WPD) implemented July 2003 under the federal authority of TWWIIA Basic + Medical Improvement.The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a ...
Georgia New Options Waiver (0175.R06.00)
August 17, 2015
This waiver provides "community living support, prevocational, respite, support coordination, supported employment, specialized medical equipment, specialized medical supplies, community guide, FMS, adult dental, adult OT, adult PT, adult speech/language ...
A Path to Community Living Handbook
July 05, 2016
This handbook is designed to assist people who have moved or are planning to move out of institutions into the community of their choice. These forms are designed to help you identify the services and supports you may need to successfully live in the ...
DC DHCF and DDS Home and Community Based Settings (HCBS) 101
July 05, 2016
This training power point provides information on the HCBS waiver, basic information on revising the waiver, designing and restructuring it, and waiver rules and restrictions. It also details the role of DCHF and DDS in the revision and administration ...
GA Community Based Alternatives for Youth (01.R02.00)
August 17, 2015
"Provides behavioral assistance, care management, clinical services, respite, supported employment, community transition, customized goods and services, expressive clinical services, family peer support, financial support, waiver transportation, youth ...
Work Without Limits – About Us
July 12, 2016
~~“Work Without Limits is an initiative out of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). Our goal is to position Massachusetts as the first state in the nation where the employment rate of people with disabilities is equal to ...
GA Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (0323.R04.00
August 17, 2015
This waiver provides "community living support, prevocational services, respite, support coordination, supported employment, specialized medical equipment, specialized medical supplies, community guide, financial support services, adult dental, adult OT, ...
New York Employment First Commission Report and Recommendations 3/1/2015
July 13, 2016
Everyone has the right to work. It is this underlying premise that is the driving force behind the development of an Employment First policy in New York State. On September 17, 2014 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Executive Order 136 to create a commission to ...
Money Follows the Person
July 13, 2016
In January 2007 , the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved New York´s application to participate in the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program (MFP). The MFP Demonstration, authorized under the ...
1915 (c) Status: Current Program Name and Number AR Alternative Community Services (0188.R05.00)
July 13, 2016
Provides case management, respite, supported employment, supportive living, specialized medical supplies, adaptive equipment, community transition, consultation, crisis intervention, environmental mods, supplemental support for individuals with autism, IIDR, ...
HCBS 1915c Technical Guide
July 13, 2016
“These instructions provide information to assist states in completing the Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, including changes implemented through November 2014…This guidance is intended to improve ...
NH Granite State Employment Project 5 Year Strategic Plan (2008-2012)
July 14, 2016
The mission of the Granite State Employment Project is to improve employment opportunities for New Hampshire citizens with disabilities so that they may fully participate in and better contribute to their communities. The vision of the Granite ...
Nevada’s No Wrong Door Strategic Plan 2015-2018
July 14, 2016
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) help people with functional limitations accomplish tasks necessary for daily living. Older adults, and those living with disabilities, will often need assistance with issues such as bathing, getting dressed, fixing ...
Nevada HCBS Transition Plan
July 14, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new regulations in early 2014 that define the home and community based settings that will be allowable under HCBS. The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that individuals receiving HCBS are ...
NV HCBW for Persons w/ID and Related Conditions (0125.R06.00)
July 14, 2016
Provides day hab, prevocational, residential support, supported employment, behavioral consultation-training & intervention, counseling, career planning, non-medical transportation, nursing, nutrition counseling, residential support management for ...
Hawaii Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
August 19, 2015
“In 2006, Hawaii received a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid to improve employment outcomes for persons with disabilities. The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program, known as Hire Abilities Hawaii, ran from 2006 to 2009. It was authorized ...
Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities “Annual Status Report”
July 15, 2016
Activity: Development of Local and Regional LeadershipThe Commission:Began the process of educating the Department of Education’s Nine Regional Transition Teams about Employment First and their role in the Employment First process;Worked to expand the ...
Georgia Medicaid Waiver - Community-Based Services
July 15, 2016
"Waiver programs help people who are elderly or have disabilities and need help to live in their home or community instead of an institution such as a nursing home or ICF-MR. Each program offers several "core" services: -service coordination ...
Georgia Department of Community Health “New Options Waiver Program (NOW) and Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (COMP)”
July 15, 2016
"OverviewThe New Options Waiver (NOW) and the Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (COMP) offer home- and community-based services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) or developmental disabilities (DD) through the Georgia Department of ...
Georgia HCBS Transition Plan
July 15, 2016
“Georgia begins process to address new regulations issued by CMS for Home and Community Based Services.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay ...
Delaware DVR Partnerships
July 15, 2016
DVR maintains ongoing relationships with several councils throughout the state that have missions related to individuals with disabilities...These councils address issues of common concern to the disability community. DVR’s Director participates in the ...
Delaware Community Support Services Program Provider Certification Manual
July 15, 2016
This manual contains the standards by which the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) certifies Intensive Care Management (ICM) programs for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Certification is required for provider enrollment with the ...
Hawaii HCBS Waiver for People w/DD (0013.R06.00) (1915c)
August 20, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day health, individual employment supports, prevocational services, residential hab, respite, assistive technology, chore, environmental accessibility adaptations, group employment supports, non-medical transportation, ...
LTSS Road Map
July 15, 2016
If your community needs to establish long-term services and supports or improve its current program, the LTSS roadmap planning model can guide you through the planning process. The roadmap will help you understand your community's needs and work toward ...
Iowa Department of Human Services “Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Transition Settings
July 18, 2016
"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of these regulations is to ...
Iowa Department of Human Services “Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Transition Settings
July 18, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of these regulations is to ensure ...
HCBS Waivers and Amendments
July 18, 2016
Effective May 04, 2016 the department intends to begin using the InterRAI standardized assessment tool for the purposes of level of care determination and service planning for the HCBS Brain Injury, Children’s Mental Health, Elderly, Health and ...
Idaho Money Follows the Person
August 21, 2015
“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Demonstration designed to help states try new ways of delivering Medicaid services. The Demonstration is designed to help people to move, ...
Idaho Disability Employment Initiative
August 21, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security ...
Sherlock Plan
July 21, 2016
The Sherlock Plan is a Medicaid Buy-In Program for adults with disabilities that provides comprehensive health coverage. The program is intended to help individuals with disabilities maintain or obtain health coverage and other services and supports that will ...
ID Developmental Disabilities Waiver (0076.R05.00)
August 21, 2015
This waiver "Provides residential hab, respite, supported employment, specialized medical equipment and supplies, community support, FMS, support broker, adult day care, behavior consultation/crisis management, chore, dental, environmental ...
Oregon Council on Developmental Disability Fiscal Year 2016: State Plan (Findings)
July 22, 2016
A broad overview of the Comprehensive Review and Analysis conducted by the Council. The Office of Developmental Disability Services (ODDS) provides DD waiver and Medicaid Community First Choice state plan (K plan) services to about 23,776 eligible children ...
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Statewide Transition Plan
July 28, 2016
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule on Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) establishing certain requirements for services that are provided through Medicaid waivers. There are specific requirements for where home and ...
Nevada’s No Wrong Door Strategic Plan 2015-2018
December 19, 2016
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) help people with functional limitations accomplish tasks necessary for daily living. Older adults, and those living with disabilities, will often need assistance with issues such as bathing, getting dressed, fixing ...
Nevada Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
December 19, 2016
"The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Nevada Balancing Incentives Program
December 19, 2016
"The Balancing Incentive Program is a grant-funded program established by the Affordable Care Act through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The goal of the program is to make structural changes to the way individuals access long term ...
Nevada Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
December 19, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working People with Disabilities
December 19, 2016
"The Medicaid Buy-In program offers Medicaid coverage to people with disabilities who are working, and earning more than the allowable limits for regular Medicaid, the opportunity to retain their health care coverage through Medicaid. This program allows ...
NY OPWDD Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver (0238.R05.00)
December 19, 2016
“Provides day habilitation, live-in caregiver, prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment, community transition, fiscal intermediary, individual directed goods and services, support brokerage, assistive technology - ...
NY Long Term Home Health Care Program (0034.R06.00)
December 19, 2016
“Provides respite, assistive technology, community transitional services, congregate and home delivered meals, environmental mods, home and community support services, home maintenance, medical social services, moving assistance, nutritional ...
New York Medicaid State Plan Proposed and Accepted Amendments
December 19, 2016
This page lists all proposed and accepted amendments to New York’s Medicaid State Plan, beginning in 2010.
Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working People with Disabilities
December 19, 2016
“The Medicaid Buy-In program offers Medicaid coverage to people with disabilities who are working, and earning more than the allowable limits for regular Medicaid, the opportunity to retain their health care coverage through Medicaid. This program ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
December 20, 2016
“As part of its ongoing efforts to support community-based services and community inclusion of individuals with disabilities, the North Dakota Department of Human Services applied for and received a federal Money Follows the Person Rebalancing ...
Guide to Policy and Procedure Development
December 20, 2016
"The Employment First Rule, 5123: 2-2-05, requires county boards to adopt and implement a local Employment First Policy which clearly identifies community employment as the desired outcome for every individual of working age. The following is guidance ...
OH Job Seekers Guide
December 20, 2016
"The Job Seekers Guide will help you learn how to get a job and will give you some tools that will help along the way."
Ohio Employment First Transition Framework
December 20, 2016
"Ohio Employment First Transition Framework is a critical component to the Ohio Employment First structure and is intended to address barriers to transition planning and services in order to achieve meaningful adult outcomes. The Framework was developed ...
Medicaid Buy-in for Workers with Disabilities
December 20, 2016
"Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities (MBIWD) is an Ohio Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to working Ohioans with disabilities. Historically, people with disabilities were often discouraged from working because their earnings ...
Ohio Balancing Incentives Program
December 20, 2016
~~“Ohio Benefits Long-Term Services and Supports (OBLTSS)The Ohio Department of Medicaid is committed to removing barriers and expanding access to long-term services and supports received in community-based settings. In conjunction with the ...
Oklahoma Living Choice/Money Follows the Person
December 20, 2016
“The Living Choice Project is Oklahoma’s brand name for the Money Follows the Person grant, and is administered by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA). Oklahoma’s Living Choice Project is designed to transform the current long-term ...
PA OBRA Medicaid Waiver (0235.R05.00)
December 20, 2016
~~“Provides adult daily living, employment skills development, job coaching (intensive and extended follow-along), personal assistance services, residential habilitation services, respite, service coordination, structured day habilitation services, ...
PA Independence Medicaid Waiver (0319.R04.00)
December 20, 2016
~~“Provides adult daily living, employment skills development, job coaching, personal assistance services, residential habilitation, respite, service coordination, structured day habilitation, supported employment, behavior therapy services, ...
Rhode to Home (RI Money Follows the Person)
December 20, 2016
“Rhode Island’s ‘The Rhode to Home’ is a new program that will align with other State efforts to re-balance RI’s long-term care system. The Rhode to Home will provide support to transition eligible individuals who are in a ...
South Dakota Money Follows the Person
December 20, 2016
"Money Follows the Person (MFP) helps people living in nursing homes, hospitals, or intermediate care facilities for those with intellectual and development disabilities successfully return to their communities.MFP helps people find a place to live that ...
Expect Employment 2015: Employment First Task Force Report to the Governor
January 04, 2017
~~“Governor Haslam established Tennessee as an Employment First state in June 2013 with Executive Order No. 28. This Order, in recognition of high levels of unemployment for Tennesseans with disabilities, mental illnesses and substance abuse ...
Tennessee Interagency Agreement Regarding IDEA
January 04, 2017
“The purpose of this Agreement is to identify and define the financial responsibilities of the Parties to this Agreement and to facilitate the provision and coordination of services for all infants, toddlers, children, youth and adults who are IDEA ...
Employment and Community First CHOICES (Employment Program)
January 04, 2017
~~The Employment and Community First CHOICES program is administered by TennCare through its contracted managed care organizations. It offers services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services in the program will help ...
Interagency Agreement with Vermont Department of Education and Vermont Agency of Human Services
January 04, 2017
“This agreement promotes collaboration between the Agency of Human Services (AHS) and the Department of Education (DOE) in order to ensure that all required services are coordinated and provided to students with disabilities, in accordance with ...
Medicaid for Working People With Disabilities
January 04, 2017
“Vermont's Medicaid for Working People With Disabilities (WPWD) program was initiated in January 1, 2000, under the authority of the federal Balanced Budget Act (BBA)...Known at the federal level as the ‘Medicaid Buy-In Program’, it ...
MEDICAID WORKS (Virginia Medicaid Buy-in)
January 05, 2017
“MEDICAID WORKS is a work incentive opportunity offered by the Virginia Medicaid program for individuals with disabilities who are employed or who want to go to work. MEDICAID WORKS is a Medicaid plan option that will enable workers with disabilities to ...
Executive Order 2002-9 (Establishing a Governor's Task Force on Employment)
January 05, 2017
“An order establishing the Governor's Task Force on Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities”
Building Capacity for Transformation
January 05, 2017
~~“CMS Approves Request to Amend New Hampshire's Building Capacity for Transformation WaiverThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved New Hampshire's request to amend to its section l l l 5(a) demonstration ...
Medicare Beneficiaries Savings Program
January 05, 2017
“The Medicare Beneficiaries Savings Program assists low-income elderly or disabled individuals who are eligible for Medicare (available through the Social Security Administration) by paying for some or all of the associated costs of Medicare, ...
State of Alaska’s 1915( c) Waiver Renewal Applications
January 20, 2017
This is a power point presentation on the state of Alaska’s most recent application for renewing four 1915(c) Waivers for a five year period. These waivers include ones for “Adults with Physical and Developmental Disabilities” and ...
Arizona’s 1115 Waiver
January 20, 2017
~~“With over 1.6 million Arizonans enrolled in AHCCCS, Medicaid has a far greater responsibility for impacting population health. Despite past innovation, we have an opportunity and obligation to do more. The goals of Modernizing Arizona Medicaid are ...
Arkansas Department of Human Services “Supported Employment”
January 20, 2017
The Arkansas Department of Human Services Support Employment program is available to persons with most severe disabilities. It has the goal of assisting them in getting competitive employment in an integrated setting and earnings that are equal or greater ...
Illinois Disabled Workers Programs
August 21, 2015
"Illinois has implemented several programs and services for people with disabilities through a dedicated disabled workers initiative. This initiative includes:The Successful Disability) Opportunities Program“The Successful Disability Opportunities ...
Arkansas Current HCBS Transition Plan
January 20, 2017
You can now see the latest HCBS transition plan that DHS is submitting to CMS. Public Comment opens on 8/15/16 after they receive feedback from CMS. Public comment ends on 9/15/16. Please see the full transition plan, as currently written
Connecticut Community First Choice
January 20, 2017
~~“Community First Choice (CFC) is a federal initiative offered to active Medicaid members as part of the Affordable Care Act. This program allows individuals to receive supports and services in their home . These services can include—but are not ...
Updated Statewide Transition Plan for Alignment with HCBS
January 20, 2017
“This version of the STP has been updated in response to the second round of CMS comments, received April 2016 and August 2016... In response to CMS comments, it is important to emphasize the following: • Prior to implementation of the HCBS final ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
January 23, 2017
The Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFP) "Finding A Way Home" Program, is a special project funded by the Federal Government and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA). ...
Delaware Transition Plan for Compliance with Home and Community-Based Setting Rule, Updated
January 23, 2017
“In response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) promulgating a rule which for the first time defines the standard of being “community-based,” Delaware – and the individuals and families we serve – is ...
Indiana HCBS Statewide Transition Plan Amended
January 24, 2017
~~“In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published regulations to better define the settings in which states can provide Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The HCBS final rule became effective March 17, ...
Kentucky Request for a Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver
January 24, 2017
“Kentucky HEALTH is an innovative, transformative healthcare program designed to not only stabilize the program financially, but to also improve the health outcomes and overall quality of life for all members. This demonstration waiver seeks to evaluate ...
The Louisiana Statewide Transition Plan for Compliance with the CMS Home and Community-Based Services Settings Rule
January 24, 2017
“The following represents the Louisiana Work Plan. The purpose of this plan is to guide the development and implementation of a Transition Plan to: 1) provide for a robust input and engagement process for consumers and stakeholders; 2) identify areas of ...
“Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD) QUARTERLY DD COUNCIL REPORT September 28, 2016” Detailing DD Waiver Activities.
January 24, 2017
A report detailing Medicaid service levels, as well as a variety of Waivers and initiatives, including, but not limited to, the “residential Option Waiver, the New Opportunities Waiver, and the Self-Directed Waiver, as well as a description of ...
“Guide to Maryland Medical Assistance Coverage”
January 24, 2017
“The purpose of a home and community based services waiver program, also known as a “1915(c) waiver,” is to enable children or aged, blind, or disabled adults requiring a nursing facility level of care to reside in their homes or community ...
MassOptions (Balancing Incentives Program)
January 24, 2017
“MassOptions connects elders, individuals with disabilities and their caregivers with agencies and organizations that can best meet their needs. Learn more about MassOptions, the network of partners and State agencies and how to contact them here.”
Proposed Adoption “101 CMR 359.00 Rates for Home and Community Based Services Waivers”
January 24, 2017
“101 CMR 359.00 governs the payment rates, effective January 1, 2017, for services in four Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Waivers purchased by a governmental unit. The four HCBS Waivers are: Acquired Brain Injury Non-Residential Habilitation ...
HCBS Reports in WSA for the Habilitation Support Waiver (HSW)
January 24, 2017
“HCBS Rule: Intent a) to ensure that individuals receiving long-term services and supports through home and community based service (HCBS) programs under the 1915(c), 1915(i), and 1915 (k) b) and to enhance the quality of HCBS and provide protections to ...
1915(i) State plan Home and Community Based Services Administration and Operation
January 24, 2017
“The §1915(i) State Plan Amendment ABA service will operate within the §1915(b) Managed Specialty Services & Supports Program (MSS&SP), which also includes the concurrent §1915(c) Habilitation Supports Waiver. For more than a ...
Michigan’s Statewide Transition Plan for Home and Community-Based Services
January 24, 2017
“The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) offers a wide range of home and community-based services and supports to improve the health and well-being of Michigan residents. Many of these home and community-based services are offered ...
“Revised Statewide Transition Plan for Home and Community-Based Services; released for additional public comment”
January 24, 2017
“In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new rule for Home and Community-Based Services waivers to promote enhanced quality of services and personal protections for residents with disabilities or other health issues. ...
Olmstead Work Plans
January 24, 2017
“Strategy: Implement the Employment First Policy “Continue the implementation of the informed choice process with persons served by the Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Medicaid funded programs and students who are a part of the Employment ...
Olmstead Work Plans
January 24, 2017
“Strategy: Implement the Employment First Policy “Continue the implementation of the informed choice process with persons served by the Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Medicaid funded programs and students who are a part of the Employment ...
Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver Programs
January 24, 2017
“Minnesota currently administers the following five home- and community-based waiver programs: •Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver. This waiver is for people with developmental disabilities or a related condition who need the level of care ...
Transition Plan Implementation for Home and Community-based Settings
January 24, 2017
~~“Minnesota is using a statewide transition plan to move existing home and community-basedsettings into compliance with the federal rule by March 17, 2019. During 2016, we worked on thefollowing • Redesigning the statewide transition ...
Mississippi Department of Mental Health MOU with DRS
January 24, 2017
“SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD: DMH has implemented an MOU with the Department of Rehabilitation Services that is providing supported employment for people with IDD. Three hundred employees from DMH, MDRS, and the Division of Medicaid ...
Revised Statewide Transition Plan Summary 1915(c) and 1915(i) Home and Community Based (HCB) Programs
January 24, 2017
“ID/DD Waiver services provided in the participant’s private home or a relative’s home which is fully integrated with opportunities for full access to the greater community include: • Home and Community Supports, • Occupational ...
Missouri HCBS Statewide Transition Plan
January 24, 2017
“Missouri administers 10 Home and Community-Based Waivers through the single State Medicaid agency, the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division (MHD). The day-to-day operation of the waivers is through formal cooperative agreements with the ...
North Carolina Home and Community Based Services Final Rule Transition Plan
January 24, 2017
“North Carolina’s transition plan for waiver beneficiaries provides individuals with access to their communities. Among the benefits are opportunities to seek employment and to work competitively within an integrated work force, to select services ...
Letter of Findings Regarding South Dakota's Use of Nursing Facilities to Serve Individuals with Disabilities
April 26, 2017
“We conclude that South Dakota fails to provide services to individuals with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs, in violation of Title II of the ADA. Instead, South Dakota's system of care requires thousands of ...
Texas Medicaid Person-Centered Planning Training
April 26, 2017
This page lists the Person-Centered Planning Training Requirements for various providers, caseworkers, state employees, etc. if they are part of a planning team. It also includes a link to sign up for trainings.
Alabama Statewide Transition Plan –Systemic Assessment Update
April 27, 2017
~~“The Alabama Statewide Transition Plan (STP) is intended to ensure the State complies with new rules governing home and community based services (HCBS) provided with Medicaid funding. It outlines the requirements set forth in the rules, describes the ...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About the Community Developmental Disabilities grants
April 27, 2017
~~A FAQ that provides information on applying for Medicaid services and waivers.
Illinois Waiver for Adults with DD (0350.R03.00)
August 23, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day care, developmental training, residential hab, supported employment-individual/group, OT-extended, PT-extended, speech therapy-extended, service facilitation, adaptive equipment, behavior intervention/treatment, ...
Colorado Choice Transitions (CCT)
April 28, 2017
~~“Colorado Choice Transitions (CCT) is a demonstration program of the national Money Follows the Person Initiative (MFP), designed to assist Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) members who are interested in transitioning out ...
Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver to create the Lifespan Waiver
April 28, 2017
~~“The Lifespan Waiver Amendment, (Amendment 1), adds several family support services geared toward individuals with IDD who are living in the family home. Amendment 1 also adds waiver slots to enable individuals who are receiving DDDS day services to ...
Illinois HCBS Waiver for People with Brain Injury (0329.R03.00)
August 23, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day care, day hab, home health aide, homemaker, personal assistant, prevocational, respite, supported employment, cognitive behavioral therapies, environmental accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals, intermittent ...
Submitted to CMS: District of Columbia Plan to Comply with New Federal Home and Community Based Services Requirements
April 28, 2017
~~“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule effective March 17, 2014, that contains a new, outcome-oriented definition of home and community-based services (HCBS) settings. The purpose of the federal regulation, in part, ...
Public Notice of Revisions to the Statewide Transition Plan for the District Medicaid Program's Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
April 28, 2017
~~“The Directors of the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) and Department on Disability Services (DDS), pursuant to the authority set forth in an Act to enable the District of Columbia to receive federal financial assistance under Title XIX of the ...
“Medicaid waiver renewal approved for Georgians with intellectual and developmental disabilities”
April 28, 2017
~~“The Georgia Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) and Community Health (DCH) are pleased to announce that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved renewal of the Comprehensive Supports Waiver ...
Guiding Employment First In Indiana: A Statewide Plan
August 24, 2015
“In January 2010, the Indiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) began formal work to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to improve the employment services systems for individuals with disabilities (IWD). The MIG is a federal grant that works to ...
Application for 1915(c) HCBS Waiver: HI.0013.R07.01 - Jun 01, 2017
May 01, 2017
~~“The State of Hawaii requests approval for an amendment to the following Medicaid home and community-based services waiver…. Program Title: HCB Services for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD Waiver). Amendment ...
“Phase-In Timing for New Rates, by Services and ‘Cohort’ prepared for Developmental Disabilities Division”
May 01, 2017
~~“This document is a set of tables noting what services will be available for all of the participants in the program or different “cohorts” (Cohort 1 - Participants residing in certified or licensed settings; Cohort 2 - Participants living ...
Waiver Standards Manual Version B – Draft Pending DHS-MQD Approval
May 01, 2017
~"The Waiver Standards Manual Version B includes services that the participant may receive after their Individualized Service Plan (ISP) meeting is held during Year 1 of the phase-in (July 1,2017 through June 30, 2018). Waiver Standards Manual Version B ...
“Idaho Medicaid at a Glance”
May 01, 2017
~~“Under Idaho’s Home and Community-Based Waivers, qualifying Medicaid participants may receive an array of services to:•Prevent unnecessary institutional placement;•Provide for the greatest degree of independence possible;•Enhance ...
State of Illinois Medicaid Managed Care Organization Request for Proposals
May 01, 2017
~~“The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) has posted a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking services from qualified, experienced, and financially sound Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to enter into risk-based contracts for the ...
ADULT WAIVER RENEWAL DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DRAFT POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FEBRUARY 9, 2017 SUMMARY OF MAJOR CHANGES
May 01, 2017
~~“EMPLOYMENT AND DAY PROGRAMSAccess to Supported Employment. Service definitions in Appendix C have been modified to strengthen and enhance access to Supported Employment Programs. These service definitions have been developed with input from the ...
Money Follows the Person (MFP) Update
May 01, 2017
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program is a collaborative partnership between DHS’s Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME) and the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD). This program, funded through the Centers for Medicare ...
Kansas Medicaid: A Primer 2017
May 01, 2017
~~KanCare operates under concurrent waivers—a set of Section 1915(c) waivers for HCBS and a Section 1115 demonstration that created KanCare and allows—among other things—the mandatory enrollment of nearly all covered populations in managed ...
State Medicaid Plan Amendments
May 01, 2017
~~“The Medicaid State Plan is an agreement between the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the federal government describing how we administer our Medicaid program. It gives assurance that Kentucky will abide by federal rules and may claim federal matching ...
Supports for Community Living Waiver
May 01, 2017
~~“The Supports for Community Living (SCL) waiver provides Medicaid-paid services to adults and children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. These supports allow individuals to live at home rather than in an institutional setting. ...
MaineCare Benefits Manual Chapter II “Home and Community Based Services for Adults with Other Related Conditions”
May 01, 2017
~~“Application: After receiving the choice letter, the DHHS Care Monitor will meet with the member and guardian or legal representative (where applicable) and complete the initial ORC application. If the member appears to qualify and is interested in ...
1115 HealthChoice Waiver Renewal
May 01, 2017
~The Maryland Department of Health (the Department) is proposing an amendment to its §1115 demonstration waiver known as HealthChoice, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized through December 31, 2021. HealthChoice, ...
Medicaid Provider Manual
May 02, 2017
~~“The following documents comprise the Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, and address all health insurance programs administered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).MDHHS also issues periodic bulletins as changes are ...
Indiana Disability Employment Initiative
August 24, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security ...
Disability Waiver Rate System
May 02, 2017
~~“This is the third report to the legislature about analysis of the Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS). Legislation enacted in 2013 required the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to implement DWRS. The system was implemented in January ...
Public Notice for the Elderly and Disabled (E&D) Waiver renewal
May 02, 2017
~~“Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Section 441.304(e)-(f), public notice is hereby given to the submission of the Elderly and Disabled (E&D) Waiver renewal. The Division of Medicaid, in the Office of the Governor, will submit this proposed waiver renewal to ...
Community Transitions Manual for Support Coordinators and Community Coordinators
May 02, 2017
~~“MFP EligibilityIndividuals who transition from a Habilitation Center or nursing home may be eligible for MFP. MFP is a demonstration grant that supports efforts to:• Provide Medicaid eligible individuals the choice of where they live and receive ...
Indiana Money Follows the Person Grant
August 24, 2015
“The MFP program is funded through a grant from the federal agency, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The MFP program was developed to help states move individuals from institutional settings to home and community-based settings. Indiana was ...
Ohio Revised Code 5123:2-9-16 - Home and community-based services waivers
July 17, 2017
“This rule defines group employment support and sets forth provider qualifications, requirements for service delivery and documentation of services, and payment standards for the service. The expected outcome of group employment support is paid ...
Ohio Revised Code 5123:2-9-16 - Home and community-based services waivers
July 17, 2017
“This rule defines group employment support and sets forth provider qualifications, requirements for service delivery and documentation of services, and payment standards for the service. The expected outcome of group employment support is paid ...
Pennsylvania Consolidated Waiver
July 18, 2017
“The Pennsylvania Consolidated Waiver is designed to help individuals with an intellectual disability, autism or developmental disability to live more independently in their homes and communities and to provide a variety of services that promote ...
Texas SB 7: Enacting Community First Choice
July 18, 2017
“AN ACT relating to improving the delivery and quality of certain health and human services, including the delivery and quality of Medicaid acute care services and long-term services and supports.”
Texas Department of Health and Human Services Training Initiatives
July 18, 2017
“To provide educational opportunities to enhance services provided across the state, Texas Health and Human Services develops and provides free training. Training initiatives are based on identified needs of services providers, individuals receiving ...
Texas Community First Choice
July 18, 2017
“Senate Bill 7 from the 2013 Texas Legislature requires the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to put in place a cost-effective option for attendant and habilitation services for people with disabilities who have STAR+PLUS Medicaid coverage.A ...
Washington Medicaid Transformation
July 18, 2017
“The state is leading strategic changes within Medicaid, allowing us to move toward a healthier Washington. The Medicaid transformation project demonstration is an agreement with the federal government which allows us to test new and innovative ...
IN Community Integration and Habilitation (0378.R03.00)
August 24, 2015
Provides adult day, prevocational, rent and food for unrelated live-in caregiver, residential hab and support, respite, supported employment follow along, OT, PT, psychological therapy, speech/language therapy, adult foster care, behavioral support, community ...
Wisconsin Department of Health Services Guiding Principles for Competitive Integrated Employment for People with Disabilities in Long-term Care
July 18, 2017
“The Department of Health Services (DHS) has established a list of Guiding Principles that build on the value of full inclusion of people with disabilities served in our long-term care programs. These principles are evidence-based practices that align ...
Elderly and Disabled Waiver
July 19, 2017
“The Elderly and Disabled Waiver program is administered directly by the Home and Community Based Services division (HCBS).The Elderly and Disabled Waiver program provides home and community-based services to individuals age 21 years old and older who, ...
Public Hearings Set for Medicaid’s Plan First Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Extension Application
July 26, 2017
~~“Alabama Medicaid conducted public hearings and public notice in accordance with the requirements in 42 C.F.R. 431.408. The following describes the actions taken by Alabama Medicaid to ensure the public was informed and had the opportunity ...
IN Family Support Services (0387.R02.00)
August 24, 2015
Provides adult day, case management, prevocational, respite, supported employment follow along, OT, PT, psychological therapy, speech/language therapy, behavioral support services, community based hab-group, community based hab-individual, facility based ...
MSB 17-05-22-B, Revision to the Medical Assistance Rule Concerning Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) Accounts ...
July 27, 2017
~~“8.100.5.M. Resource Requirements1. Consideration of resources: Resources are defined as cash or other assets or any real orpersonal property that an individual or spouse owns. The resource limit for an individualis $2,000. For a married couple, the ...
Delaware Home and Community-Based Lifespan Waiver
July 28, 2017
~~“Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS)/Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) and Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDDS) received approval from the Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) to amend the Home and Community-Based ...
NEW - Proposed Adult Developmental Disabilities Waiver Renewal
July 28, 2017
~~“This renewal application revises the reimbursement methodology (Appendix I-2-a) for residential habilitation services, environmental accessibility adaptations, and specialized medical equipment and supplies. Additionally, this renewal application ...
Process Updates: Requests for Corrective Action Plans
July 28, 2017
~~“This communication impacts all Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) providers, including Certified Family Homes (CFH), Residential Assisted Living Facilities (RALF), Adult Day Health (ADH), Developmental Disability Agencies (DDA), ...
Proposed Renewal of HCBS Waiver for the Supportive Living Program
July 28, 2017
~~“The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) proposes to renew the HCBS Waiver for the Supportive Living Program. The proposed renewal includes (1) changes necessary to comply with federal regulations, including modifications to ...
Kansas Family Medical Assistance Manual (KFMAM)
July 31, 2017
~~“1101 Medicaid - The Medicaid program is a joint federal/state-funded program that covers a majority of low income persons in the State including children and pregnant women. Policies for family related medical coverage are in this manual while ...
“With a little help you can return home.Money Follows the Person (MFP) Program”
July 31, 2017
~~“If you live in a nursing home, the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program may be able to help you move home. The state of Kansas received grant money from The Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices (CMS). This money is used to help people move out ...
KanCare Section 1115 DemonstrationProject No. 11-W-00283/7
July 31, 2017
~~“The current KanCare demonstration expires on December 31, 2017. Pursuant to Section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is requesting a one-year extension of the current KanCare demonstration, ...
Request for Amendment to a 1915(C) HCS Waiver
July 31, 2017
~~“Individual with Intellectual Disabilities/Developmental Disabilities (IID/DD) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) WaiverThe Traditional IID/DD waiver serves people with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and includes an array of home and ...
Medicaid Home and Community-based Waiver Services (HCBS) for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
July 31, 2017
~~“PURPOSE. This Title regulates the services administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waivers for individuals with developmental disabilities.”
NH Acquired Brain Disorder Waiver (4177.R05.00)
July 31, 2017
~~“Provides community participation services, respite, service coordination, supported employment services, assistive technology support services, community support services (CSS), crisis response services, environmental and vehicle modification ...
“Innovations in the Balancing Incentive Program: New Jersey”
August 01, 2017
~~“In an effort to learn more about how states are transforming their LTSS systems under the Balancing Incentive Program, CMS and its technical assistance provider, Mission Analytics, selected five Program states that implemented structural changes ...
Community Care Program
August 01, 2017
~~“The Community Care Program is a Medicaid home and community based services (HCBS) waiver program. It provides services for eligible individuals who live in a provider-managed setting, such as a group home or supervised apartment, or who live in ...
“Innovations in the Balancing Incentive Program: New Jersey”
August 01, 2017
~~“In an effort to learn more about how states are transforming their LTSS systems under the Balancing Incentive Program, CMS and its technical assistance provider, Mission Analytics, selected five Program states that implemented structural changes ...
Iowa DHS Disability Employment Vision and Initiatives
August 25, 2015
"Employment in the general workforce is the first priority and the expected and preferred outcome in the provision of publically funded services for all working age Iowan's with disabilities...By employment we mean: regular or customized employment ...
Chart of Alabama HCBS Waiver Services
November 01, 2017
~~This is a chart of the details of the HCBS waivers in Alabama.
Transition Period for Compliance with Home and Community-Based Settings Criteria
November 01, 2017
~~“A CMS Informational Bulletin was released on May 9, 2017, indicating that the transition period for complying with home and community-based settings criteria is extended until March 17, 2022. In the Bulletin, CMS indicated that states may still ...
Transition Period for Compliance with Home and Community-Based Settings Criteria
November 01, 2017
~~“A CMS Informational Bulletin was released on May 9, 2017, indicating that the transition period for complying with home and community-based settings criteria is extended until March 17, 2022. In the Bulletin, CMS indicated that states may still ...
Application for 1915(C) Home and Community Based Services Waiver
November 02, 2017
~~“Community and Employment Support WaiverWaiver Number: AR.0188Original BSE Waiver Number: AR.0188Amendment Number: AR.0188.R05.02Proposed Effective Date: 8/21/17Approved Effective Date: 08/22/17Approved Effective Date of Waiver being Amended: ...
Iowa VR: SSA Ticket to Work Program
August 25, 2015
“The Ticket to Work (TTW) program is a federal program for Social Security disability beneficiaries age 18 through 64 who receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits based on a disability and would ...
FFY 2018-2019 Combined Substance Abuse and Mental Health Block Grant Behavioral Health Assessment and Plan Application
November 02, 2017
~~“Objective: Partner with the Division of Medical Services (DMS), the State Medicaid Agency in Arkansas and a sister division within the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), to continue working to transform the Medicaid funded behavioral health ...
Iowa DHS: Stakeholder Brief by SELN
August 25, 2015
“Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) has been keenly focused on improving opportunities for Iowans with disabilities to become employed in quality jobs in Iowa communities since 2000 when first awarded a Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG), a ...
Developmental Disabilities “Announcements”
November 02, 2017
~~“There were significant changes to the COMP Waiver that occurred following approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in March 2017. As a result, the four fiscal support services agencies sent an information sheet with the ...
The Going Home Plus Project
November 02, 2017
~~"The Going Home Plus (GHP) project helps residents who have been living in hospitals, nursing facilities, and ICF/ID facilities move back into the community. For those residents who choose to live in the community, the GHP project will assist in ...
1915(C) HCBS Medicaid Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities WAIVER STANDARDS MANUAL Version B Update
November 02, 2017
~~“Discovery and Career Planning (DCP)Discovery and Career Planning combines elements of traditional prevocational services with career planning in order to provide supports that the participant may use to develop skills and interests toward ...
State Plan Under Title XIX of the Social Security Act
November 03, 2017
“The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of Kentucky's Medicaid program. The State Plan includes the many provisions required by the Act, such as:-Methods of Administration-Eligibility-Services ...
Iowa Disability Employment Initiative (Round 3)
August 25, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security ...
Frequently Asked Questions: Moving DDD’s Community Care Waiver (CCW) to New Jersey’s Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver
November 03, 2017
~~“Effective November 1, 2017, DDD’s 1915(c) Community Care Waiver (CCW) will be incorporated into New Jersey’s larger and more wide-ranging 1115(a) demonstration waiver, known as the Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver.This is an internal, ...
Missouri Medicaid (MO HealthNet) Independent Living Waiver
November 03, 2017
“The Missouri Independent Living Waiver (ILW) provides home and community based services for adults who are physically disabled. With assistance via this program, individuals can continue to live independently in their homes, rather than require ...
Montana Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver (Big Sky Waiver)
November 03, 2017
“This Montana Medicaid program allows individuals that require nursing home level care to receive that care in their home or community in place of in a nursing home. A wide variety care services and non-care support is provided both to the program ...
North Carolina Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults Waiver (CAP/DA)
November 03, 2017
“The Community Alternative Program for Disabled Adults (CAP/DA) is North Carolina Medicaid's home and community based services waiver program. In this program, low-income, disabled state residents have an alternative to nursing home placement. ...
Alabama Medicaid Money Follows the Person
June 22, 2015
Alabama received a Medicaid Money Follows the Person grant in October 2012. Alabama received $3.4 million in the first year and up to $28 million over the four-year project to support the successful transition of 625 individuals from an institutional setting ...
Iowa HCBS Intellectual Disability Waiver
August 29, 2015
“ID Waiver services are individualized to meet the needs of each member. The following services are available:• Adult Day Care• Consumer Directed Attendant Care (CDAC)• Day Habilitation• Home and Vehicle Modifications• Home ...
Iowa Brain Injury Waiver
August 29, 2015
“BI Waiver services are individualized to meet the needs of each member. The following services are available:• Adult Day Care• Behavioral Programming• Case Management• Consumer Directed Attendant Care• Family Counseling and ...
Kansas HB 2453: Bidding Preferences for Businesses Employing Individuals with Disabilities
September 01, 2015
This legislation, signed into law by Governor Brownback in 2012, places responsibility for operating the “Kansas Bidders Preference Program” within Kansas Department of Administration In this program, which provides an incentive for certain ...
Kansas I/DD Waiver (0224.R05.00)
September 01, 2015
Provides day supports, overnight respite care, personal assistant, residential supports, supported employment, FMS, assistive services, medical alert rental, sleep cycle support, specialized medical care, supportive home care, wellness monitoring for ...
Kansas SSI Employment Support Pilot
September 01, 2015
“SSI Employment Support Pilot under KanCare – This Pilot will support up to 400 individuals currently on the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Developmental Disability (DD) or Physical Disability (PD) waiting lists who are employed 40 hours ...
Kansas Social Security Alternative Pilot
September 01, 2015
“Social Security Alternative Pilot under KanCare - This Pilot is designed for up to 200 Kansans with disabilities who have not yet been determined to be eligible for Social Security disability. The goal of this pilot is to assist individuals with ...
Nebraska Community Supports Program (CSP)
September 02, 2015
“The Department offers a system of supports and services intended to allow individuals with developmental disabilities to maximize their independence as they live, work, recreate, and participate in their communities.” “The ...
Alabama Disability Employment Initiative
July 27, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving ...
NE HCBS Waiver for Children w/DD and their Families (4154.R06.00)
September 02, 2015
~~“Provides prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment – individual, adult companion service, adult day services, assistive technology, consultative assessment service, crisis intervention support, ...
NE Day Services Waiver for Adults w/DD (0394.R03.00)
September 02, 2015
~~“Provides day habilitation, prevocational services, respite, supported employment – individual, adult companion service, adult day services, assistive technology, behavioral risk services, community living and day supports, consultative ...
NE Comprehensive DD Waiver for Adults (0396.R02.00)
September 02, 2015
Provides group home residential hab, integrated community employment, prevocational workshop hab, respite, assistive technology and supports, behavioral risk services, community inclusion day hab, community living and day supports, companion home residential ...
Nevada Money Follows the Person (MFP) Transitioning Home Program
September 03, 2015
Through the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Transitioning Home program, a new offering from the State of Nevada, eligible participants will be provided with the services, support, and assistance necessary to move back into a community setting, such as an ...
NH Granite State Employment Project 5 Year Strategic Plan (2008-2012)
September 03, 2015
The mission of the Granite State Employment Project is to improve employment opportunities for New Hampshire citizens with disabilities so that they may fully participate in and better contribute to their communities. The vision of the Granite ...
Alabama Home and Community- Based Waiver for Persons with MR (0001.R07.00)
July 27, 2015
The waiver provides day hab, personal care, prevocational, residential hab, respite, supported employment, adult companion, behavior therapy, community specialist services, crisis intervention, environmental accessibility adaptations, OT, PT, skilled nursing, ...
New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities (NHCDD) Five Year Plan (2016-2021), Executive Summary
September 03, 2015
Goal 2. Quality of Life: Individuals with developmental disabilities living in New Hampshire will have greater opportunities for inclusion through meaningful competitive employment, friendships and relationships, recreation and choice of social activities, ...
New Hampshire Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 03, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been awarded to approximately 30 states across the country and is the source of funding for NH Granite State Employment Project. This 11-year ...
New Hampshire Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Five Year Plan (2008-2012)
September 03, 2015
• MIG funds were used during 2002 and 2003 to provide the 13 New Hampshire Employment Security One-Stops with equipment and resource materials (e.g., screen readers, audio “how to” tapes) to make them more accessible to individuals with ...
Oregon K Plan (Community First Choice)
February 07, 2018
“The K Plan is a new Medicaid state plan option authorized under the Affordable Care Act. It allows states like Oregon to provide home and community-based services and supports while receiving a six percent increase in federal medical assistance funds ...
Expect Employment 2017: TN Employment First Task Force Report to the Governor
February 07, 2018
“Over the course of the fiscal year, several task force members completed major objectives in the strategic plan. Those include the implementation of the Employment and Community First CHOICES program and launch of the Transition Tennessee site. In ...
Medicaid Manual for Developmental Disabilities Services
February 08, 2018
“Medicaid Services in Vermont are provided under Global Commitment for Health 1115 Medicaid Waiver an agreement with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It is a matching entitlement program that provides medical care to aged, blind, or disabled ...
Washington Community First Choice
February 08, 2018
“Community first choice (CFC) is a Washington apple health state plan benefit authorized under Section 1915(k) of the Social Security Act. CFC enables the agency and its contracted entities to deliver person-centered home and community based ...
Home and Community-Based Alternatives (HCBA) Waiver Solicitation for Application (SFA)
February 12, 2018
~~“The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has released the Solicitation for Application (SFA) included below, to invite eligible organizations to apply to become HCBA Waiver ‘“Waiver Agencies.’” Applicants selected ...
Home and Community-Based Alternatives (HCBA) Waiver
February 12, 2018
~~“The HCBA Waiver (formerly the Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital (NF/AH) Waiver) was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 16, 2017. Medicaid's Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver programs, ...
Funding Request for the FY 2018-2019 Budget Cycle- R-19 IDD Waiver Consolidation Administrative Funding
February 12, 2018
~~“The Department requests $478,500 total funds, including $239,250 for administrative resources needed to consolidate the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) adult waivers for persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).”
Health First Colorado Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working Adults with Disabilities
February 12, 2018
~~“The Health First Colorado Buy-In Program for Working Adults with Disabilities lets adults with a disability who qualify to "buy-into" Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program). If you work and earn too much to qualify for ...
Relating to Medicaid Expansion
February 13, 2018
“Now, therefore, I, Matthew G. Bevin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 69 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, do hereby Order and Direct the following: In the event one or ...
Medicaid Long-Term Care Services
February 13, 2018
“Louisiana's Medicaid Program provides payment for special long-term care support services, as well as full Medicaid health coverage, to eligible people who, because of their medical conditions, require assistance with activities of daily living ...
“State Gets Final Federal Approval of Transition Plan for Compliance with Home and Community-Based Services Rule”
February 13, 2018
~~“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given final approval to Delaware’s Statewide Transition Plan for complying with the federal Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) final rule. The rule defines home and community-based ...
Maryland Medicaid Community Options Waiver (formerly Waiver for Older Adults)
February 13, 2018
“Until recently, the Maryland Community Options Medicaid Waiver was called the Waiver for Older Adults. That program and the Living at Home Medicaid Waiver are now merged under this new title. This waiver is also called the Home and Community-Based ...
Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking: ID/DD Waiver
February 13, 2018
~~“The Department of Disability Services (DDS), Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), operates the Medicaid Home and Community–Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD Waiver) ...
Application for a 1915(c) HCBS Waiver:
February 14, 2018
~~“The State of Hawaii requests approval of an amendment to the following Medicaid home and community based services waiver approved under authority of 1915© of the Social Security Act.Program Title: HCB Services for People with Intellectual ...
Idaho §1915(i) State plan
February 14, 2018
~~“Idaho Medicaid furnishes Adult DD 1915(i) HCBS Benefit services in one type of provider owned or controlled residential setting: CFHs. The results of Idaho’s analysis of this residential setting are summarized below, including an overview of ...
Person Centered Planning Policy and Guidelines for DD Waiver Services
February 14, 2018
~~“Federal Home and Community Based Services RegulationsThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Regulations on January 16, 2014. These Regulations became effective on March 17, 2014 and ...
Premium Assistance Program Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver
February 14, 2018
“August 30, 2017Notice is hereby given that the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) seeks to amend its Section 1115(a) Research and Demonstration Waiver, #11-W-00298/1 entitled, the New Hampshire Health Protection Program ...
State agency requests $200 million to shorten wait for Medicaid disability services
February 15, 2018
~~“The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services on Wednesday requested $90 million from the state general fund to shorten wait times for Medicaid recipients who need services for physical or intellectual and developmental ...
HCBS Person-Centered Service Plan Policy
February 15, 2018
~~“The purpose of this policy is to explain the Person-Centered Service Plan (PCSP) requirements found in 42 CFR § 441.301, K.A.R. 30-63-1 through 32, and the 1915 (c) HCBS waivers and detail the process for creation of the Person-Centered Service ...
Arkansas Employment First Task Force Final Report
July 28, 2015
"After the Governor signed Executive Order 10-17, the Department of Human Services convened the Employment First Task Force. The Task Force was comprised of representatives from state agencies, provider associations, and advocacy groups. The Task Force ...
Memorandum of Understanding Between The Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Program and The State of Tennessee Bureau of TennCare, Division of Long Term Services and Supports
June 12, 2018
“This Memorandum is entered into and based upon the philosophy of Employment First which is based upon the premise that all citizens, including individuals with significant disabilities, are capable of full participation in integrated employment and ...
Care Coordination Organization/Health Home (CCO/HH) Provider Policy Guidance and Manual
June 13, 2018
"Effective July 1, 2018, OPWDD will transition Care Management, both Medicaid Service Coordination (MSC) and Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Plan of Care Support Services (PCSS) to the Health Home model of care. Health Home Care ...
Governor Ivey Announces Funding for New Behavioral Health Services
June 14, 2018
~~“Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that Alabama has set aside $11 million in its recently passed budgets for the Alabama Department of Mental Health to expand behavioral health services for Medicaid-eligible children and youth. When combined with ...
Proposed Section 1115 Demonstration - Work Requirements
June 14, 2018
~~“From 2013 through the current date, the able‐bodied Parent or Caretaker Relative (POCR) eligibility group has more than doubled from 31,889 to more than 74,000. This has been during a time of steady economic growth and job creation in ...
Arizona Demonstration Fact Sheet
June 14, 2018
~~“Date Extension Application Submitted: September 30, 2015Date Extension Application Approved: September 30, 2016Date Implemented: October 1, 2016Date Expires: September 30, 2021In addition, outside this demonstration, the state aims to encourage ...
"Arkansas Works" (Project Number 11-W-00287/6)
June 14, 2018
~~“Approval of this demonstration amendment allows Arkansas, no sooner than June 1, 2018, to require all Arkansas Works beneficiaries ages 19 through 49, with certain exceptions, to participate in and timely document and report 80 hours per month of ...
CA Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver Amendment (0336.R04.04 DDS)
June 14, 2018
~~"The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a state to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to ...
HOUSE BILL 18-1326: Support For Transition From Institutional Settings
June 14, 2018
~~“Support For Transition From Institutional SettingsConcerning support for persons interested in transitioning from an institutional setting, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations…..The bill directs the department of ...
HOUSE BILL 18-1326: Support For Transition From Institutional Settings
June 14, 2018
~~“Support For Transition From Institutional SettingsConcerning support for persons interested in transitioning from an institutional setting, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations…..The bill directs the department of ...
Medicaid Managed Care Master Service Agreement
June 15, 2018
~~“3.4.10.7 Employment Services and Supports Provided Through Pathways3.4.10.7.1 The following services are available to members participating in Pathways to supplement Covered Services provided by the Contractor. These services are the responsibility ...
Money Follows the Person
June 15, 2018
~~“If you have lived in an inpatient facility (i.e., a hospital, nursing facility or an intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities) for at least 90 consecutive days and would rather live in your own home, apartment or group ...
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR SECTION 1115(a) RENEWAL OF HAWAII’S SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION (11-W-00001/9)
June 15, 2018
~~“The State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services (the State), hereby notifies the public that it intends to seek a five-year renewal of its Section 1115 Demonstration from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This renewal, ...
Hawai'i Medicaid State Plan and Demonstration
June 15, 2018
~~“The Hawaiʻi Medicaid State Plan is an agreement between Hawaii and the Federal government describing how that Hawaiʻi administers its Medicaid programs. Department of Human Services is the single State agency designated to administer the ...
Draft 1915(b) Waiver Application
June 18, 2018
~~“Program Title:Aged and Disabled WaiverC. Waiver Number:ID.1076Original Base Waiver Number: ID.1076.90.R3A.0The purpose of this amendment to Idaho's Aged and Disabled (A&D) 1915(c) waiver is to align with the 1915(b) waiver application for the ...
XXXIII. Idaho Home Choice Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (IHCMFP)
June 18, 2018
~~“A. IDHW will:1. Make all final determinations regarding IHCMFP enrollment; andB. The Health Plan shall implement and maintain policies and procedures to provide information, choice, and to enroll eligible Enrollees who consent to participate in ...
Community Support Services IDAPA 16.03.10.702-706
June 18, 2018
~~“Community support services provide goods and supports that are medically necessary and/or minimize the Enrollee's need for institutionalization and address the Enrollee's preferences for:Job support to help the Enrollee secure and maintain ...
Illinois Supportive Living Program Waiver Number IL0326.90
June 18, 2018
~~“The IL Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is seeking to amend current 1915 (C ) waivers to provide for statewide expansion of its mandatory managed care delivery system to all of Illinois’ 102 counties. Illinois’ mandatory ...
Louisiana Community Choices Waiver
September 05, 2015
“The Louisiana Community Choices Waiver (CCW) is a program for elderly and / or disabled Louisiana residents. This program, which replaced the Elderly and Disabled Adult Waiver, provides a wide range of services and support to assist elderly state ...
Louisiana Money Follows the Person
September 05, 2015
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration is a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) grant designed to help states try new ways of delivering Medicaid services. In Louisiana the MFP Demonstration is called My Place ...
Louisiana Disability Employment Initiative
September 05, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving ...
LA Supports Waiver (0453.R02.00)
September 05, 2015
This waiver, "provides day hab, habilitation, prevocational services, respite, support coordination, supported employment, housing stabilization service, housing stabilization transition, PERS for individuals w/autism, ID, DD"
LA New Opportunities Waiver (0401.R02.00)
September 05, 2015
Provides center-based respite, day hab, employment related training, supported employment, supported living, skilled nursing, specialized medical equipment and supplies, adult companion care, community integration and development, environmental accessibility ...
Transition Plan and Provider Requirements: Settings Final Rule Compliance Status
October 18, 2018
~~The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued a new regulation (42 CFR §441.301(c)(6)) that requires that all Medicaid-funded services be provided in settings that exhibit home and community-based characteristics and do not isolate recipients. ...
MEDICAID BUY-IN PROGRAM for Working Adults with Disabilities
October 19, 2018
~~Medicaid Buy-In offers health care coverage for working adults with disabilities whose earnings and resources might otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid.
H.B. No. 5253 AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AND REPEALING OBSOLETE STATUTES
October 19, 2018
~~“The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to Section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, shall submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Money Follows the Person demonstration project. Such project ...
Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 CREATING A MEDICAID BUY-IN STUDY GROUP.
October 22, 2018
~~This Senate Concurrent Resolution creates a Medicaid Buy-In Study Group to study the adoption of an expanded Medicaid Buy-In program that would allow Delawareans with incomes above 138% of the Federal Poverty Level to purchase insurance coverage through the ...
Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 CREATING A MEDICAID BUY-IN STUDY GROUP
October 22, 2018
~~This Senate Concurrent Resolution creates a Medicaid Buy-In Study Group to study the adoption of an expanded Medicaid Buy-In program that would allow Delawareans with incomes above 138% of the Federal Poverty Level to purchase insurance coverage through the ...
Waiver Employment Services and Supports
October 22, 2018
~~This page has information on the following services and supports:Discovery and Career PlanningBenefits CounselingHawaii Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA)Individual Employment Supports•Job Development•Job Coaching
Medicaid I/DD Waiver
October 22, 2018
~~“Medicaid is a jointly funded, Federal-State health insurance program for people with limited income and resources who meet eligibility requirements. The Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for individuals with ...
QUEST Integration §1115 Waiver Renewal Application
October 22, 2018
~~Pursuant to Section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act, the State of Hawai‘i, Department of Human Services (the State) is seeking a five-year renewal of the QUEST Integration Section 1115 demonstration project from CMS. Absent a renewal, the ...
Medicaid I/DD Waiver Providers
October 22, 2018
~~Services are provided through the Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Medicaid I/DD Waiver). The purpose of the Medicaid I/DD Waiver is to support people to have ...
Idaho State Transition Plan Resubmission
October 22, 2018
~“Effective October 3, 2018, Idaho became the tenth state to receive Final Approval for the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Statewide Transition Plan. CMS’ letter to Idaho can be found under the resources tab to the right in the ...
Consumer Handbook for Home-Based Services, Children's and Adult Medicaid Waivers ‘Person Centered Planning’
October 23, 2018
~~‘This is a process that outlines what is important to a person and what is important for a person. It is a way to record a person's strengths, needs, desires as well as risk. Person Centered Planning has three main parts: the Discovery Tool, the ...
Iowa Administrative Bulletin
October 23, 2018
~~The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) has issued regulations thatdefine the residential and nonresidentialsettings in which it is permissible for states toprovide and pay for Medicaid home-and-community-based services (HCBS). Thepurpose of ...
5160:1-5-07 Medicaid: specialized recovery services (SRS) program
October 23, 2018
~~“This rule sets forth the eligibility criteria for a state plan home and community-based services (HCBS) benefit authorized under section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act (as in effect on October 1, 2017). Section 1915(i) of the act allows states ...
Ohio’s Home and Community Based Waiver Waiting List
October 23, 2018
~~“Changes to Ohio's Waiver Waiting List for home and community-based services waivers make it easier to identify a person's needs and coordinate needed services.The changes to the Waiting List include a statewide assessment tool used to better ...
Medicaid 1115 Waiver
October 25, 2018
~~“The Medicaid 1115 Waiver constitutes the legal authority granted to the State by federal government to pursue innovations that improve health care access, quality and outcomes and further the goals of the Medicaid and CHIP Programs. The terms ...
Request to Extend the Rhode Island Comprehensive Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Project No. 11-W-00242/1
October 25, 2018
~~….the State set out to transform Medicaid to a system that is more consciously and effectively organized towards achieving the Triple Aim of controlling costs, while improving health and the experience of care. To support these efforts Rhode Island ...
Service Rate Increases
October 26, 2018
~~PROVIDER ALERTEffective for services provided on or after July 1, 2018, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) increased reimbursement for qualified Adult Day Health Care Services, Personal Care I, Personal Care II and Attendant ...
DiscoverAbility: New Jersey’s Strategic Plan for Creating a Comprehensive Employment System for People with Disabilities
September 08, 2015
During the final year of the DiscoverAbility NJ project, New Jersey became an Employment First state and joined the national State Employment Leadership Network (SELN). Nonprofit community service providers assist people with disabilities with a wide range of ...
Governor Cuomo Directs State Agencies to Implement Policies Aimed at Supporting Community Living for New Yorkers with Physical Disabilities
November 02, 2018
~~“Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today marked the 28th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with the launch of the "Able New York" agenda, a multi-agency initiative that will emphasize enhanced accessibility to state programs and ...
SD Home and Community-Based Options and Person- Centered Excellence (HOPE) Waiver (0189.R06.00)
November 05, 2018
~~Provides adult day services, respite care, homemaker, in-home nursing services, personal care, specialized medical equipment, specialized medical supplies, adult companion services, assisted living, chore services, community living home, community ...
Medicaid buy-in program for employees with disabilities
November 06, 2018
~~The Medicaid buy-in program allows working Texans with disabilities to get Medicaid, even if they earn more than the Medicaid income limits. To take part in the program, you can't earn more than $2,453 per month. People in the buy-in program pay monthly ...
Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services 1115 Demonstration Extension Application
November 06, 2018
~~Employment Sustaining Services 1. Career advancement services2. Negotiation with employers3. Job analysis 4. Job coaching5. Benefits education and planning6. Transportation (only in conjunction with the delivery of an authorized employment ...
Commonwealth Coordinated Care (CCC) Plus Waiver
November 06, 2018
~~The CCC Plus Waiver (also known as the Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus Waiver), is a combination of the formerly known waivers titled: EDCD (Elderly or Disabled with Consumer Direction) waiver and the Technology Assisted (Tech) waiver. All of the waivers ...
Waiver Overview
November 07, 2018
~~“The Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) offers five Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers:•Basic Plus•Children's Intensive In-home Behavioral Supports (CIIBS)•Community ...
Methodology for WV’s Waiver Transition Plan Application
November 07, 2018
~~This review has been conducted in two sections. To begin the transition plan development process, BMS conducted a review of the HCBS services provided by the current West Virginia waivers impacted by the new rule (Exhibit 1) as well as the ...
IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct)
November 08, 2018
~~The IRIS program is a Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver for self-directed long-term supports. The program is an option for adults with long-term care needs. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Medicaid Services ...
Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
November 08, 2018
~~“This webpage shares key information related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule for Medicaid home and community-based services waivers.
Statewide Transition Plan for Home and Community-Based Settings
November 08, 2018
~~The Wyoming Department of Health (Department) is the single state agency designated to administer the Wyoming Medicaid program, and submits this Statewide Transition Plan (STP) in accordance with the federal regulation. This document shall describe the ...
NJ WorkAbility
September 08, 2015
~~NJ WorkAbility, one of the NJ FamilyCare Aged, Blind and Disabled Programs, offers people with disabilities who are working, and whose income would otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid, the opportunity to receive full Medicaid ...
Home and Community Based Waivers – 2020
May 07, 2019
“Individuals who are elderly and/or disabled may qualify for home and community- based services through one of these waiver programs. These services are to protect the health, safety, and dignity of those individuals who are at risk of ...
Alaska Transition Plan for HCBS
May 07, 2019
~~“The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Senior and Disabilities Services (SDS) now submits for public review and comment the fourth version of its Transition Plan (“Plan”) in accordance with CFR 42 §441.301(c)(6). This ...
Arkansas Medicaid Certification Requirements for ARChoices HCBS Waiver Program
May 08, 2019
~All ARChoices Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver providers must meet the Provider Participation and enrollment requirements contained within Section 140.000 of this manual
Fact Sheet: Home and Community Based Setting Rule
May 08, 2019
~“The purpose of the rules is to ensure that individuals receive services in settings that are integrated in and support full access to the greater community. This includes opportunities to seek employment and work in competitive and integrated ...
HCBS Settings Final Rule Provider Transition Plan (PTP) User Manual
May 08, 2019
~Developed to Assist Providers in Completing the PTP on the Google Cloud/G-Suite Platform"In order to demonstrate to CMS that Colorado has attained statewide compliance with the HCBS Settings Final Rule, the Department needs providers to complete a PTP ...
New Jersey Money Follows the Person
September 08, 2015
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federal demonstration project that helps eligible individuals who have been residing in nursing homes and developmental centers for a minimum of 90 consecutive days move into a community-setting. The setting will offer ...
New Jersey Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 08, 2015
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
Supported Employment Services – DD Waiver
May 10, 2019
~“Service DescriptionSupported employment consists of competitive work in integrated work settings for individuals with the most severe disabilities, for whom competitive employment has not traditionally occurred, or for whom competitive employment has ...
Request for an Amendment to a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Amendment Number: ID.0076.R06.02
May 10, 2019
~“Program Title: Idaho Developmental Disabilities Waiver (renewal)B. Waiver Number: ID.0076Original Base Waiver Number: ID.0076.90.R3BThe purposes of this amendment to Idaho’s Developmental Disabilities Waiver are as follows: 1. To add transition ...
Request for an Amendment to a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Amendment Number: ID.1076.R06.04
May 10, 2019
~“Program Title: Aged and Disabled Waiver B. Waiver Number: ID.1076Original Base Waiver Number: ID.1076.90.R3A.04C.This amendment provides for the addition of Transition Service benefits to the A&D Waiver. This transition aids in the sustainability ...
Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
May 10, 2019
~“As a division of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) has two overarching responsibilities for children and adults with physical and cognitive disabilities: ...
Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS)2018 Provider Quality Management Self- Assessment
May 10, 2019
~~“This form is required for entities enrolled to provide services in Section B under the following waivers/programs:• Health and Disability • Elderly Waiver • Brain Injury Waiver (BI) • Waiver (HD)AIDS/HIV ...
018 Provider Quality Management Self-Assessment
May 10, 2019
~~Objectives• Overview of the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Provider Quality Oversight process• Familiarize providers with updates to the 2018 Self-Assessment• Identify and address frequently asked ...
HCBS Institutional Transition Policy
May 13, 2019
~~“PurposeThis policy establishes the process and procedures for transitioning eligible individuals from institutional care settings onto the Frail and Elderly (FE), Intellectual and Developmental Disability (I/DD), Physical Disability (PD), and ...
Extension of its section 1115(a) demonstration titled, “KanCare”
May 13, 2019
~~“..the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving Kansas’s request for an extension of its section 1115(a) demonstration titled, “KanCare” ...
HCBS Institutional Transition Policy
May 13, 2019
~~“PurposeThis policy establishes the process and procedures for transitioning eligible individuals from institutional care settings onto the Frail and Elderly (FE), Intellectual and Developmental Disability (I/DD), Physical Disability (PD), and ...
Extension of its section 1115(a) demonstration titled, “KanCare” (Project Number 11-W-00283/7)
May 13, 2019
~~“Kansas will provide new employment supports to beneficiaries with behavioral health diagnoses and eligible for a 1915(c), either by being on the waitlist or already being enrolled in the 1915(c). This voluntary pilot will be capped at 500 ...
DiscoverAbility NJ
September 08, 2015
DiscoverAbility NJ is a living document that was built upon the state's longstanding efforts to improve the labor market participation of people with disabilities. At the same time it included contemporary thinking about what is needed to increase their ...
Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waiver Redesign Project: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
May 13, 2019
~~“The Department for Medicaid Services (the Department) on behalf of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (the Cabinet) is publishing this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)document to provide timely updates and respond to stakeholder questions ...
Provider Types Enrolled
May 14, 2019
~~“For Medicaid providers:1.All provider types must be managed by their Medicaid provider type identifier which includes (Exhibit3: Provider Matrix)…Specialized providers to serve children and adolescents in the 1915(i) State Plan Amendment (SPA) ...
Massachusetts Medicaid buy-in: Feasibility of establishing a small employer premium sharing plan for participation in MassHealth
May 14, 2019
~~“Pursuant to Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2017, this study examines the opportunities and challenges associated with allowing small employers to share premiums with or “buy into” MassHealth, the Commonwealth’s Medicaid program. Premium ...
Minnesota’s Home and Community-Based Services Rule Statewide Transition Plan
May 14, 2019
~~“Today, most people with disabilities grow up in their family homes, go to school in their own neighborhoods and have many of ...
Long Term Care 1915(c) Waiver Provider Orientation
May 15, 2019
~~“The Office of Long Term Care is responsible for ensuring that all providers of 1915(c) home and community based waiver services for the following waivers meet credentialing requirements as documented in the CMS approved waiver ...
1915(i) State plan Home and Community-Based Services Administration and Operation
May 15, 2019
~~“The state implements the optional 1915(i) State plan Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) benefit for elderly and disabled individuals as set forth below.1. Services. (Specify the state’s service title(s) for the HCBS defined under ...
Montana Community First Choice / Personal Assistance Programs (CFC / PAS)
May 15, 2019
~~“Montana Community First Choice / Personal Assistance Programs (CFC / PAS) is a Medicaid program designed for elderly or disabled residents that require in-home care service. Individuals can receive care services from the state (agency based) or they ...
Montana Administrative Register Issue No. 22 “ARM 37.40.705”
May 15, 2019
~~“The department has revised this rule to remove reference to a home- based requirement for receipt of home health services and to clarify coverage for medical supplies, equipment, and appliances. Fiscal Impact These rule amendments will ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
May 15, 2019
~~“Effective October 1, 2018, the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program will no longer be accepting new referrals for transition coordination services due to the expiration of our federal grant. MFP staff will continue assisting individuals on ...
“New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program 1115 Demonstration”
May 16, 2019
~~“In this extension package, changes have been made to the STCs and related authorities to align with New Hampshire State Legislature Senate Bill 313, requiring the state to request waivers under section 1115 needed to implement the Granite Advantage ...
Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol Approval
May 16, 2019
~~“In this extension of the demonstration, the state will continue healthcare delivery reforms that were initiated during the previous demonstration period. Specifically, the state will continue its expansion of managed care to Long Term Services and ...
New Mexico Department of Health Action Steps
September 08, 2015
The New Mexico Department of Health will, "continue to utilize the New Mexico Employment Institute (NMEI) in areas of job development and technical assistance to train and assist providers.DDSD hopes to achieve the 38% FY13 target, through continued ...
"Centennial Care 2.0 1115 Medicaid Demonstration" Extension
May 16, 2019
~~“This approval is effective January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2023. CMS' s approval is subject to the limitations specified in the attached waiver authorities, expenditure authorities, Special Terms and Conditions (STCs), and subsequent ...
Centennial Care 2.0 1115 Waiver Amendment Request
May 16, 2019
~~“Employment Supports (ABCB and SDCB) Employment Supports include job development, job seeking and job coaching supports after available vocational rehabilitation supports have been exhausted. The job coach provides training, skill development, and ...
Important Change to Children’s 1915(c)Waiver Programs
May 16, 2019
~~“The following waivers will be combined into one new Children’s waiver:•Office of Mental Health (OMH) Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) waiver•Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) Care at Home waiver•Office ...
New York State HCBS Settings Transition Plan
May 16, 2019
~~“DOH operates the following 1915(c), waivers in addition to overseeing our sister agencies and offices that operate other 1915(c) waivers as the State's Medicaid agency.•Long Term Home Health Care Program Waiver2•Nursing Home Transition ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Original Base Waiver Number: NC.0423 Draft ID:NC.025.03.00
May 16, 2019
~~“This waiver is requested in order to provide home and community-based waiver services to individuals who, but for the provision of such services, would require the following level(s) of care, the costs of which would be reimbursed under the approved ...
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Approval Letter
May 17, 2019
~~“Final approval is granted due to the state completing the following activities:o Conducted a comprehensive site-specific assessment and validation of all settings serving individuals receiving Medicaid-funded I{CBS, and included in the STP the ...
North Dakota Revised Statewide Transition Plan For HCBS Settings Under 1915(c) Waivers
May 17, 2019
~~“North Dakota submitted an initial Statewide Transition Plan that included public comment to CMS on November 28, 2014. CMS has completed a review of the initial plan and provided additional recommendations that are addressed in this document. Prior to ...
Waiver Number: ND.0037. R08.00 Draft ID: ND.007.08.0 Renewal
May 17, 2019
~~“Major ChangesIn Appendix B – slots were increased by 150 each year of the waiver and update performance measure B-2.In Appendix C- modifications and clarification was made in Day Habilitation, Homemaker, Independent Habilitation, Individual ...
Medicaid Waivers
May 17, 2019
~~“Waivers are agreements between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and a state's Medicaid agency and serve specific groups of people.Waivers specify:• Number of participants to be served• Eligibility ...
New Mexico Money Follows the Person
September 08, 2015
“The goals of the New Mexico MFP are to increase the use of home and community-based services (HCBS) and reduce the use of institutionally-based services, [e]liminate barriers in State law, State Medicaid plans, and State budgets that restrict the use ...
Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities (MBIWD)
May 17, 2019
~~“MBIWD is an Ohio Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to working Ohioans with disabilities. MBIWD was created to encourage Ohioans with disabilities to work and still keep their health care coverage.Who is eligible? To qualify for ...
Oregon STP Final Approval Letter
May 17, 2019
~~“CMS is granting Oregon final approval of its Statewide Transition Plan (STP) to bring settings into compliance with the federal home and community-based services (HCBS) regulations found at 42 CFR Section 441.301(c)(4)(5) and Section ...
New Mexico Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 08, 2015
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
Application for 1915(c) HCBS Waiver: PA.0279.R05.00
May 20, 2019
~~“Pennsylvania’s Home and Community-Based Waiver for Individuals Aged 60 and Over (Aging Waiver) has been developed to emphasize deinstitutionalization, prevent or minimize institutionalization and provide an array of services and supports in ...
Approval of Rhode Island's request to extend the section 1115 Medicaid demonstration project ,entitled "Rhode Island Comprehensive Demonstration" (Project Number I l-W-0024211)
May 20, 2019
~~“On July 1 1, 2018, Rhode Island submitted an application for a five-year renewal of its current section 1115 demonstration "Rhode Island Comprehensive Demonstration," along with approval of modifications of the demonstration that would ...
SOUTH DAKOTA HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES STATEWIDE TRANSITION PLAN
May 20, 2019
~~“Home and community based services (HCBS) in South Dakota have been historically provided through four1915(c) HCBS Waivers. Each waiver targets a specific population and provides a menu of services to meet the needs of the target population. ...
Expect Employment Report to the Governor 2018
May 20, 2019
~~“This fifth annual report to the governor continues to document the task force’s progress as identified in the five goals outlined in the strategic plan. Furthermore, this report continues to highlight the people behind the numbers who ...
Medicaid Balancing Incentives Program
May 20, 2019
~~“Federal law established the Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) which increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to participating states through September 2015 in exchange for states making certain structural reforms to increase access to ...
2018 Revised Texas Promoting Independence Plan
May 20, 2019
~~“Funding for Reduction in Community-based Services Interest Lists Texas has five 1915(c) Medicaid waiver programs and one Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) program in the 1115 waiver, which serve people who have a physical, IDD or a ...
Texas Medicaid and CHIP Reference Guide
May 20, 2019
~~“Medicaid Buy-In (MBI) for Workers with DisabilitiesThe Medicaid Buy-In (MBI) program enables working persons with disabilities to buy in to Medicaid. Individuals with income below 250 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and resources at or ...
New Mexico DD (0173.R05.00)
September 08, 2015
“Provides case management, community integrated employment, customized community supports, living supports, personal support, respite, nutritional counseling, OT for adults, PT for adults, speech and language therapy for adults, supplemental dental ...
WV State-Wide Transition Plan
May 21, 2019
~~“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new regulations and guidance on the delivery of home and community-based services (HCBS) offered through Medicaid waiver programs. Through this new rule, CMS intends to ensure ...
HCBS Settings Rule: FAQs
May 22, 2019
~~“The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has received numerous questions concerning the Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) waivers settings rule. These FAQs provide guidance on the requirements in the settings rule. More ...
1115 Behavioral Health Medicaid Waiver
September 25, 2019
~~“Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers provide states with flexibility to test new approaches within Medicaid to aid in redesigning and improving their health systems without increasing costs.Alaska’s 1115 WaiverIn January 2018, Alaska ...
Information Memo Number HCPF IM 19-037 Transition Services Post Rule Update
September 26, 2019
~~“The purpose of this Informational Memo is to provide an update to stakeholders on the sustainability of the Colorado Choice Transitions (CCT) demonstration program. This memo provides updates regarding the finalized regulations for Transition ...
Policy Memo Number 19-002 Colorado Home and community Based Services Transition Services
September 26, 2019
~~“The purpose of this memo is to inform providers, case managers, members and stakeholders about the Transition Services newly added to home and community-based services (HCBS)waivers.”
Medicaid Waiver Applications
September 26, 2019
~~“OverviewNotice of Intent to Amend the Individual and Family Support, Employment and Day Supports & Comprehensive Supports WaiversIn accordance with the provisions of section 17b-8(c) of the Connecticut General Statutes, notice is hereby given ...
District of Columbia Section 1115 Medicaid Behavioral Health Transformation Demonstration Program
September 26, 2019
~~“On June 3, 2019, the Director of the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF), pursuant to the authority set forth in the Department of Health Care Finance Establishment Act of 2007, and in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health ...
Elderly and Disabled Waiver B. Waiver Number:GA.0112Original Base Waiver Number: GA.0112.90R2
September 26, 2019
~~“The Elderly & Disabled Waiver Program assists individuals who are older or disabled and functionally impaired to continue to live in the community with appropriate supports. Individuals served by this program are required to meet the same level ...
Support Waiver for Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities Amendment Number:IL.0464.R02.03
September 27, 2019
~~“The Children’s Support Waiver provides services to eligible children and young adults with developmental disabilities ages three through twenty-one who live at home with their families. The services provided are designed to prevent or delay the ...
HCBS Waiver for Adults with Developmental Disabilities Amendment Number:IL.0350.R04.02
September 27, 2019
~~“The Waiver for Adults with Developmental Disabilities provides supports to eligible adults with developmental disabilities ages 18 and over. The supports provided are designed to prevent or delay out-of-home residential services for ...
Money Follows the Person
September 27, 2019
~~“The Money Follows the Person program is funded through a grant from the federal agency Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The MFP program was developed to help states move individuals from institutional settings to home- and community-based ...
“What is KanCare?
September 27, 2019
~~“KanCare is the program through which the State of Kansas administers Medicaid. Launched in January, 2013, KanCare is delivering whole-person, integrated care to more than 415,000 people across the state. Kansas has contracted with three health plans, ...
Kansas - HCBS-I/DD Waiver Waiver Number: KS. 0224. R06.00 Transitions
September 27, 2019
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) grant program ended on 6/30/17. As a result, the MFP structure for transitions from an institutionalized setting to a community setting via waiver supports was modified to become the HCBS Institutional Transitions ...
HCBS-I/DD Waiver Waiver Number: KS.0224.R06.00
September 27, 2019
~~“The State of Kansas currently operates an approved Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability (IDD) waiver that provides services to eligible children and adults. The purpose of this waiver is to provide the opportunity for innovation in ...
Brain Injury Waiver Waiver Number: KS.4164.R06.00
September 27, 2019
~~“The 2018 Kansas Legislature included a proviso in the budget bill directing KDADS to include acquired brain injuries (ABI) into the current TBI waiver. The proviso also directed that the amended waiver serve children under the age of 16. Policy and ...
Kansas Home and Community-Based Services Settings Rule Statewide Transition Plan
September 27, 2019
~~“Kansas now submits their amended Statewide Transition Plan. Changes include increasing stakeholder participation, integrating stakeholder recommendations, revised timelines, and proactive approaches for engaging stakeholders. The identified need for ...
Kansas - HCBS-I/DD Waiver Waiver Number: KS. 0224. R06.00 Supported Employment
September 27, 2019
~~Supported Employment is part of this waiver“The following supported employment activities by Supported Employment agency staff are designed to assist individuals in acquiring and maintaining employment:1. Individualized assessment.2.Individualized job ...
Request for an Amendment to a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
September 30, 2019
~~“Program Title:Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum DisorderWaiver Number:ME.0467Original Base Waiver Number: ME.0467.The State of Maine is planning to amend the Home- and Community-based Services waiver, known ...
NY Community First Choice
September 09, 2015
“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the State's Medicaid Plan Amendment to add the Community First Choice Option (CFCO) set of services. CFCO, authorized in the Affordable Care Act, allows states to expand access and ...
New York Money Follows the Person
September 09, 2015
In January 2007, the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved New York´s application to participate in the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program (MFP). The MFP Demonstration, authorized under the Deficit ...
Housing Benefits 101
September 30, 2019
~~“Housing Benefits 101 (HB101) helps people who need affordable housing, and supports to maintain that housing, understand the range of housing options and support services available. HB101 can help you make choices about where you want to live. It can ...
New York Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 09, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports ...
Medicaid Providers Manual
September 30, 2019
~~This page has general information on the Providers’ Manual“Providers must be familiar with current rules and regulations governing the Montana Medicaid program. The provider manuals are meant to assist providers in billing Medicaid; they do not ...
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Programs
September 30, 2019
~~“A program is a group of services intended to meet an individual's or family's needs. Home and community-based services provide opportunities for Medicaid beneficiaries to receive services in their own home or community rather than isolated ...
Waiver Amendments
September 30, 2019
~~“On May 7, 2019 CMS approved a technical amendment. These changes did not require public or tribal comment as they were technical and in response to questions by CMS. The following changes were made to the CDD Waiver (Intro-Main and Appendix ...
Current Medicaid Waivers administered by The Division of Developmental Disabilities (DHHS-DD)
September 30, 2019
~~“To be on a waiver administered by DHHS-DD, a person must have a developmental disability and needs that require services like those provided at an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF-DD). A yearly level of care ...
Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Strategy (Quality Strategy)
October 01, 2019
~~“Quality Initiatives and Emerging Practices Emerging practices occur by incorporating evidence-based guidelines into operational structures, policies, and procedures. Emerging practices are born out of continual quality improvement efforts to enhance ...
Medicaid State Plan
October 01, 2019
~~“Please note that the state plan does not contain extensive service details and requirements. This information should be obtained through the Department’s rules listed on the State of New Hampshire Administrative Rules website or via the DHHS ...
Home and Community Based Services Waivers
October 01, 2019
~~This page is a list of the current waivers with links to documents.
Arkansas Money Follows the Person
July 28, 2015
“Money Follows the PersonWhat is the Money Follows the Person program?Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federal program that helps Medicaid-eligible people ─ the elderly, adults with physical and developmental disabilities, and adults with mental ...
Services for People with Developmental Disabilities
October 01, 2019
~~“For the two Medicaid waivers providing noninstitutional care to people with developmental disabilities, the FY20 general fund appropriation to the department is sufficient to add more than ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
October 01, 2019
~~“The goals of the New Mexico MFP are to• increase the use of home and community-based services (HCBS) and reduce the use of institutionally-based services,• [e]liminate barriers in State law, State Medicaid plans, and State ...
New York State´s 1115 Waiver
October 01, 2019
~~ ” The NYS Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Waiver (formerly the Partnership Plan) has been in operation since 1997.• New York´s 1115 MRT Waiver was renewed on December 6, 2016 effective through March 31, 2021.• Goals for ...
CAP/DA Renewal (3.5)
October 01, 2019
~~“Habilitation Services.The state assures that prevocational, educational, or supported employment services, or a combination of these services, if provided as habilitation services under the waiver are: (1) not otherwise available to the individual ...
North Carolina’s Medicaid Managed Care Quality Strategy
October 01, 2019
~~“This Quality Strategy focuses on measuring quality performance and outcomes in the early years of managed care, affecting the populations that will transition to managed care immediately (outlined above); it will expand to capture additional ...
Integrated Care Delivery System (ICDS) Waiver (MyCare Ohio) - Phase 2 Alignment Amendment
October 01, 2019
~~“Services for Individuals with Chronic Mental Illness.The state assures that federal financial participation (FFP) will not be claimed in expenditures for waiver services including, but not limited to, day treatment or partial hospitalization, ...
Ohio Home Care Waiver Waiver Number: OH.0337.90.R1
October 01, 2019
~~“The state assures that prevocational, educational, or supported employment services, or a combination of these services, if provided as habilitation services under the waiver are: (1) not otherwise available to the individual through a local ...
Developmental Disabilities and Medicaid Eligibility
October 02, 2019
~~“People with developmental disabilities (DD) sometimes have special considerations related to Medicaid eligibility. Although the Medicaid eligibility rules are the same, the types of Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers are different ...
Comprehensive Aggregate Cap Home and Community Based Services (or "CAC") Waiver
October 03, 2019
~~“An individual’s Individual Support Plan may include more than one non-residential habilitation service (SE-IES; Supported Employment-Small Group Employment Supports; Community Participation Supports; Intermittent Employment and Community ...
Beneficiary Support System
October 03, 2019
~~“As part of TennCare’s Beneficiary Support System (BSS), Disability Rights TN contracts with TennCare to help people with long term services and supports (LTSS) or who may qualify for LTSS by• explaining member rights and ...
Tennessee Self-Determination Waiver Program TN.0427.R03.01
October 03, 2019
~~“The primary purpose of this amendment is to revise the Service Specification for “Employment and Day Services” to separate the service category into distinct employment and day service types with separate service specifications, provider ...
5220 Money Follows the Person Demonstration Entitlement Tracking and Service Authorization System Data Entry
October 03, 2019
~~“Time spent in a nursing facility (NF) does not count toward the 365-day period; therefore, tracking is required to ensure Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFPD) individuals receive the full 365-day entitlement period. The entitlement period ...
Utah Medicaid Provider Manual Section 2: Personal Care Services “Self-Employment”
October 03, 2019
~~“EPAS participants may be self-employed. Self-employed participants must show that they are making a good faith effort to produce income and make a profit. Service Coordinators will be required to verify a participant’s ...
Utah Section 1115 Demonstration Application Per Capita Cap
October 03, 2019
~~“With this application, the State is seeking approval to implement the following new proposals for its Medicaid expansion as directed by Senate Bill 96: •Authority to receive the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) allowable ...
Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration
October 04, 2019
~~“Wisconsin received a federal award for a Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration. The demonstration, authorized by Congress and funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, provides enhanced federal matching funds for ...
Children's Long-Term Support Waiver Program Amendment Number:WI.0414.R03.02
October 04, 2019
~~“Per the terms of a corrective action plan (CAP) required by CMS, Wisconsin has developed a uniform statewide rate-setting methodology for most CLTS waiver services. The following waiver services are subject to a statewide rate ...
Policy & Procedures Provider Instructions
October 04, 2019
~~“State Plan Services:Wyoming offers a variety of State Plan services as approved by the Federal Government. Services are offered based on specific eligibility requirements.Each state may differ in income and resource limit guidelines, as well as ...
Senate Bill No. 289 CHAPTER 846 An act to add Section 14132.993 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.
May 04, 2020
“This bill would require the retention of placement on the waiting list for, or the reenrollment in, specified HCBS waiver programs for an individual who is a dependent child or spouse of an active duty military service member and who transfers out of ...
1115 Waiver Application: Substance Use Disorder Care Initiative
May 05, 2020
“Home-based Skill Development Services:Home-based skill development services are services Maine has historically covered via State Plan and Waiver authority for our members with SMI and members with intellectual disabilities who meet institutional level ...
Notice of Statewide Transition Plan for Home and Community-Based Services Settings
May 05, 2020
“The revised Maine HCBS Statewide Transition Plan will be submitted to CMS in April 2020 and will be effective upon CMS approval. For the aspects of the rule that apply to HCBS settings, states have until March 2022 to ensure alignment of the states ...
Rhode Island Medicaid Infrastructure Grant "Rhodes to Independence" (RTI)
September 09, 2015
“In 2000, Rhode Island launched an initiative called “Rhodes to Independence” (RTI) to promote systems changes that reduce barriers to employment. RTI focuses on health care, transportation, housing, youth transitions, and ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Medically Fragile Renewal Waiver
May 05, 2020
“Habilitation Services. The state assures that prevocational, educational, or supported employment services, or a combination of these services, if provided as habilitation services under the waiver are: (1) not otherwise available to the individual ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Supports Waiver
May 05, 2020
“New Mexico’s Supports Waiver (SW) is designed to provide an option for support to individuals on the Department of Health Developmental Disabilities (DD) waiver Wait List; providing support services to participants and their families, to enable ...
New Mexico Centennial Care 2.0 1 I 15 Medicaid Demonstration
May 05, 2020
“…The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving New Mexico's request to amend its section 1115(a) demonstration entitled, "New Mexico Centennial Care 2.0 1 I 15 Medicaid Demonstration (Project Number I I ...
1915(i) State Plan Option - Adult Day Health Care and Habilitation
May 05, 2020
“Section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act allows the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (DHCFP) to provide State Plan Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) similar to that of a 1915(c) HCBS Waiver using needs-based eligibility ...
Nevada Balancing Incentives Program
May 05, 2020
“The Balancing Incentive Program is a grant-funded program established by the Affordable Care Act through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The goal of the program is to make structural changes to the way individuals access long term ...
Montana Medicaid Severe and Disabling Mental Illness 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waiver Renewal
May 05, 2020
“Effective July 1, 2020On or before 03/31/2020, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) will submit a request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to renew the Montana Medicaid Severe and Disabling Mental ...
State Transition Plan Final
May 05, 2020
“Nebraska’s State Transition Plan addresses MLTC’s and DDD’s statewide efforts for compliance with the HCBS regulations as well as incorporates each waiver program’s specific plan. In order to determine Nebraska’s readiness ...
Mississippi Medicaid seeks approval to increase access to needed in-home supports for those in HCBS program
May 05, 2020
“In response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is working to increase availability of home-delivered meals and in-home providers for individuals enrolled in home and community based programs.Earlier this week, DOM ...
Long Term Care 1915(c) Waiver Provider Orientation
May 05, 2020
“1915(c) waivers allow the provision of long term care services in home and community-based settings (HCBS) under the Medicaid Program. States can offer a variety of services under an HCBS Waiver program.Programs can provide a combination of standard ...
Mississippi Assisted Living Waiver
May 05, 2020
“The Assisted Living Waiver is a home and community-based waiver that provides services to beneficiaries who, but for the provision of such services, would require the level of care provided in a nursing facility. Qualified beneficiaries are allowed to ...
Developmental Disabilities Waivers Manual Prevocational Services
May 05, 2020
“Prevocational Services provide one-to-one learning and group experiences to further develop an individual’s general, non-job task specific skills which are needed to succeed in paid employment in competitive, integrated community settings. ...
Developmental Disabilities Waivers Manual Supported Employment
May 05, 2020
“The purposeful braiding of supports and services with VR to enhance the employment outcomes of individuals with DD is allowable under Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for 1915(c) HCBS waivers as long as documentation supports that it is neither ...
SHB 1199 - 2019-20- AN ACT Relating to health care for working individuals with disabilities; amending RCW 74.09.540; creating a new section; and providing an effective date
May 05, 2020
“It is the intent of the legislature to remove barriers to employment for individuals with disabilities by providing medical assistance to working individuals with disabilities through a buy-in program in accordance with section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of ...
Letter Approving Minnesota’s Request to Amend Waivers
May 05, 2020
“Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving Minnesota’s request to amend the following 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers with the Emergency Preparedness and Response Appendix K in order to respond to the ...
DHS launches free customized support for HCBS providers
May 05, 2020
“Throughout the HCBS settings transition process, DHS and providers have worked together to ensure older adults and people with disabilities have access to the highest-quality home and community-based services. Providers play an important role in making ...
HCBS provider toolkit
May 05, 2020
“The HCBS provider toolkit contains frequently asked questions, guidance and examples of provider practices that support choice and autonomy for people who receive HCBS.New: In addition to the toolkit, DHS created three short videos to highlight ...
HCBS settings heightened-scrutiny process
May 05, 2020
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires states to submit evidentiary packages for settings that CMS presumes are not home and community-based to undergo a heightened-scrutiny process. Evidentiary packages include information gathered ...
Medicaid Provider Manual
May 06, 2020
“The following documents comprise the Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, and address all health insurance programs administered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). MDHHS also issues periodic bulletins as changes are ...
MI HealthLink Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver and concurrent MI HealthLink Waiver renewals
May 06, 2020
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approves Michigan’s MI HealthLink Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver and concurrent MI HealthLink Waiver renewals, authorized under sections 1915(c) and 1915(b)(1) of the Social ...
MI Choice Waiver Program
May 06, 2020
“Revisions to the MI Choice Waiver Chapter of the Medicaid Provider ManualEffective December 1, 2019, revisions were made to the MI Choice Waiver Chapter which result in policy and program changes. Many changes are the result of policy changes approved ...
Medicaid Funded Long-Term Care Services
May 06, 2020
“This program area administers and operates Maryland's Long-Term Care Medicaid program, Coordination of Community Services, Community First Choice (CFC). CFC Supports Planners and Nurse Monitors provide a continuum of services designed to allow ...
Q1 2020 U.S. Virgin Islands State of the Territory Address 2020
May 06, 2020
Mental Health“…we have taken several definitive steps to address our mental health challenges. The Department of Health has re-established the Behavioral Health Alcoholism and Drug Dependency Services Council…Earlier today, we submitted ...
Application for 1915(c) H CBS Waiver: NE.4154.R06.07
June 16, 2020
The purpose of this amendment is to increase the capacity reserved for the category: Transition of Participants from Other Waivers for years 3, 4, and 5 from 100 to 300 slots.
Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice Compact 1115 Waiver Taskforce Employment Workgroup Recommendations Paper
September 09, 2015
“The Global Waiver establishes a new federal/state compact that gives the state greater flexibility to provide [Medicare and Medicaid] services in a more cost-effective way that will better meet the needs of Rhode Islanders. On May 12, 2009, Executive ...
Illinois Statewide Transition Plan for Compliance with Federal Person-Centered Planning and Settings Rule Requirements For 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
July 27, 2020
“On January 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final regulations that pertain to Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) programs, including programs run under the authority of subsections1915(c), 1915(i), and ...
Qualified Disabled and Working Individual (QDWI) Program
July 31, 2020
Understand changes to Reporting• Understand changes to the DVR statewide Fee Schedule• Understand available Tools and Resources“The Qualified Disabled and Working Individual (QDWI) Program is a Medicare Savings Program that helps pay for ...
Continuous Employment Incentive Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities
July 31, 2020
“The Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities program policy and procedures described here are effective January 1, 2020.Purpose: This section describes the Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) program. HWD recognizes the employment ...
State Rehabilitation Council 2019 Annual Report
August 01, 2020
“On behalf of the State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) of Tennessee, I am privileged to present the 2019 SRC Annual Report to provide an update on the Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Program and to highlight the work of the SRC during the past year. ...
Office of Aging and Disability Services Update
August 18, 2020
“The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides home and community-based services to adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD, ORC), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and brain injury primarily through ...
Medicaid HCBS Waivers for Eligible Nebraskans
August 19, 2020
“An aged person or person with a disability has several Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver options. The Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care (DHHS-MLTC) is the State Medicaid agency and partners with the Division of ...
Home and Community-Based Services
August 19, 2020
“North Dakota provides Home and Community-Based Services through several programs. Each program offers a specific set of services and each program may have different functional and financial eligibility criteria.Programs include:Medicaid State Plan - ...
Medicaid Waiver for Home and Community Based Services (Medicaid Waiver)
August 19, 2020
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a state to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to live in ...
NC Money Follows the Person
September 09, 2015
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a state project that assists Medicaid-eligible North Carolinians who live in inpatient facilities to move into their own homes and communities with supports. DMA was awarded its MFP grant from CMS in May 2007 and began ...
NC Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 09, 2015
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
NC Comprehensive Waiver (3.5) (0662.R01.00)
September 09, 2015
“Provides adult day health, day supports, personal care, residential supports, respite, supported employment, behavior consultant, community transition, crisis respite, crisis services, home and community supports, home mods, individual caregiver ...
NC Supports Waiver (3.5) (0663.R01.00)
September 09, 2015
“Provides adult day health, day supports, home and community supports, personal care, respite, supported employment, behavior consultation, crisis respite, crisis services, home mods, individual and caregiver training, individual goods and services (SD ...
Arkansas Employment First Task Force Training Recommendations
July 28, 2015
The Final Report of the Employment First Task Force included a number of recommendations related to training, including:Recommendation 1: Provide training on disability employment to State agency and provider agency staff.State agencies should offer three ...
Managed Care in North Carolina - Piedmont Behavioral Health Care
September 09, 2015
“Under the CCNC program, North Carolina contracts with 14 community networks, which are each paid a per member per month fee to coordinate patient care. Networks are paid a higher fee to coordinate the needs of aged, blind, and disabled beneficiaries. ...
Money Follows the Person/Home Again
September 09, 2015
“Home Again is a program assisting seniors, individuals with disabilities, and children with severe emotional disturbances who currently live in facilities to transition back into their communities and receive appropriate services and supports.”
Sourh Carolina SAMHSA Grant - "Health Mind Body Alliance"
September 09, 2015
“The integration model brings primary care into state community mental health clinics. Clinics are located in the underserved rural counties of Marlboro, Dillon, and Chesterfield South Carolina and the initial strategy included an FQHC [Federal ...
South Carolina Medicaid Money Follows the Person/Home Again
September 09, 2015
“Home Again is a program assisting seniors, individuals with disabilities, and children with severe emotional disturbances who currently live in facilities to transition back into their communities and receive appropriate services and supports.”
Community Long Term Care - South Carolina Medicaid Waivers
September 09, 2015
“Community Long Term Care (CLTC) offers programs to help individuals who want to live at home, need assistance with their care, and are financially eligible for Medicaid."
ND Money Follows the Person
September 09, 2015
“As part of its ongoing efforts to support community-based services and community inclusion of individuals with disabilities, the North Dakota Department of Human Services applied for and received a federal Money Follows the Person Rebalancing ...
North Dakota Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 09, 2015
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
ND Medicaid Waiver HCBS (0273.R04.00)
September 09, 2015
Provides adult day care, adult residential care, case management, homemaker, respite care, supported employment, adult family foster care, chore, emergency response, environmental mods, extended personal care, family personal care, home delivered meals, ...
Ohio's Path to Employment First
September 10, 2015
“Successful implementation of Employment First requires a multi-pronged approach and a long-term commitment to systems change…. A comprehensive approach must focus on key strategies; all designed to work synergistically to impact a service ...
Ohio Employment First Administrative Rule
September 10, 2015
The Administrative Rules assert that, “Community Employment is competitive employment that takes place in an integrated setting;Every individual of working age will have a person-centered planning process to identify their desired employment outcome and ...
Ohio Transition Planning Requirements in IEPs
September 10, 2015
“Transition assessment affords the opportunity for professionals from across agencies to co-plan and review information that will highlight the youth's preferences, interests, needs and skills relevant to building a profile of the youth as a future ...
Ohio - “New Requirements for Secondary Transition Services for Students with Disabilities: Frequently Asked Questions”
September 10, 2015
The New Requirements state that IEPs must start at age 14, update annually and contain,“Appropriate measurable post-secondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education and independent living skills; ...
Ohio DD System Requirements
September 10, 2015
“In order to make community employment the expected and preferred outcome for people with developmental disabilities, the Ohio DD system is required to align policies, procedures, eligibility, enrollment, and planning for services across state ...
Employment First Administrative Rule (5123: 2-2-05)
September 10, 2015
“The purpose of this rule is to implement the employment first policy in accordance with section 5123.022 of the Revised Code… This rule applies to county boards of developmental disabilities and providers responsible for planning, coordinating, ...
Ohio Employment First Taskforce Common Principles
September 10, 2015
“The Ohio Employment First Taskforce agencies agree that community employment should be the first option for all working age adults and transition-age youth with developmental disabilities. Employment First is a philosophy of service that presumes that ...
Ohio Money Follows the Person
September 10, 2015
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 75,151 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the ...
Ohio Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 10, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The…grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports ...
SD Advocacy Services
September 10, 2015
~~“What We DoDRSD assists South Dakotans who have a disability and have concerns about their legal rights. DRSD accomplishes this through information and referral, individual advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, and administrative or legal ...
Ohio Employment First Provider Support Trainings
September 10, 2015
Professional development activities are available to providers by the Ohio Employment First Initiative. Trainings include, but are not limited to Mobile Technology as Employment Supports; Task Analysis for Job Coaches; The Role of the Occupational ...
AK Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education 2016-2021 State Plan
July 29, 2015
"The mission of the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education (the Council) is to create change that improves the lives of Alaskans with disabilities…The Council combines the expertise and experience of many stakeholders ...
South Dakota Medicaid Overview - Assistive Daily Living Services Waiver (0264.R05.00)
September 10, 2015
“Provides supports to people with MR/DD who meetICF/MR level of care requirements so they can remain at home or in the community.”“Services include: service coordination, residential and day habilitation, prevocational services, supported ...
South Dakota Family Support Waiver (0338.R03.00)
September 10, 2015
~~“Provides personal care 1, respite, support coordination, supported employment, personal care 2, companion care, environmental accessibility adaptations, nutritional supplements, specialized medical adaptive equipment and supplies, vehicle mods ...
South Dakota Assistive Daily Living Services Waiver
September 10, 2015
~~“Provides personal attendant care, respite, incontinence supplies, consumer preparation services, environmental accessibility adaptations, in home nursing, personal emergency response (PERS), specialized medical equipment and supplies, vehicle ...
Ohio Medicaid Waiver: Individual Options (0231.R05.00)
September 10, 2015
"~~Provides community respite, habilitation - adult day support, homemaker/personal care, supported employment – community, adaptive and assistive equipment, adult family living, adult foster care, career planning, environmental accessibility ...
Ohio Self Empowered Life Funding (SELF) (0877.R01.00)
September 10, 2015
"--Provides participant-directed homemaker/personal care, residential respite, supported employment – enclave, participant-directed goods and services, participant/family stability assistance, support brokerage, career planning, ...
OK Developmental Disabilities Services Employment Policy 317:40-7-1
September 10, 2015
The policy states that, “The optimum goal [for employment services] is full-time employment at prevailing wage in business or industry at an occupation of the service recipient's choice with natural supports.…. There may be instances ...
Oklahoma Olmstead Strategic Plan
September 10, 2015
“The Plan includes information about recent developments made by the state of Oklahoma. These developments include legislation to improve certain aspects of service delivery and policies. The developments demonstrate progress in establishing the ...
OK Developmental Disabilities Service Division Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
September 10, 2015
“Developmental Disabilities Service Division, a division of OKDHS, serves individuals who are 3 years of age and older who have mental retardation and certain persons with related conditions who would otherwise require placement in an intermediate care ...
TN Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 10, 2015
“Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federally funded grant awarded to TennCare with the purpose of assisting the state to transition people from nursing homes and institutions to home and community based care, and to also assist the state to rebalance ...
Tennessee Statewide Waiver (0128.R05)
September 10, 2015
~~“The Statewide Waiver (0128.R05) serves adults with intellectual disabilities and children under age six with developmental delay who qualify for and, absent the provision of services provided under the Statewide Waiver, would require placement in a ...
The Comprehensive Aggregate Cap Waiver (#0357.R03)
September 10, 2015
~~“The Comprehensive Aggregate Cap (CAC) Waiver (#0357.R03), formerly known as the Arlington Waiver, serves individuals with intellectual disabilities who are former members of the certified class in the United States vs. the State of Tennessee, et al. ...
TN The Self-Determination Waiver (0427.R02)
September 10, 2015
~~“The Self-Determination Waiver (0427.R02) serves children and adults with intellectual disabilities and children under age six with developmental delay who qualify for and, absent the provision of services provided under the Self-Determination waiver, ...
2013 Employment Assistance and Supported Employment Bill
September 11, 2015
This acts relates to the provision of employment assistance and supported employment to certain Medicaid waiver program participants. Assistance includes providing assistance to an individual that helps them locate paid employment in the community.
AK People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (0260.R04.00) Authority: 1915 (c)
July 30, 2015
Provides care coordination, day hab, residential hab, respite, supported employment, chore, environmental mods, intensive active treatment, meals, nursing oversight and care management, specialized medical equipment and supplies, specialized private duty ...
Texas Money Follows The Person
September 11, 2015
~~“Texas was among the first 30 states chosen to participate in the Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFPD) in 2007. As of June 2016, 43 states participate in this federal demonstration designed to help older adults or persons who have ...
Texas Medicaid Buy-In Program
September 11, 2015
The program “offers low-cost Medicaid health care services — including community-based services and supports to working people with a disability. Some people might have to pay a monthly fee” to receive services which include but not limited ...
AK Adults with Physical and Developmental Disabilities (0262.R04.00) Authority: 1915 (c)
July 30, 2015
Provides adult day, care coordination, day hab, residential hab, respite, supported employment, chore, environmental mods, intensive active treatment, meals, residential supported living, specialized medical equipment, specialized private duty nursing, ...
Texas Community Based Alternatives (CBA)
September 11, 2015
“This program provides home- and community-based services to people who are elderly and to adults with disabilities as a cost-effective alternative to living in a nursing home.”
Texas Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS)
September 11, 2015
“CLASS provides home- and community-based services to people with related conditions as a cost-effective alternative to placement in an Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions (ICF-IID).”
Texas Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)
September 11, 2015
~~“What are Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Rules ?People who receive Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) soon will have the same opportunities as people who don’t receive those services. Thanks to new federal Centers for ...
Texas Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver Program Payment Rates
September 11, 2015
~~“4900 Supported Employment and Employment AssistanceRevision 17-1; Effective June 1, 2017Senate Bill 45, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, required all Medicaid waivers offer employment assistance (EA) and supported employment (SE). Employment ...
Texas Home Living Program (TxHmL) - Amended Rules Effective 3/2016
September 11, 2015
~~Amended HCS, TxHmL Rules Effective March 20, 2016“TxHmL provides selected essential services and supports to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in their family homes or their own homes.”
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MO HealthNet Eligibility
September 11, 2015
“In response to concerns raised by Pilot Communities, the Division of DD and the Family Support Division within Social Services developed a new protocol allowing the Medicaid application to be submitted up to 90 days prior to a student’s ...
MA Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 11, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Utah Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND)/ SSDI ‘1 for 2’ Project
September 11, 2015
“The goal of Utah’s pilot was to recruit 500 individuals who receive SSDI benefits only (not in combination with SSI) to be part of the pilot project. Participants were recruited from among SSDI-only beneficiaries who had recently been involved in ...
Utah 1915(c) HCBS Waivers
September 11, 2015
Utah Has Eight Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers: Acquired Brain Injury Waiver; the Aging Waiver (For Individuals Age 65 or Older); Community Supports Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities or Other Related Conditions; Medicaid Autism Waiver; New ...
Utah Acquired Brain Injury Waiver
September 11, 2015
This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help people with an acquired brain injury to remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as independently as possible with supportive services provided through ...
Utah Aging Waiver (For Individuals Age 65 or Older)
September 11, 2015
~~"This Utah Medicaid Waiver for Individuals Age 65 or Older, also known as a Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, or the Aging Waiver, is designed to assist older individuals with elevated levels of care needs. It provides services ...
MassHealth Section 1115 Demonstration
September 11, 2015
“The MassHealth demonstration is a statewide multi-faceted health reform effort. The demonstration was initially implemented in July 1997, and has developed over time through amendments and renewals reflecting new priorities and the enactment of the ...
Utah Medicaid Autism Waiver
September 11, 2015
~~“The Medicaid Autism Waiver is no longer accepting new applications.Autism Services may be provided to individuals who demonstrate medical necessity who are enrolled in Medicaid. Information and policy on the State's Autism Services may be found ...
MA Community Living (0826.R01.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community based day supports, ...
Utah New Choices Waiver
September 11, 2015
~~"Utah's New Choices Waiver (NCW) is a Medicaid program intended to help elderly and disabled individuals who currently reside in a Medicaid-funded, assisted living community, small health care facility, or nursing home. The program provides a ...
MO Balancing Incentives Program
September 11, 2015
“The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS), in partnership with the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the Department of Mental Health (DMH), proposes to leverage the Balancing Incentive Payment Program to further develop ...
MA Intensive Supports Waiver (0827.R01.00) [1915c]
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, residential hab, respite, day hab supplement, 24-hr self directed home sharing support, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports ...
Missouri Money Follows the Person
September 11, 2015
The overall goal of MFP is "to support people who have disabilities and those who are aging to move from a nursing facility or habilitation center to a quality community setting that meets their needs and wants." The objectives of MFP—My ...
MA Adult Supports Waiver (0828.R01.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community based day supports, family training, home ...
Utah Physical Disabilities Waiver
September 11, 2015
“This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help people with physical disabilities remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as independently as possible with supportive services provided through ...
Missouri SAMHSA EDI (FY 2011 & 2012)
September 11, 2015
Goal 1: To strengthen peer delivered services in Missouri by leveraging Medicaid billing for services provided by Certified Peer Specialists in Consumer Operated Services Programs (COSP). Goal 2: To introduce and begin implementation of peer delivered ...
MA Community Living Waiver (1915c)
September 11, 2015
This waiver, "provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community ...
Utah Waiver for Technology Dependent Children
September 11, 2015
“The Technology Dependent Waiver Program provides services statewide to help technology dependent, medically fragile individuals remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals receive services through this waiver program in order ...
MA MFP Community Living Waiver (1027.R00.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides home health aide, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services, respite, supported employment, addiction services, adult companion, chore, community crisis stabilization, community family training, community psychiatric support and treatment, day ...
MA MFP Residential Supports Waiver (1028.R00.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides prevocational services, residential habilitation, supported employment, addiction services, assisted living, community crisis stabilization, community psychiatric support and treatment, day services, home accessibility adaptations, individual support ...
MO MR Developmental Disabilities Comprehensive (0178.R06.00)
September 11, 2015
“Provides community employment, day service, group home, in home respite, individualized supported living, job preparation, personal assistant, assistive technology, behavior analysis service, communication skills instruction, community specialist ...
MO Div of Developmental Disabilities Community Support (0404.R03.00)
September 11, 2015
“Provides community employment, in home respite, job preparation, personal assistant, assistive technology, behavior analysis service, co-worker supports, communication skills instruction, community specialist services, counseling, crisis ...
Vermont State System of Care Plan for Developmental Disabilities Services, FY 2018-2020
September 11, 2015
“The Plan is intended to help people with developmental disabilities, their families, advocates, service providers and policy makers understand how resources for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families are managed. It lays out ...
NE Title 404 - Community Supports Program (CSP)
September 11, 2015
Section 9-003.02D The Community Living and Day Supports service includes the following components: • Supports to enable the individual to maintain or obtain employment. This may include someone hired to accompany and support the individual in ...
Washington Second Substitute Senate Bill 5732
September 11, 2015
“AN ACT Relating to improving behavioral health services provided to adults in Washington state…” Some of the significant policy changes include: “Beginning May 1, 2014, the legislature shall convene a task force to examine ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant – Washington State Pathways to Employment
September 11, 2015
“Helping Washingtonians with a disability make informed decisions about going to work.” By promoting the awareness and use of work incentives provided under Medicaid regulations and the Social Security Act, Pathways to Employment continues to foster an ...
Maryland Balancing Incentive Program
September 12, 2015
“The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports…The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems by, [l]owering costs ...
Maryland Community First Choice
September 12, 2015
“The program provide assistance with activities of daily living to Medicaid recipients who have a chronic illness, medical condition or disability. Services are provided in the eligible individual's home or community residence (waiver participants ...
Maryland Money Follows the Person
September 12, 2015
Money Follows the Person (MFP) in Maryland will help people transition from an institution, for example a nursing facility, to community living in an apartment, private home, or small group setting. MFP initiatives increase outreach to individuals in ...
MD Community Pathways (0023.R06.00)
September 12, 2015
Provides community residential hab, community supported living arrangements, expanded day hab-employment discovery and customization, expanded day hab-supported employment, live-in caregiver, medical day care, resource coordination, respite, traditional day ...
MD New Directions Independence Plus Waiver (0424.R01.00)
September 12, 2015
Provides community supported living arrangements, expanded day hab-supported employment, expanded day hab-employment discovery and customization, live-in caregiver, medical day care, resource coordination, respite, traditional day hab, support brokerage, ...
Montana Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“MFP is a demonstration program [that] helps Montana shift its long term care system by reducing the use of institutionally based services and increasing the use of home and community based services (HCBS). MFP is focused on helping individuals transition ...
Washington Medicaid Buy-in
September 12, 2015
“Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) allows people with disabilities who are working to purchase medical coverage by paying a monthly premium that is based on their income.”
Washington Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“Roads to Community Living is a demonstration project designed to help people with complex, long-term care needs move back into the community. The project is Washington State's part of a federally funded project called Money Follows the ...
WA - Core Waiver (0410.R03.00)
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides community inclusion, individual supported employment/group supported employment, prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, behavioral health stabilization services-specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric ...
MT HCBW for Individuals w/DD Waiver (0208.R05.00)
September 12, 2015
~~Provides day supports and activities, homemaker, job discovery/job preparation, live-in caregiver, residential hab, respite, supported employment-follow along support, waiver-funded children's case management, OT, PT, psychological services, speech ...
WA - Community Protection Waiver (0411.R03.00)
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides individual supported employment/group supported employment, prevocational services, residential habilitation, behavioral health stabilization services - specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric services, behavioral health ...
Basic Plus Waiver 0409.R03
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides community inclusion, individual supported employment/group supported employment, personal care, prevocational services, respite, behavioral health stabilization services-specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric services, ...
WA COPES Waiver (0049.R08.00)
September 12, 2015
“Provides adult day health, home health aide, personal care, adult day care, client support training, community transition, environmental mods, home delivered meals, nurse delegation, personal emergency response, skilled nursing, specialized ...
MT Supports for Community Work and Living Waiver (1037.R00.00)
September 12, 2015
~~Provides job discovery/job preparation, respite, supported employment-follow along support, supports brokerage, behavioral support services, environmental mods/adaptive equipment, individual goods and services, meals, PERS, personal supports, supported ...
Montana Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“MFP is a demonstration program [that] helps Montana shift its long term care system by reducing the use of institutionally based services and increasing the use of home and community based services (HCBS). MFP is focused on helping individuals transition ...
WV Money Follows the Person – Take me home
September 12, 2015
“West Virginia was awarded a Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2011… The purpose of the MFP initiative is to support state Medicaid programs in providing ...
WV M-WIN (Medicaid Work Incentive Network)
September 12, 2015
“M-WIN is a work incentive for people with disabilities or chronic health conditions. It allows individuals who work, to pay a monthly premium and keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage. M-WIN eliminates a major barrier to employment - losing ...
WV Comprehensive Employment Systems Infrastructure Development (CES-ID) Grant
September 12, 2015
“A diverse team of agency administrators, partner organizations, and technical assistance providers collaborated to begin the process of creating a comprehensive and coordinated statewide employment support system. This map is the first product of ...
WV Medicaid Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Waiver
September 12, 2015
“The Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Waiver (formerly the MR/DD Waiver Program) provides services that instruct, train, support, supervise, and assist individuals who have intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities ...
WV Aged and Disabled Waiver Program
September 12, 2015
“Aged and Disabled Waiver Program (ADW) is a long-term care alternative that provides services that enable an individual to remain at or return home rater than receiving nursing home care. The goals and objectives of this ...
Mississippi Executive Order 1335
September 13, 2015
“Whereas, my administration is committed to supporting policies under which agencies that provide services to persons with disabilities and/or provide employment, economic development, or other related services explore employment in an integrated ...
MS Money Follows the Person
September 13, 2015
“Money Follows the Person is a federal initiative to help states enhance community living options for persons with disabilities and establish person-driven and sustainable long-term care systems. The program is for qualified residents of nursing homes ...
CA HCBS Waiver for Californians w/DD (0336.R03.00)
August 02, 2015
"This waiver "provides behavioral intervention, community living arrangements, day service, home health aide, homemaker, prevocational services, respite care, supported employment (enhanced habilitation), chore, communication aides, community-based ...
MS Intellectual Disabilities/DD Waiver (0282.R04.00)
September 13, 2015
Provides day services-adults, prevocational, residential hab, respite, support coordination, supported employment, behavior support/intervention, home and community supports, specialized medical supplies, therapy services for individuals w/autism, DD, MR ages ...
Mississippi ESEA Flexibility Request
September 13, 2015
“The Mississippi Department Education's ESEA flexibility request was approved on July 19, 2012.”
Minnesota Medical Assistance Reform Waiver
September 13, 2015
“It is the intent of the legislature to reform components of the medical assistance program for seniors and people with disabilities or other complex needs, and medical assistance enrollees in general, in order to achieve better outcomes, such as ...
Minnesota Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
“Moving Home Minnesota is a person-centered approach to help people … transition from nursing home and other institutional settings to community living that meets their needs and wants. Moving Home Minnesota services are available to eligible Minnesota ...
Minnesota CMS Section 1115 Waiver
September 14, 2015
~~“Federal waivers allow states to test new ways to deliver and pay for health care services. Changes to the state’s Medicaid program often require waivers approved by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue ...
Oregon Employment First – Comprehensive Services Developmental Disabilities Program
September 14, 2015
“Oregon has been successful in developing community-based care and discouraging institutionalization of seniors and the disabled because of their exceptional case management system. Through the case management program, consumers get information and ...
Oregon Employed Persons with Disabilities (EPD) – Medicaid Buy-in
September 14, 2015
“EPD is a Medicaid program administered by the Oregon Department of Human services. EPD provides medical coverage and long-term services to people with disabilities who are employed. If you are eligible to participate, you will be charged a nominal fee ...
Money Follows the Person (MFP) “On the Move”
September 14, 2015
Oregon’s Money Follows the Person project “On the Move in Oregon” aimed to reverse the increase in nursing facility utilization… and continue this state’s historic rebalancing efforts using Home and Community-Based ...
Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant - Integrated Employment Plan (revised 7/2015)
September 14, 2015
“(2010-2011) During this time period VR used resources within its Medicaid Infrastructure Grants (MIG) Competitive Employment Project (CEP) and other available resources to support of a variety of Employment First related activities including:Co-funding ...
The Work Incentive Network (WIN!) (now part of the activities of the MIG)
September 14, 2015
Part of the activities of the MIG“Benefits and Work Incentive Counseling services help people with disabilities make informed decisions about work, benefits and the use of work incentives to achieve their employment goals, as well as helping them ...
Maine HCBS Transition Plan
September 14, 2015
This Transition Plan is required by the federal government as part of new Medicaid regulations. It tells the federal government how Maine will meet the new Medicaid rules. All states must follow the federal rules for the Medicaid program.Medicaid is a joint ...
Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
September 14, 2015
~~“THE VERMONT DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL (VTDDC) is a statewide board that identifies and addresses critical issues affecting people with developmental disabilities and their families .At least 60% of VTDDC’s members must be ...
Vermont Medicaid - Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
~~“In 2011, DAIL was awarded a five year $17.9 million “Money Follows the Person” (MFP) grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The grant was continued effective April 1, 2016 through September 30, 2019 with an ...
Colorado Community First Choice (1915k)
August 04, 2015
“Community First Choice (CFC), also known as 1915(k), allows states to offer Medicaid attendant care services on a state-wide basis to eligible participants. Through CFC, participants would have the option to direct their attendant care ...
VT Social Security Benefit Offset National Demonstration
September 14, 2015
“The Vermont Offset Pilot Demonstration was one of four small state pilots initiated as a first step in preparing for the Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND). It used a random-assignment, experimental design. The purpose was to test whether ...
Vermont Choices for Care (Long-Term Care Medicaid Waiver)
September 14, 2015
“Choices for Care is a Medicaid-funded, long-term care program to pay for care and support for older Vermonters and people with physical disabilities. The program assists people with everyday activities at home, in an enhanced residential care setting, ...
Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services State Board Policy 1036
September 14, 2015
“It is the policy of the Board that in the development and implementation of policies and procedures and the delivery of services, the Department and CSBs shall ensure that community-based individual supported employment in integrated work settings is ...
Virginia DBHDS: Strategic Plan for Employment First
September 14, 2015
To facilitate interagency collaboration the Strategic Plan for Employment First establishes an Employment First Summit Meeting, which will gather leadership from various department committed to upholding Employment First principles, and orders for the ...
Virginia Disability Employment Initiative (Round One)
September 14, 2015
“The Virginia Community College System, the administrator of the Workforce Investment Act in Virginia, will enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) to provide co-leadership in order to ...
Oregon - Staley v. Kitzhaber 2000
September 14, 2015
“The lawsuit was the result of years of frustration in waiting for appropriate, adequate services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities, and their families… The lawsuit alleges that the State of Oregon failed to provide ...
Oregon Money Follows the Person (MFP) “On the Move” (2008)
September 14, 2015
“On the Move in Oregon Transition Coordinators will provide one-on-one assistance to help create a package of services and supports that help people live more independently in the community without sacrificing needed ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Waiver
September 14, 2015
“The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to ...
Oregon ICF/IDD Support Services (0375.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Provides employment path services, supported employment - individual employment support, waiver case management, direct nursing, discovery/career exploration services, environmental safety modifications, family training - conferences and workshops, ...
Comprehensive Waiver Services Amendment Application (12/2015)
September 14, 2015
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to live in ...
Oregon Support Services Waiver (Brokerage)
September 14, 2015
Provides “Respite; Homemaker; Supported Employment Services; Environmental Accessibility Adaptations; Non-Medical Transportation; Chore Service; Personal Emergency Response Systems; Family Training; PT/OT/Speech; Special Diets; Specialized Supports; ...
Colorado Money Follows the Person
August 05, 2015
“‘Money Follows the Person’ is a federal grant program that allows Medicaid funding to follow a person from an institutional setting to housing in the community. … A secondary goal is to build and improve the infrastructure supporting ...
Pennsylvania Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program
September 14, 2015
~~“The purpose of the Business Enterprise Program (BEP) Randolph-Sheppard Retail Sales ITQ is to qualify responsible and responsive Contractors the opportunity to install, operate, and maintain retail food service facilities at designated state and ...
Pennsylvania AHEDD
September 14, 2015
“At AHEDD, we frequently collaborate with various organizations to carry out our mission. Our partners consist of organizations and individuals that can help with: agency funding; referrals of program participants; training for our staff; guidance for ...
Pennsylvania MAWD - Medical Assistance Benefits for Workers with Disabilities
September 14, 2015
“For people with disabilities, finding a job or returning to work can be a challenge. For a long time one of the biggest obstacles to working was health care coverage. Earning too much money meant risking losing health care benefits. However, ...
CO Support Living Services Waiver (0293.R04.00)
August 05, 2015
Provides day hab, homemaker, personal care, respite, supported employment, dental, vision, assistive technology, behavioral services, consumer directed attendant support, home accessibility adaptations, mentorship, nonmedical transportation, personal ...
The Pennsylvania Disability Employment and Empowerment Summit (PADES)
September 14, 2015
~~“This one and one-half day conference features nationally acclaimed keynote speakers , educational sessions presented by subject matter experts, exhibitors showcasing valuable resources, networking opportunities to learn from your peers and an ...
PA 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
September 14, 2015
”On January 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for Home and Community-Based Settings (HCBS). The CMS HCBS rule became effective on March 17, 2014, and applies to the settings in which ODP waiver services ...
VA Community Living Waiver (0372.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Waiver Authority 1915 (c)Date Originally Approved 07/01/2001Implementation Date 07/01/2014Expiration Date 06/30/2019Summary Provides day support, personal assistance, prevocational, residential support, respite, supported employment, consumer directed ...
Family and Individual Support home and community-based (1915(c)) waiver (0358.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Expiration Date06/30/2018Summary Provides day support, in-home residential, personal care, prevocational, respite care, supported employment - group/individual, services facilitation, adult companion, assistive technology, crisis stablization, crisis ...
CO DD Waiver (0007.R07.00)
August 05, 2015
Provides day hab, residential hab, supported employment, dental, vision, behavioral services, nonmedical transportation, specialized medical equipment and supplies for individuals w/DD ages 18 - no max age.
Maine Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) Program
September 14, 2015
“PROMISE is a joint initiative of the US Department of Education, Social Security Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services and US Department of Labor. Under PROMISE, states will be funded to develop and implement model demonstration ...
Maine Medicaid Balancing Incentives Program
September 14, 2015
The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011. The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems by: ...
Maine Money Follows the Person ("Homeward Bound")
September 14, 2015
“Money Follows the Person (MFP), known as Homeward Bound in Maine, is assisting individuals transitioning from institutional to community care and has provided enhanced public awareness of community services. MDS Section Q training for nursing facility ...
Maine Disability Employment Initiative (DEI)
September 14, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving ...
WI Department of Health Services’ Managed Care and Employment Task Force (MCETF): Final Report
September 14, 2015
“Against this backdrop, the Managed Care and Employment Task Force (MCETF) was convened in May 2007 by Division of Long-Term Care Administrator Sinikka Santala and charged with recommending a comprehensive strategy to expand work options for adults who ...
WI Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
“Wisconsin received a federal award for a five-year Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (MFP Demo). The demonstration, authorized by Congress and funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, provides enhanced federal ...
WI Medicaid Purchase Plan
September 14, 2015
“The Medicaid Purchase Plan offers people with disabilities who are working or interested in working the opportunity to buy health care coverage through the Wisconsin Medicaid Program. Depending on an individual’s income, a premium payment may be ...
Community Integration Program Ended June 30, 2018
September 14, 2015
~~“he Community Integration Program (CIP) was replaced by the Family Care, Family Care Partnership, and IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct) programs on July 1, 2018. For more information, contact the aging and disability resource center in your ...
ME Home & Community Services for Adults w/ID or Autism Spectrum Disorder (0159.R06.00)
September 14, 2015
Provides community support, home support (1/4 hr), per diem home support, work support, communication aids, consultation, counseling, crisis assessment, crisis intervention, employment specialist services, home accessibility adaptations, non-traditional ...
WI Family Care Program
September 14, 2015
~~"The Family Care Partnership Program is an integrated health and long-term care program for frail elderly and people with disabilities. The Partnership Program consists of several managed care organizations located in different geographical regions of ...
WI Self Directed Support Waiver (IRIS)
September 14, 2015
“The IRIS Program is a Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver for self-directed long-term supports. The program is an option for adults with long term care needs. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Long Term Care ...
Maine Support Services for Adults w/ID or Autistic Disorder (0467.R01.00)
September 14, 2015
"Provides community support, home support 1/4 hr, respite, work support-group, assistive technology, career planning, employment specialist services, home accessibility adaptations, home support remote support, transportation, work support-individual for ...
Maine Money Follows the Person ("Homeward Bound")
September 14, 2015
~~“Maine’s Money Follows the Person program (Homeward Bound) is a demonstration project funded by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS).Homeward Bound is designed to help elderly and disabled adults move from institutional to ...
WY Long Term Care (0236.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day care, case management, personal care, respite, FMS, care coordination, home delivered meals, non-medical transportation, PERS installation, ERS, self-help assistant, skilled nursing for aged individuals 65 – no max age and ...
WY Assisted Living Facility HCBS (0369.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides case management, assisted living service level I, assisted living service level II, assisted living service level III for aged individuals ages 65 - no max age and physically disabled individuals ages 19-64.”
WY Adult Developmental Disabilities (0226.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
TERMINATED 09/30/2014 – “Provides case management, community integrated employment, day hab, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services-phased out yr 1, residential hab, respite, supported living, OT, PT, speech therapy, agency with choice, ...
WY Acquired Brain Injury (0370.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services, residential hab, respite, supported employment, supported living, OT, PT, speech/hearing/language, independent support broker, behavioral ...
WY Children's Mental Health (0451.R02.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides family care coordination, respite, youth and family training and support for individuals w/mental illness ages 18-21 and for individuals w/serious emotional disturbance ages 4-17.”
WY Supports (1060.R00.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, respite, supported employment, dietician services, OT, PT, skilled nursing, speech/hearing/language services, independent support brokerage, behavioral ...
WY Comprehensive (1061.R00.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, residential hab, respite, supported employment, dietician services, OT, PT, skilled nursing, speech/hearing/language services, independent support ...
Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council Five Year State Plan 2012-2016
September 15, 2015
Interagency Efforts around Supportive EmploymentPeer Mentor Pilot- “This pilot has involved the training of 22 individuals with DD to help others with DD to reach their life goals and increase their community involvement and self advocacy. The pilot has ...
Michigan Money Follows the Person
September 15, 2015
“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 40,500 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the community ...
MI Habilitation Supports Waiver (0167.R05.00)
September 15, 2015
Provides out-of-home non-vocational hab, prevocational services, respite, supported employment, supports coordination, enhanced medical equipment and supplies, enhanced pharmacy, goods and services, community living supports, environmental mods, family ...
Connecticut Connect-Ability
August 10, 2015
“Connect-Ability began in late 2005 with a federal grant to the State of Connecticut to identify and remove barriers to employment faced by people with disabilities. This five-year, multimillion dollar 'systems change grant' involved a detailed look at the ...
Connecticut Balancing Incentives Program
August 10, 2015
"The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011.The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems ...
Connecticut Medicaid Infrastructure Grant: Local Level Pilot Initiative Evaluation
August 10, 2015
“The statewide Connect-Ability (C-A) Strategic Planning Local Level Pilot (LLP) Initiative was created to develop and implement innovative strategic plans locally to bring about change, improve access, build broad-based constituency, and increase ...
5123.022 OH State Policy Regarding Community Employment for Disabled
September 17, 2015
“It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities be directed at community employment. Every individual with a developmental disability is presumed capable of community ...
Arkansas Employment First Task Force Final Report
April 07, 2016
Recommendations for FY2012 from the Task Force:Develop online training modules on disability employment, to efficiently train large numbers of State and provider agency staff who work with individuals with disabilities. To be developed in-house by the ...
Arkansas HCBS 1915c Technical Guide
April 08, 2016
These instructions provide information to assist states in completing the Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, including changes implemented through November 2014…This guidance is intended to improve understanding ...
Arkansas Medicaid State Plan
April 08, 2016
Revised Medicaid State Plan"The Arkansas Medicaid state plan details the state and Federal government Medicaid implementation agreement. It describes how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It also describes how the state will ...
CT Acquired Brain Injury Waiver (0302.R03.00)
August 10, 2015
Provides case management, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, respite, supported employment, ABI group day, chore, cognitive behavioral programs, community living support, companion, environmental accessibility adaptation, home delivered meals, ...
Arkansas HCBS Transition Plan
April 08, 2016
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based services that requires states to review and evaluate current Home and Community -Based Services (HCBS) settings, including residential and nonresidential ...
Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
April 08, 2016
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to live in ...
Medical Assistance Reform Waiver (256B.021)
April 10, 2016
"It is the intent of the legislature to reform components of the medical assistance program for seniors and people with disabilities or other complex needs, and medical assistance enrollees in general, in order to achieve better outcomes, such as ...
CT Employment and Day Supports (0881.R01.00)
August 10, 2015
Provides adult day health, community based day support options, respite, supported employment, independent support broker, behavioral support, individual goods and services, individualized day support, interpreter, specialized medical equipment and supplies, ...
CT Individual and Family Support (0426.R02.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day health, community companion homes (formerly community training homes), group day supports, individual supported employment (formerly supported employment), live-in companion, prevocational services, respite, independent ...
Minnesota Money Follows the Person
April 11, 2016
~~“The Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration, offered through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was created as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The purpose of the demonstration is to promote a series of rebalancing ...
MN DHS - Alternative Care Program (Section 1115)
April 11, 2016
On October 18, 2013 the Department of Human Services (DHS) received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for federal financial participation (FFP) on the Alternative Care Program. This approval relates to the contingency items ...
CT Comprehensive Supports Waiver (0437.R02.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "Provides adult day health, community companion homes/community living arrangements, group day supports, live-in caregiver, respite, supported employment, independent support broker, adult companion, assisted living, behavioral support, ...
Alaska Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 11, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Proposed Model of Employment Services for Individuals with Behavioral Health Disabilities
April 11, 2016
This is the proposed model of employment services of individuals with behavioral disabilities for providers as well as select government agencies within the state of Alaska. It focuses on training, technical assistance and required resources.
AK Children with Complex Medical Conditions (0263.R04.00)
April 11, 2016
"Provides care coordination, day hab, residential hab, respite, supported employment, chore, environmental mods, intensive active treatment, meals, nursing oversight and care management, specialized medical equipment, transportation for medically fragile ...
Alaska Supported Employment HCBS Waiver Conditions of Participation
April 11, 2016
Supported employment services may be provided to assist recipients to acquire and maintain the work-related skills necessary for employment or to become self-employed. These services focus on activities that will lead to an appropriate job match for the ...
Alaska Medicaid State Plan
April 11, 2016
Alaska’s Medicaid state plan describes how Alaska will administer its Medicaid program. The document lays out the agreement between the state and the Federal government and gives the assurance that Alaska will abide by Federal rules and may ...
CT Mental Health Waiver (0653.R01.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day health, community support, supported employment, assisted living, brief episodic stabilization, community living support, home accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals, non-medical transportation, overnight recovery ...
Alaska Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 11, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Alabama Pathways to Employment
April 11, 2016
Pathways to Employment is a collection of stepping stones. These opportunities are housed not in one state agency but in many. To make it easier for families and individuals, they are now all in one place. There is no perfect path. But there are many ...
Alabama HCBS Transition Plan
April 11, 2016
Describes Alabama’s process for ensuring compliance with home and community-based setting requirements.
Alabama Medicaid Money Follows the Person
April 11, 2016
Alabama received a Medicaid Money Follows the Person grant in October 2012."Alabama will receive $3.4 million in the first year and up to $28 million over the four year project in the form of an enhanced matching rate to support the ...
Insure Tennessee Plan
April 12, 2016
“Nearly one million Tennesseans have disabilities and many struggle to access the health care they need. Access to quality health care is a priority for the Tennessee Disability Coalition (TDC) and its members. TDC has joined with business leaders, ...
Tennessee State Plan Amendment (SPA) 16-0001 (approved 3-22-2016)
April 12, 2016
The State covers low-income families and children for Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) under section 1925 of the Social Security Act (the Act). This coverage is provided for families who no longer qualify under section 1931 of the Act due to increased ...
Tennessee Home and Community-Based Services Settings Rule Statewide Transition Plan (11/2015) Amended Based on Public Comment (2/2016)
April 12, 2016
~~1915 (c) waiver settings assessed included:• Residential Habilitation• Employment and Day (Community and Facility Based Day, In-home Day, and Supported Employment)• Family Model Residential Support• Medical Residential Services• ...
Tennessee 1915(c) Home and Community Based Service "Self Determination Waiver Program "
April 12, 2016
The Self-Determination Waiver offers a continuum of services that are selected by each individual pursuant to a person-centered planning process and support each person’s independence and full integration into the community, including opportunities to ...
SD CHOICES - Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled Waiver
April 12, 2016
~~“Provides career exploration, case management, day services, residential habilitation, supported employment, medical equipment and drugs, nursing, other medically related services - speech, hearing & language for individuals w/DD, IID ages 0 - no ...
Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities Individual Support Plan Guide
April 12, 2016
The Division of Developmental Disabilities requires that each individual eligible for Division Supports have an Individual Support Plan. Individuals, their families, providers and facilitators who write plans in cooperation with all individuals receiving ...
Missouri HCSB Transition Plan
April 12, 2016
In March 2014, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published a final rule regarding changes to Home and Community Based Waiver Services (HCBS Waiver). The rule defines home and community based settings and person-centered planning requirements ...
Missouri Developmental Disabilities Waiver Manual
April 12, 2016
~~“The Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Division of Developmental Disabilities (Division of DD)administers four Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. The four ...
Human Resources Code Section 32.075 (Employment Assistance)
April 13, 2016
This code defines “Employment assistance” as, “assistance provided to an individual to help the individual locate paid employment in the community.” It defines “Supported employment” as, “assistance provided, in order ...
DC Transforming State Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS)/No Wrong Door Grant
August 11, 2015
“District of Columbia has recently received a No Wrong Door planning grant. Their state team is working to incorporate the LifeCourse Framework as they re-design the front door to long term services and supports as well as the person-centered planning ...
Texas Youth Empowerment Services
April 13, 2016
~~“The Youth Empowerment Services waiver is a 1915(c) Medicaid program that helps children and youth with serious mental, emotional and behavioral difficulties. The YES waiver provides intensive services delivered within a strengths-based team planning ...
Balancing Incentives Program
April 13, 2016
~~“Federal law established the Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) which increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to participating states through September 2015 in exchange for states making certain structural reforms to increase access to ...
Texas HCBS Transition Plan
April 13, 2016
~~Effective March 17, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule under which states may provide home and community-based long-term services and supports. Under 42 CFR §441.301, states must meet the new ...
Texas Medicaid State Plan
April 13, 2016
The state plan is the officially recognized document describing the nature and scope of the State of Texas Medicaid program. As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act, the plan was developed by the state and approved by the U.S. Department of ...
Texas Money Follows The Person
April 13, 2016
~~“Texas was among the first 30 states chosen to participate in the Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFPD) in 2007. As of June 2016, 43 states participate in this federal demonstration designed to help older adults or persons who have ...
KY HCBS Waiver (0144.R06.00)
April 13, 2016
“What It IsThe Home and Community Based (HCB) waiver is part of Kentucky's 1915(c) HCBS Medicaid waiver program. HCB provides assistance to the elderly or to adults and children with physical disabilities to help them live in the community as ...
Kentucky Medicaid State Plan
April 13, 2016
The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of Kentucky's Medicaid program.As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (Act), the Plan was developed by our state and approved by the United States ...
DC DDS Customized Employment Efforts
August 11, 2015
“Customized Employment is being promoted by the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) as an effective set of techniques to create a win-win for people with disabilities and ...
Louisiana Medicaid Balancing Incentive Program
April 13, 2016
“Since 2001, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been engaged in focused, comprehensive system transformation of the long-term care system. These reform efforts have included stakeholder input at all levels and have resulted in changes ...
Louisiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 13, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Louisiana Balancing Incentive Program
April 14, 2016
Since 2001, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been engaged in focused, comprehensive system transformation of the long-term care system. These reform efforts have included stakeholder input at all levels and have resulted in changes in ...
Louisiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 14, 2016
"The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Mississippi Balancing Incentives Program
April 14, 2016
~~“The Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) provided financial incentives to States to increase access to non-institutional long- term services and supports (LTSS) in keeping with the integration mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ...
Mississippi Money Follows the Person Bridge to Independence
April 14, 2016
~~“Attention: Long Term Care ProvidersThe Mississippi Division of Medicaid’s (DOM) Bridge to Independence (B2I) program, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), completed ...
Mississippi HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
On Jan. 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule, effective March 17, 2014, which amends the requirements for qualities of home and community-based (HCB) settings. These requirements reflect CMS’s intent that ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Job Preparation
April 14, 2016
“Job preparation provides formalized training and work experiences, based upon the goals identified during job discovery, intended to teach a person the skills necessary to succeed in a paid competitive, customized, or self-employment setting. Training ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Support Employment, Follow Along Support
April 14, 2016
“Follow along support consists of habilitation services and supports that enable a person to stabilize or expand employment in a competitive, customized, or self-employment setting. The person may require follow along support when: (a) the ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Supported Employment, Individual Employment Support
April 14, 2016
“Individual employment supports are habilitation services and staff supports needed by a person to acquire integrated employment or career advancement in the general workforce. Individual employment support is delivered in a competitive, customized, or ...
Montana HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
CMS has issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that individuals receive Medicaid HCBS in settings that are ...
North Dakota HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
States are required to ensure all HCBS settings comply with the new federal requirements to ensure that all individuals receiving HCBS are integrated in and have full access to their communities, including opportunities to engage in community life, work in ...
New Mexico (Mi Via) State HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
The goal of Mi Via is to provide a community-based alternative that 1) facilitates greater participant choice and control over the types of services and supports that are purchased within an agreed upon budgetary amount; and 2) enables the State to serve the ...
Maryland Community First Choice
April 15, 2016
“The program provide assistance with activities of daily living to Medicaid recipients who have a chronic illness, medical condition or disability. Services are provided in the eligible individual's home or community residence (waiver participants ...
Maryland Money Follows the Person
April 15, 2016
Money Follows the Person (MFP) in Maryland will help people transition from an institution, for example a nursing facility, to community living in an apartment, private home, or small group setting. MFP initiatives increase outreach to individuals in ...
MD HCBS Transition Plan
April 15, 2016
Maryland receives funding from the federal government to help pay for services provided in programs such as the Autism, Brain Injury, Community Pathways, Community Options, Model, and Medical Day Waivers and a program that helps children, youth and families. ...
Nebraska HCBS Transition Plan
April 15, 2016
In March 2014, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published the final rule regarding changes to home and community-based waiver services (HCBS waiver) which defines home and community-based settings and person-centered planning requirements ...
A 'Primer’ on The StartUP New York 4-Phase Model
April 16, 2016
“START-UP/New York convened a multidisciplinary collaboration of highly skilled partners to provide a customized, intensive, and well-rounded training, technical assistance, counseling, and support program for people with disabilities interested in ...
DC HCBS Waiver Program
August 11, 2015
"Home and Community Based (HCBS) Services waiver program is jointly funded with federal and local dollars. The federal government reimburses the District of Columbia 70 cents for every one dollar spent for qualifying services and supports for people ...
New York State Medicaid Plan
April 16, 2016
Medicaid State Plan is an official document that describes the nature and scope of a state's Medicaid program. Each state develops its own Plan, as required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (Act), which is then approved by the federal ...
NY State’s Statewide Transition Plan for HCBS Settings
April 16, 2016
A five year plan to assure that all settings in which recipients of HCB services live and/or receive these services are fully compliant with 42 CFR 441.301(c)(4) and (5); 441.710(a)(1)(2).
MIG Brief: The Entrepreneurship Partners Dialogue Meeting
April 16, 2016
“The Entrepreneurship Partners Dialogue Meeting that convened in Albany, New York on November 1, 2010 was designed to facilitate discussion about challenges and barriers faced by people with disabilities who want to become self-employed. The meeting was ...
MIG Brief: Impact: Inclusive Entrepreneurship - 02/01/2011
April 16, 2016
““Building upon the “Inclusive Entrepreneurship™” processes and partnerships modeled by the Syracuse University Burton Blatt Institute, Whitman School, Onondaga SBDC and other partners, NYMWP (New York Makes Work Pay) implemented ...
Employment First Project Update (February 2016)
April 18, 2016
“As part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Transition plan, services and rates are being updated for Adult Day waiver services. Input was gathered from community forums and stakeholder workgroups throughout 2014 and 2015. These new ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 18, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The…grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports ...
DC HCBS Waiver MR DD (0307.R04.00) (1915c)
August 11, 2015
~~Provides day habilitation, employment readiness, in-home supports, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment, personal care services, skilled nursing, assistive technology services, behavioral supports, companion services, creative arts ...
OH Disability Benefits 101: Working with a Disability in Ohio
April 18, 2016
“Disability Benefits 101 gives you tools and information on health coverage, benefits, and employment. You can plan ahead and learn how work and benefits go together.”
How Does Work Impact My Benefits?
April 18, 2016
“If you are receiving benefits from the government (money, services, staff, medical care), you may be worried that if you work, you will not get those services. This page can help you learn what will change as you start to make your own money. You will ...
Ohio’s HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
“Governor John Kasich created the Office of Health Transformation (OHT) to lead the Administration’s efforts to modernize Medicaid and streamline health and human services programs. Using an innovative approach that involves collaboration among ...
Oklahoma Medicaid State Plan
April 18, 2016
Title XIX State Plan The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of any state’s Medicaid program. As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (the Act) the State Plan is developed by the ...
Oklahoma HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
The purpose of this Transition Plan is to ensure the individuals receiving Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) are integrated in and have access to supports in the community, including opportunities to seek employment, work in competitive integrated ...
OK In-Home Supports Waiver for Adults (0343.R04.00)
April 18, 2016
Provides adult day, habilitation training specialist services, homemaker, prevocational, respite, supported employment, prescribed drugs, psychological services, assistive technology, specialized medical supplies, audiology, dental, environmental ...
Maine Balancing Incentives Program
April 18, 2016
“The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011. The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems ...
Maine HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
This Transition Plan is required by the federal government as part of new Medicaid regulations. It tells the federal government how Maine will meet the new Medicaid rules. All states must follow the federal rules for the Medicaid program.Medicaid is a joint ...
MA Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 18, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Massachusetts HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule related to Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) for Medicaid-funded long term services and supports provided in residential and non-residential home and community-based ...
Michigan Money Follows the Person
April 19, 2016
“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 40,500 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the community ...
Michigan State HCBS Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
In 2014, the Federal Government issued a new rule for Medicaid waiver programs that pay for home and community-based services. The goal of the new rule is to ensure that individuals who receive home and community-based services are an equal part of the ...
Employed Persons with Disabilities (EPD) – Medicaid Buy-in
April 19, 2016
“EPD is a Medicaid program administered by the Oregon Department of Human services. EPD provides medical coverage and long-term services to people with disabilities who are employed. If you are eligible to participate, you will be charged a nominal fee ...
Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant - Integrated Employment Plan (revised 7/2015)
April 19, 2016
“(2010-2011) During this time period VR used resources within its Medicaid Infrastructure Grants (MIG) Competitive Employment Project (CEP) and other available resources to support of a variety of Employment First related activities including:Co-funding ...
State Plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act Medical Assistance Program
April 19, 2016
The Oregon Health Authority is the single State agency designated to administer or supervise the administration of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act. (All references in this plan to "the Medicaid agency" mean the agency ...
Oregon 1915(c) HCBS Waiver - Comprehensive Residential (0117.R06.00)
April 19, 2016
Provides supported employment/prevocational, waiver case management, OT, PT, speech/hearing/language, alternatives to employment-habilitation, family training/counseling for individuals w/DD, IID ages 0 - no max age.
Oregon Home and Community Based Services Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is Oregon’s single state Medicaid agency. The OHA’s Health Systems Division (HSD) operates Oregon’s 1915(i) Home and Community Based Services State Plan Option.Through an intergovernmental agreement, ...
Pennsylvania Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“Pennsylvania will use its statewide transition plan as a way to determine its compliance with CMS’s rule on HCBS. Pennsylvania will determine the current level of what state actions are needed for compliance. This will include a review of current ...
Pennsylvania State Medicaid Plan
April 19, 2016
~~“Thank you for your interest in the Pennsylvania Medicaid State Plan.The plan is not available online and the files are too large to email. However, text searchable PDF files are available on a CD Rom. A copy of the CD costs ...
Pennsylvania Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“Pennsylvania will use its statewide transition plan as a way to determine its compliance with CMS’s rule on HCBS. Pennsylvania will determine the current level of what state actions are needed for compliance. This will include a review of current ...
Pennsylvania’s Home and Community-Based Settings CMS Final Rule Statewide Transition Plan (Spring 2016)
April 19, 2016
In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new rule (CMS rule) that states must follow to review and evaluate settings in which home and community-based services (HCBS) are provided, which include residential and ...
Report of the Court Monitor Progress on the Consent Decree United States v. Rhode Island, Civil Action Number CA14-175
April 19, 2016
"This review assesses the documentation and actions taken by the State of Rhode Island as described in the Defendant’s Fourth Status Report to determine progress and compliance with respect to certain requirements set forth in the ...
Updated Transition Plan to Implement the Settings Requirement for Home and Community Based Services CMS Final Rule (1/14 – 3/1/16)
April 19, 2016
The purpose of the Conversion Institute is defined in the Consent Decree. “The Sheltered Workshop Conversion Institute will be designed to assist qualified providers of sheltered workshops services to convert their employment programs to include ...
Rhode Island Medicaid Infrastructure Grant "Rhodes to Independence" (RTI)
April 19, 2016
“In 2000, Rhode Island launched an initiative called “Rhodes to Independence” (RTI) to promote systems changes that reduce barriers to employment. RTI focuses on health care, transportation, housing, youth transitions, and ...
Rhode Island Medicaid State Plan
April 19, 2016
~~“The Medicaid State Plan is a document that serves as a contract between the State and the federal government that delineates Medicaid eligibility standards, provider requirements, payment methods, and health benefit packages. A Medicaid State Plan is ...
Transition Plan to Implement the Settings Requirement for Home and Community Based Services CMS Final Rule of January 2014
April 19, 2016
“In January 2014 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule regarding Medicaid -funded home and community based services (HCBS). The rule applied to HCBS provided under 1915(c) authorities. Rhode Island’s authority to ...
Governor’s Commission on Disabilities Legislation Committee - Access to Medicaid Coverage
April 19, 2016
1500.04 HCBS CORE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES “Supported Employment-- includes activities needed to maintain paid work by individuals receiving HCBS, 24 including supervision, transportation, and training. Covers only the adaptations, supervision and ...
DE Pathways to Employment
August 12, 2015
“Pathways to Employment, a program now under development in Delaware, is designed to support low-income persons with disabilities who wish to work. The program is a result of an initiative launched by Governor Jack Markell while Chairman of the National ...
Arizona HCBS Transition Plan Review
April 20, 2016
Arizona submitted its STP to CMS on October 20, 2015. CMS has completed the initial review of the STP and has some questions and requests regardingthe transition timeframe, the public notice processes, public comments described in the STP, and the ...
Arizona Medicaid State Plan
April 20, 2016
The Arizona Medicaid state plan details the a state and Federal government Medicaid implementation agreement. It describes how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It also describes how the state will abide by Federal rules and may ...
Colorado HCBS Transition Plan
April 20, 2016
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based services that requires states to review and evaluate current Home and Community -Based Services (HCBS) settings, including residential and nonresidential ...
FL Division of VR - Work Incentives Program
April 20, 2016
This introductory flyer encourages SSI recipients to think about employment. It includes information on the Student Earned Income Exclusion, the Plan for Achieving Self-Support, the Section 301 Rule, as well as links to SSA, Florida Division of ...
Florida HCBS Transition Plan
April 20, 2016
In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based programs. The new rule contains requirements that ensure persons who receive Medicaid home and community-based services do so from providers ...
Utah HCBS Transition Planning
April 20, 2016
This website will provide access to the latest updates on the HCBS Transition Plan for the State of Utah as well as provide a means to sign-up for list-servs, and provide feedback on the Transition Plan, and its associated tools and publications.
UT Community Supports Waiver
April 20, 2016
This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with conditions related to intellectual disabilities remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as ...
South Carolina Statewide Transition Plan – Revised (HCBS)
April 20, 2016
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) gives notice that the revised draft Statewide Transition Plan, required per Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Rule (42 CFR ...
SC Community Supports (0676.R02.00)
April 20, 2016
Provides adult day health care, personal care, respite care, waiver case management, incontinence supplies, adult day health care-nursing, adult day health care-transportation, assistive technology and appliances, behavior support, career preparation, ...
California Ticket to Work/Work Incentives Program
April 21, 2016
Ticket to Work (TTW) is a voluntary work incentive program for Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who are between the ages of 18 and 64 and interested in ...
Delaware Medicaid Money Follows the Person
August 12, 2015
“ The Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFP) "Finding A Way Home" Program, is a special project funded by the Federal Government and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance ...
CA Employment First: Braiding Day and Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 21, 2016
This Employment First training presentation focuses on different approaches to promoting Employment First and encouraging integrated, community-based employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Some of the strategies include using Discovery and ...
CA San Francisco Community Living Support Benefit (0855.R00.00)
April 21, 2016
Provides care coordination, community living support benefit in licensed settings, behavior assessment and planning, community living support benefit in housing sites, enhanced care coordination, environmental accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals ...
California HCBS Transition Plan
April 21, 2016
~~“California’s HCBS programs, which are the focus of this Statewide Transition Plan (STP) are either directly administered or overseen by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) as the single state agency for Medicaid/Medi-Cal. ...
California Medicaid State Plan
April 21, 2016
~~“The Medicaid State Plan is based on the requirements set forth in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and is a comprehensive written document created by the State of California that describes the nature and scope of its Medicaid (Medi-Cal) ...
D.C Medicaid State Plan
April 22, 2016
The Medicaid state plan is the agreement between a state and the Federal government describing how that D.C will administer its Medicaid program. The state plan sets out groups of individuals to be covered, services to be provided, methodologies for ...
D.C Medicaid State Plan Amendments
April 22, 2016
When D.C plans to make a change to its Medicaid program policies or operational approach, states send state plan amendments (SPAs) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for review and approval. This webpage include D.Cs Medicaid state ...
Department of Health Care Finance: Notice of Final Rulemaking
April 22, 2016
“These final rules establish standards governing the participation requirements for providers who provide supported employment services to participants in the Home and Community Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental ...
D.C. HCBS Waiver Transition Plan
April 22, 2016
"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule effective March 17, 2014, that contains a new, outcome-oriented definition of home and community-based services (HCBS) settings. The purpose of the federal regulation, in part, ...
Home and Community Based Care Settings Rule: New Hampshire Statewide Transition Plan
April 22, 2016
~~“New Hampshire has drafted a Statewide Transition Plan to show how it will establish compliance with these new regulations. New Hampshire’s draft Statewide Transition Plan includes several sections: 1) Inventory – review of existing state ...
NH BDS Developmental Services (0053.R06.00)
April 22, 2016
~~“Provides community participation services, residential habilitation/personal care services, respite, service coordination, supported employment, assistive technology support services, community support services (CSS), crisis response services, ...
CT Balancing Incentive Payment Project
April 22, 2016
“The State of Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, Division of Health Services (DHS), with the Legislative and stakeholder support, seeks approval for application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for participation in the ...
Connecticut HCBS Transition Plan
April 22, 2016
In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community based services (HCBS) that requires states to review and evaluate home and community based (HCB) settings, including residential and ...
Connecticut Medicaid State Plans
April 22, 2016
~~The Connecticut Medicaid state plan is an agreement between the state and the Federal government describing how Connecticut administers its Medicaid program. The plan details how the state will follow Federal rules and guidelines. It also gives ...
Connecticut Medicaid State Plan Amendments
April 22, 2016
A Medicaid and CHIP state plan is an agreement between a state and the Federal government describing how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs…When a state is planning to make a change to its program policies or operational approach, ...
CT Balancing Incentive Payment Project
April 22, 2016
“The State of Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, Division of Health Services (DHS), with the Legislative and stakeholder support, seeks approval for application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for participation in the ...
ODEP Disability Employment Initiative 2010
April 25, 2016
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development will build their DEI project upon earlier Work Incentive Grant and Disability Program Navigator grant activities. The approach utilizes Rehabilitation Services Administration Technical Assistance ...
DiscoverAbility Learning at Work Symposium
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAbility NJ is a living document that was built upon the state's longstanding efforts to improve the labor market participation of people with disabilities. At the same time it included contemporary thinking about what is needed to increase their ...
Garden State Employment and Training Association (GSETA) Scholarships
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAbility NJ sponsored ten scholarships for disability employment service providers to attend the GSETA Fall Conference.
Marketing & Training on Disability Benefits
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAbility NJ has partnered with the World Institute on Disability (WID) to improve the capacity to figure benefits and support for better employment outcomes by upgrading the current New Jersey Benefits Calculator (DB 101) and translating it into ...
Travel Training & Information Series
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAbility NJ partnered with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University to pilot a travel/ training and information series is designed to inform job coaches/employment counselors of a variety of transportation options and how to ...
DiscoverAbility NJ Leadership Academy
April 25, 2016
DiscoverAiblity NJ has partnered with Rutgers University’s Center for Nonprofit Management and Governance at the School of Social Work to provide an intensive Leadership Academy for rising professionals in the field of disability employment. New Jersey ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
April 25, 2016
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federal demonstration project that helps eligible individuals who have been residing in nursing homes and developmental centers for a minimum of 90 consecutive days move into a community-setting. The setting will offer ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 25, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
New Jersey HCBS Transition Plan
April 25, 2016
The Statewide Transition Plan outlines to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) how New Jersey will meet compliance with federal Home and Community Based Settings regulations by 2019.The Statewide Transition Plan sets forth the determination ...
HireAbilities Hawai'i
April 25, 2016
This website is intended to provide resources to support employment for individuals with disabilities. It is intended to be used by job seekers with disabilities, service providers, agencies and businesses. This site was revamped December 2013 and now has ...
Hawaii Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 25, 2016
“In 2006, Hawaii received a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid to improve employment outcomes for persons with disabilities. The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program, known as Hire Abilities Hawaii, ran from 2006 to 2009. It was ...
Idaho HB 476
April 25, 2016
“Idaho Code 56-255 (3) (e) (ii) describes Medicaid services for people with developmental disabilities. The total amount of Medicaid developmental disability services a person can receive is limited by an individual budget amount, determined by a ...
ID Aged & Disabled Waiver (1076.R05.00)
April 25, 2016
"Provides adult day care, attendant care, day hab, homemaker, residential hab, respite, supported employment, adult residential care, chore, companion services, consultation, dental, environmental accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals, ...
Idaho Request for an Amendment to a §1915(c) HCBS Waiver: ID Developmental Disabilities (Amendment # ID.0076.R05.02)
April 25, 2016
“In March 2014, the Idaho Legislature passed House Bill 476 which amended Section 56-255 of Idaho Code. Revisions to Idaho Code direct the state to allow Developmental Disability budget modifications only when needed to obtain or maintain employment or ...
Idaho HCBS State Transition Plan
April 25, 2016
“The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published regulations in the Federal Register on January 16, 2014, which became effective on March 17, 2014, implementing new requirements for ...
Vermont Comprehensive Quality Strategy (Including Home- and Community-Based Transition Plan
April 25, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has completed its review of Vermont’s Statewide Transition Plan (STP) to bring state standards and settings into compliance with new federal home and community-based settings requirements. The ...
Money Follows the Person
April 25, 2016
~~In 2011, DAIL was awarded a five year $17.9 million “Money Follows the Person” (MFP) grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The grant was continued effective April 1, 2016 though September 30, 2019 with an additional $8 ...
GA Comprehensive Supports Waiver (COMP) - Provider Reference Guide
April 25, 2016
All providers (agencies) must apply to become a co-employer of services. Enrolled Co-Employer providers can serve in this capacity for the following COMP services, only: • Community Access • Community Guide • Community Living Support • ...
Disability Employment Initiative (Round Four)
April 26, 2016
As a past Round 1 grantee, VA DEI will continue to build on existing infrastructure to develop shared ownership; foster systems integration, through cross-interagency collaboration at all levels; and design access to services from a customer’s ...
Virginia Statewide HCBS Transition Plan
April 26, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community based services (HCBS) that requires states to review and evaluate home and community based (HCB) settings, including residential and non-residential settings. ...
Building Independence home and community-based 1915 (c) waiver (0430.R02.00)
April 26, 2016
~~Waiver Authority1915 (c)Date Originally Approved07/01/2005Implementation Date07/01/2013Expiration Date06/30/2018Summary Provides day support, prevocational, supported employment for individuals w/ID ages 6 - no max ageFrom the Fact Sheet:“Formerly ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 26, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will ...
Washington Medicaid State Plan
April 26, 2016
The Washington Medicaid state plan details the agreement between the state and the Federal government. It describes how Washington administers its Medicaid program and explains how the state will abide by Federal rules. It also explains how Washington ...
Washington State’s Statewide Transition Plan for New HCBS Rules
April 26, 2016
The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA, the state’s Medicaid Agency), the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) Aging and Long-Term Support Administration (ALTSA) and Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) submit this ...
Money Follows the Person – Take me home
April 26, 2016
“West Virginia was awarded a Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2011… The purpose of the MFP initiative is to support state Medicaid programs in providing people with ...
M-WIN (Medicaid Work Incentive Network)
April 26, 2016
“M-WIN is a work incentive for people with disabilities or chronic health conditions. It allows individuals who work, to pay a monthly premium and keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage. M-WIN eliminates a major barrier to employment - losing ...
West Virginia Medicaid State Plan
April 26, 2016
The West Virginia Medicaid State Plan may be accessed from this page. It is available in sections in pdf. Format.
West Virginia Medicaid State Plan, Recent amendments.
April 26, 2016
Amendments to the State Plan are available by year on this page.
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant – Washington State Pathways to Employment
April 26, 2016
“Helping Washingtonians with a disability make informed decisions about going to work.” By promoting the awareness and use of work incentives provided under Medicaid regulations and the Social Security Act, Pathways to Employment continues to ...
Methodology for West Virginia’s Waiver Transition Plan Application
April 26, 2016
West Virginia underwent the process of developing a transition plan pursuant to 42 CFR 441.301(c)(6) that contains the actions the state will take to bring all West Virginia waivers into compliance with requirements set forth in 42 CFR 441.301(c)(4-5). West ...
Delaware PROMISE - Services and Supports
April 26, 2016
This presentation serves as a practical guide for delivering services under Delaware's PROMISE (Promoting Optimal Mental Health for Individuals through Supports and Empowerment) section of Delaware's HCBS Waiver, focused on Mental Health related ...
DE Renewal DDDS (0009.R08.00)
April 26, 2016
~~Provides day habilitation, personal care, prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment – individual, supported employment - small group, assistive technology, clinical consultation: behavioral, clinical consultation: ...
Delaware's Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
April 26, 2016
Delaware's HCBS Waiver Application. “The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services ...
DE Division of DD Services - Waiver Amendment Public Notice Attachment
April 26, 2016
A public notice on various definitions under Delaware's HCBS Waiver, including a (then proposed) revision of 'Supported Employment' to include 'Customized Employment.'
Delaware HCBS State Transition Plan
April 26, 2016
In response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) promulgating a rule which for the first time defines the standard of being “community-based,” Delaware – and the individuals and families we serve – is committed to ...
Florida Model Waiver (40166.R04.00) 1915(c) Waiver
August 17, 2015
This waiver provides "respite, transition case management, assistive technology and service evaluation, environmental accessibility adaptations for medically fragile individuals ages 0-20".
Iowa Olmstead Consumer Taskforce Position Statement on Employment
April 26, 2016
“The State of Iowa has been working for over a decade to support employment outcomes by raising awareness of federal work incentives for people concerned about losing Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits, and by focusing attention on the ...
Iowa Money Follows the Person Partnership for Community Integration Project
April 26, 2016
“Money Follows the Person (MFP) Partnership for Community Integration Project is a $51 million grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It will provide opportunities for individuals in Iowa to move out of Intermediate Care ...
Iowa HCBS Statewide Transition Plan
April 26, 2016
“Federal regulations that became effective on March 17, 2014 define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that individuals receive ...
Illinois Statewide HCBS Transition Plan
April 26, 2016
“On January 16, 2014 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final regulations that pertain to Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) programs, including 1915 (c) , 1915 (i) and 1915(k) as described in 42 CFR 441.301(c) (4) (5) ...
Wisconsin Medicaid State Plan
April 27, 2016
“The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of Wisconsin's Medicaid program.”
Wisconsin Statewide Transition Plan (Medicaid)
April 27, 2016
The Department of Health Services (DHS) intends to transition the Community Recovery Services (CRS) program currently operating under the 1915(i) authority to a 1905(a) State Plan authority effective January 1, 2015, pending CMS approval. The DHS has issued a ...
WI Money Follows the Person
April 27, 2016
“Wisconsin received a federal award for a five-year Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (MFP Demo). The demonstration, authorized by Congress and funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, provides enhanced federal ...
WI Medicaid Purchase Plan
April 27, 2016
“The Medicaid Purchase Plan offers people with disabilities who are working or interested in working the opportunity to buy health care coverage through the Wisconsin Medicaid Program. Depending on an individual’s income, a premium payment may be ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 27, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
MIG-RATS
April 27, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
Wyoming State Medicaid Plan
April 27, 2016
The State Plan is a contract between a State and the Federal government, enabling the delivery of health care. It ensures that a State abides by Federal rules and gets FFP. The State Plan sets out groups to be covered, services provided and ...
Indiana Statewide HCBS Transition Plan
April 27, 2016
“Effective March 17, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of these ...
Indiana Employment First Systems Change Statewide Plan (2011-2015)
April 27, 2016
“Through the use of MIG funds, Indiana has made a number of improvements to the state’s infrastructure supporting employment of IWD. While Indiana has been a leader in many aspects of employment supports and the use of innovative practices, the ...
Indiana Money Follows the Person
April 27, 2016
“The MFP program is funded through a grant from the federal agency, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The MFP program was developed to help states move individuals from institutional settings to home and community-based settings. Indiana was ...
Kansas MIG-RATS
April 28, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
Kansas Medicaid State Plan
April 28, 2016
Medicaid is a federal-state partnership. Federal regulations provide a framework for each state to build a unique Medicaid program. States must all comply with some basic requirements such as: • Serving certain mandatory populations like ...
Kansas State HCBS Transition Plan (Draft)
April 28, 2016
The new HCBS Settings Rule from CMS applies to all programs that provide home and community based services. In Kansas, this rule will apply to all settings where home and community based services are provided for these programs:Frail Elderly (65+)Autism ...
Minnesota HCBS Transition Plan
April 29, 2016
Minnesota has developed a Statewide Transition Plan to address new rules governing home and community-based services funded through Medical Assistance. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the new rules in January 2014. The ...
Money Follows the Person
April 29, 2016
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 75,151 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the ...
MIG-RATS
April 29, 2016
Medicaid Buy-In Program For Working People with Disabilities (MBI-WPD) implemented July 2003 under the federal authority of TWWIIA Basic + Medical Improvement.The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a ...
Georgia New Options Waiver (0175.R06.00)
August 17, 2015
This waiver provides "community living support, prevocational, respite, support coordination, supported employment, specialized medical equipment, specialized medical supplies, community guide, FMS, adult dental, adult OT, adult PT, adult speech/language ...
A Path to Community Living Handbook
July 05, 2016
This handbook is designed to assist people who have moved or are planning to move out of institutions into the community of their choice. These forms are designed to help you identify the services and supports you may need to successfully live in the ...
DC DHCF and DDS Home and Community Based Settings (HCBS) 101
July 05, 2016
This training power point provides information on the HCBS waiver, basic information on revising the waiver, designing and restructuring it, and waiver rules and restrictions. It also details the role of DCHF and DDS in the revision and administration ...
GA Community Based Alternatives for Youth (01.R02.00)
August 17, 2015
"Provides behavioral assistance, care management, clinical services, respite, supported employment, community transition, customized goods and services, expressive clinical services, family peer support, financial support, waiver transportation, youth ...
Work Without Limits – About Us
July 12, 2016
~~“Work Without Limits is an initiative out of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). Our goal is to position Massachusetts as the first state in the nation where the employment rate of people with disabilities is equal to ...
GA Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (0323.R04.00
August 17, 2015
This waiver provides "community living support, prevocational services, respite, support coordination, supported employment, specialized medical equipment, specialized medical supplies, community guide, financial support services, adult dental, adult OT, ...
New York Employment First Commission Report and Recommendations 3/1/2015
July 13, 2016
Everyone has the right to work. It is this underlying premise that is the driving force behind the development of an Employment First policy in New York State. On September 17, 2014 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Executive Order 136 to create a commission to ...
Money Follows the Person
July 13, 2016
In January 2007 , the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved New York´s application to participate in the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program (MFP). The MFP Demonstration, authorized under the ...
1915 (c) Status: Current Program Name and Number AR Alternative Community Services (0188.R05.00)
July 13, 2016
Provides case management, respite, supported employment, supportive living, specialized medical supplies, adaptive equipment, community transition, consultation, crisis intervention, environmental mods, supplemental support for individuals with autism, IIDR, ...
HCBS 1915c Technical Guide
July 13, 2016
“These instructions provide information to assist states in completing the Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, including changes implemented through November 2014…This guidance is intended to improve ...
NH Granite State Employment Project 5 Year Strategic Plan (2008-2012)
July 14, 2016
The mission of the Granite State Employment Project is to improve employment opportunities for New Hampshire citizens with disabilities so that they may fully participate in and better contribute to their communities. The vision of the Granite ...
Nevada’s No Wrong Door Strategic Plan 2015-2018
July 14, 2016
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) help people with functional limitations accomplish tasks necessary for daily living. Older adults, and those living with disabilities, will often need assistance with issues such as bathing, getting dressed, fixing ...
Nevada HCBS Transition Plan
July 14, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new regulations in early 2014 that define the home and community based settings that will be allowable under HCBS. The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that individuals receiving HCBS are ...
NV HCBW for Persons w/ID and Related Conditions (0125.R06.00)
July 14, 2016
Provides day hab, prevocational, residential support, supported employment, behavioral consultation-training & intervention, counseling, career planning, non-medical transportation, nursing, nutrition counseling, residential support management for ...
Hawaii Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
August 19, 2015
“In 2006, Hawaii received a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid to improve employment outcomes for persons with disabilities. The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program, known as Hire Abilities Hawaii, ran from 2006 to 2009. It was authorized ...
Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities “Annual Status Report”
July 15, 2016
Activity: Development of Local and Regional LeadershipThe Commission:Began the process of educating the Department of Education’s Nine Regional Transition Teams about Employment First and their role in the Employment First process;Worked to expand the ...
Georgia Medicaid Waiver - Community-Based Services
July 15, 2016
"Waiver programs help people who are elderly or have disabilities and need help to live in their home or community instead of an institution such as a nursing home or ICF-MR. Each program offers several "core" services: -service coordination ...
Georgia Department of Community Health “New Options Waiver Program (NOW) and Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (COMP)”
July 15, 2016
"OverviewThe New Options Waiver (NOW) and the Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (COMP) offer home- and community-based services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) or developmental disabilities (DD) through the Georgia Department of ...
Georgia HCBS Transition Plan
July 15, 2016
“Georgia begins process to address new regulations issued by CMS for Home and Community Based Services.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay ...
Delaware DVR Partnerships
July 15, 2016
DVR maintains ongoing relationships with several councils throughout the state that have missions related to individuals with disabilities...These councils address issues of common concern to the disability community. DVR’s Director participates in the ...
Delaware Community Support Services Program Provider Certification Manual
July 15, 2016
This manual contains the standards by which the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) certifies Intensive Care Management (ICM) programs for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Certification is required for provider enrollment with the ...
Hawaii HCBS Waiver for People w/DD (0013.R06.00) (1915c)
August 20, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day health, individual employment supports, prevocational services, residential hab, respite, assistive technology, chore, environmental accessibility adaptations, group employment supports, non-medical transportation, ...
LTSS Road Map
July 15, 2016
If your community needs to establish long-term services and supports or improve its current program, the LTSS roadmap planning model can guide you through the planning process. The roadmap will help you understand your community's needs and work toward ...
Iowa Department of Human Services “Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Transition Settings
July 18, 2016
"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of these regulations is to ...
Iowa Department of Human Services “Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Transition Settings
July 18, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of these regulations is to ensure ...
HCBS Waivers and Amendments
July 18, 2016
Effective May 04, 2016 the department intends to begin using the InterRAI standardized assessment tool for the purposes of level of care determination and service planning for the HCBS Brain Injury, Children’s Mental Health, Elderly, Health and ...
Idaho Money Follows the Person
August 21, 2015
“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Demonstration designed to help states try new ways of delivering Medicaid services. The Demonstration is designed to help people to move, ...
Idaho Disability Employment Initiative
August 21, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security ...
Sherlock Plan
July 21, 2016
The Sherlock Plan is a Medicaid Buy-In Program for adults with disabilities that provides comprehensive health coverage. The program is intended to help individuals with disabilities maintain or obtain health coverage and other services and supports that will ...
ID Developmental Disabilities Waiver (0076.R05.00)
August 21, 2015
This waiver "Provides residential hab, respite, supported employment, specialized medical equipment and supplies, community support, FMS, support broker, adult day care, behavior consultation/crisis management, chore, dental, environmental ...
Oregon Council on Developmental Disability Fiscal Year 2016: State Plan (Findings)
July 22, 2016
A broad overview of the Comprehensive Review and Analysis conducted by the Council. The Office of Developmental Disability Services (ODDS) provides DD waiver and Medicaid Community First Choice state plan (K plan) services to about 23,776 eligible children ...
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Statewide Transition Plan
July 28, 2016
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule on Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) establishing certain requirements for services that are provided through Medicaid waivers. There are specific requirements for where home and ...
Nevada’s No Wrong Door Strategic Plan 2015-2018
December 19, 2016
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) help people with functional limitations accomplish tasks necessary for daily living. Older adults, and those living with disabilities, will often need assistance with issues such as bathing, getting dressed, fixing ...
Nevada Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
December 19, 2016
"The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Nevada Balancing Incentives Program
December 19, 2016
"The Balancing Incentive Program is a grant-funded program established by the Affordable Care Act through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The goal of the program is to make structural changes to the way individuals access long term ...
Nevada Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
December 19, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working People with Disabilities
December 19, 2016
"The Medicaid Buy-In program offers Medicaid coverage to people with disabilities who are working, and earning more than the allowable limits for regular Medicaid, the opportunity to retain their health care coverage through Medicaid. This program allows ...
NY OPWDD Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver (0238.R05.00)
December 19, 2016
“Provides day habilitation, live-in caregiver, prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment, community transition, fiscal intermediary, individual directed goods and services, support brokerage, assistive technology - ...
NY Long Term Home Health Care Program (0034.R06.00)
December 19, 2016
“Provides respite, assistive technology, community transitional services, congregate and home delivered meals, environmental mods, home and community support services, home maintenance, medical social services, moving assistance, nutritional ...
New York Medicaid State Plan Proposed and Accepted Amendments
December 19, 2016
This page lists all proposed and accepted amendments to New York’s Medicaid State Plan, beginning in 2010.
Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working People with Disabilities
December 19, 2016
“The Medicaid Buy-In program offers Medicaid coverage to people with disabilities who are working, and earning more than the allowable limits for regular Medicaid, the opportunity to retain their health care coverage through Medicaid. This program ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
December 20, 2016
“As part of its ongoing efforts to support community-based services and community inclusion of individuals with disabilities, the North Dakota Department of Human Services applied for and received a federal Money Follows the Person Rebalancing ...
Guide to Policy and Procedure Development
December 20, 2016
"The Employment First Rule, 5123: 2-2-05, requires county boards to adopt and implement a local Employment First Policy which clearly identifies community employment as the desired outcome for every individual of working age. The following is guidance ...
OH Job Seekers Guide
December 20, 2016
"The Job Seekers Guide will help you learn how to get a job and will give you some tools that will help along the way."
Ohio Employment First Transition Framework
December 20, 2016
"Ohio Employment First Transition Framework is a critical component to the Ohio Employment First structure and is intended to address barriers to transition planning and services in order to achieve meaningful adult outcomes. The Framework was developed ...
Medicaid Buy-in for Workers with Disabilities
December 20, 2016
"Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities (MBIWD) is an Ohio Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to working Ohioans with disabilities. Historically, people with disabilities were often discouraged from working because their earnings ...
Ohio Balancing Incentives Program
December 20, 2016
~~“Ohio Benefits Long-Term Services and Supports (OBLTSS)The Ohio Department of Medicaid is committed to removing barriers and expanding access to long-term services and supports received in community-based settings. In conjunction with the ...
Oklahoma Living Choice/Money Follows the Person
December 20, 2016
“The Living Choice Project is Oklahoma’s brand name for the Money Follows the Person grant, and is administered by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA). Oklahoma’s Living Choice Project is designed to transform the current long-term ...
PA OBRA Medicaid Waiver (0235.R05.00)
December 20, 2016
~~“Provides adult daily living, employment skills development, job coaching (intensive and extended follow-along), personal assistance services, residential habilitation services, respite, service coordination, structured day habilitation services, ...
PA Independence Medicaid Waiver (0319.R04.00)
December 20, 2016
~~“Provides adult daily living, employment skills development, job coaching, personal assistance services, residential habilitation, respite, service coordination, structured day habilitation, supported employment, behavior therapy services, ...
Rhode to Home (RI Money Follows the Person)
December 20, 2016
“Rhode Island’s ‘The Rhode to Home’ is a new program that will align with other State efforts to re-balance RI’s long-term care system. The Rhode to Home will provide support to transition eligible individuals who are in a ...
South Dakota Money Follows the Person
December 20, 2016
"Money Follows the Person (MFP) helps people living in nursing homes, hospitals, or intermediate care facilities for those with intellectual and development disabilities successfully return to their communities.MFP helps people find a place to live that ...
Expect Employment 2015: Employment First Task Force Report to the Governor
January 04, 2017
~~“Governor Haslam established Tennessee as an Employment First state in June 2013 with Executive Order No. 28. This Order, in recognition of high levels of unemployment for Tennesseans with disabilities, mental illnesses and substance abuse ...
Tennessee Interagency Agreement Regarding IDEA
January 04, 2017
“The purpose of this Agreement is to identify and define the financial responsibilities of the Parties to this Agreement and to facilitate the provision and coordination of services for all infants, toddlers, children, youth and adults who are IDEA ...
Employment and Community First CHOICES (Employment Program)
January 04, 2017
~~The Employment and Community First CHOICES program is administered by TennCare through its contracted managed care organizations. It offers services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services in the program will help ...
Interagency Agreement with Vermont Department of Education and Vermont Agency of Human Services
January 04, 2017
“This agreement promotes collaboration between the Agency of Human Services (AHS) and the Department of Education (DOE) in order to ensure that all required services are coordinated and provided to students with disabilities, in accordance with ...
Medicaid for Working People With Disabilities
January 04, 2017
“Vermont's Medicaid for Working People With Disabilities (WPWD) program was initiated in January 1, 2000, under the authority of the federal Balanced Budget Act (BBA)...Known at the federal level as the ‘Medicaid Buy-In Program’, it ...
MEDICAID WORKS (Virginia Medicaid Buy-in)
January 05, 2017
“MEDICAID WORKS is a work incentive opportunity offered by the Virginia Medicaid program for individuals with disabilities who are employed or who want to go to work. MEDICAID WORKS is a Medicaid plan option that will enable workers with disabilities to ...
Executive Order 2002-9 (Establishing a Governor's Task Force on Employment)
January 05, 2017
“An order establishing the Governor's Task Force on Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities”
Building Capacity for Transformation
January 05, 2017
~~“CMS Approves Request to Amend New Hampshire's Building Capacity for Transformation WaiverThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved New Hampshire's request to amend to its section l l l 5(a) demonstration ...
Medicare Beneficiaries Savings Program
January 05, 2017
“The Medicare Beneficiaries Savings Program assists low-income elderly or disabled individuals who are eligible for Medicare (available through the Social Security Administration) by paying for some or all of the associated costs of Medicare, ...
State of Alaska’s 1915( c) Waiver Renewal Applications
January 20, 2017
This is a power point presentation on the state of Alaska’s most recent application for renewing four 1915(c) Waivers for a five year period. These waivers include ones for “Adults with Physical and Developmental Disabilities” and ...
Arizona’s 1115 Waiver
January 20, 2017
~~“With over 1.6 million Arizonans enrolled in AHCCCS, Medicaid has a far greater responsibility for impacting population health. Despite past innovation, we have an opportunity and obligation to do more. The goals of Modernizing Arizona Medicaid are ...
Arkansas Department of Human Services “Supported Employment”
January 20, 2017
The Arkansas Department of Human Services Support Employment program is available to persons with most severe disabilities. It has the goal of assisting them in getting competitive employment in an integrated setting and earnings that are equal or greater ...
Illinois Disabled Workers Programs
August 21, 2015
"Illinois has implemented several programs and services for people with disabilities through a dedicated disabled workers initiative. This initiative includes:The Successful Disability) Opportunities Program“The Successful Disability Opportunities ...
Arkansas Current HCBS Transition Plan
January 20, 2017
You can now see the latest HCBS transition plan that DHS is submitting to CMS. Public Comment opens on 8/15/16 after they receive feedback from CMS. Public comment ends on 9/15/16. Please see the full transition plan, as currently written
Connecticut Community First Choice
January 20, 2017
~~“Community First Choice (CFC) is a federal initiative offered to active Medicaid members as part of the Affordable Care Act. This program allows individuals to receive supports and services in their home . These services can include—but are not ...
Updated Statewide Transition Plan for Alignment with HCBS
January 20, 2017
“This version of the STP has been updated in response to the second round of CMS comments, received April 2016 and August 2016... In response to CMS comments, it is important to emphasize the following: • Prior to implementation of the HCBS final ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
January 23, 2017
The Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFP) "Finding A Way Home" Program, is a special project funded by the Federal Government and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA). ...
Delaware Transition Plan for Compliance with Home and Community-Based Setting Rule, Updated
January 23, 2017
“In response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) promulgating a rule which for the first time defines the standard of being “community-based,” Delaware – and the individuals and families we serve – is ...
Indiana HCBS Statewide Transition Plan Amended
January 24, 2017
~~“In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published regulations to better define the settings in which states can provide Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The HCBS final rule became effective March 17, ...
Kentucky Request for a Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver
January 24, 2017
“Kentucky HEALTH is an innovative, transformative healthcare program designed to not only stabilize the program financially, but to also improve the health outcomes and overall quality of life for all members. This demonstration waiver seeks to evaluate ...
The Louisiana Statewide Transition Plan for Compliance with the CMS Home and Community-Based Services Settings Rule
January 24, 2017
“The following represents the Louisiana Work Plan. The purpose of this plan is to guide the development and implementation of a Transition Plan to: 1) provide for a robust input and engagement process for consumers and stakeholders; 2) identify areas of ...
“Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD) QUARTERLY DD COUNCIL REPORT September 28, 2016” Detailing DD Waiver Activities.
January 24, 2017
A report detailing Medicaid service levels, as well as a variety of Waivers and initiatives, including, but not limited to, the “residential Option Waiver, the New Opportunities Waiver, and the Self-Directed Waiver, as well as a description of ...
“Guide to Maryland Medical Assistance Coverage”
January 24, 2017
“The purpose of a home and community based services waiver program, also known as a “1915(c) waiver,” is to enable children or aged, blind, or disabled adults requiring a nursing facility level of care to reside in their homes or community ...
MassOptions (Balancing Incentives Program)
January 24, 2017
“MassOptions connects elders, individuals with disabilities and their caregivers with agencies and organizations that can best meet their needs. Learn more about MassOptions, the network of partners and State agencies and how to contact them here.”
Proposed Adoption “101 CMR 359.00 Rates for Home and Community Based Services Waivers”
January 24, 2017
“101 CMR 359.00 governs the payment rates, effective January 1, 2017, for services in four Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Waivers purchased by a governmental unit. The four HCBS Waivers are: Acquired Brain Injury Non-Residential Habilitation ...
HCBS Reports in WSA for the Habilitation Support Waiver (HSW)
January 24, 2017
“HCBS Rule: Intent a) to ensure that individuals receiving long-term services and supports through home and community based service (HCBS) programs under the 1915(c), 1915(i), and 1915 (k) b) and to enhance the quality of HCBS and provide protections to ...
1915(i) State plan Home and Community Based Services Administration and Operation
January 24, 2017
“The §1915(i) State Plan Amendment ABA service will operate within the §1915(b) Managed Specialty Services & Supports Program (MSS&SP), which also includes the concurrent §1915(c) Habilitation Supports Waiver. For more than a ...
Michigan’s Statewide Transition Plan for Home and Community-Based Services
January 24, 2017
“The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) offers a wide range of home and community-based services and supports to improve the health and well-being of Michigan residents. Many of these home and community-based services are offered ...
“Revised Statewide Transition Plan for Home and Community-Based Services; released for additional public comment”
January 24, 2017
“In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new rule for Home and Community-Based Services waivers to promote enhanced quality of services and personal protections for residents with disabilities or other health issues. ...
Olmstead Work Plans
January 24, 2017
“Strategy: Implement the Employment First Policy “Continue the implementation of the informed choice process with persons served by the Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Medicaid funded programs and students who are a part of the Employment ...
Olmstead Work Plans
January 24, 2017
“Strategy: Implement the Employment First Policy “Continue the implementation of the informed choice process with persons served by the Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Medicaid funded programs and students who are a part of the Employment ...
Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver Programs
January 24, 2017
“Minnesota currently administers the following five home- and community-based waiver programs: •Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver. This waiver is for people with developmental disabilities or a related condition who need the level of care ...
Transition Plan Implementation for Home and Community-based Settings
January 24, 2017
~~“Minnesota is using a statewide transition plan to move existing home and community-basedsettings into compliance with the federal rule by March 17, 2019. During 2016, we worked on thefollowing • Redesigning the statewide transition ...
Mississippi Department of Mental Health MOU with DRS
January 24, 2017
“SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD: DMH has implemented an MOU with the Department of Rehabilitation Services that is providing supported employment for people with IDD. Three hundred employees from DMH, MDRS, and the Division of Medicaid ...
Revised Statewide Transition Plan Summary 1915(c) and 1915(i) Home and Community Based (HCB) Programs
January 24, 2017
“ID/DD Waiver services provided in the participant’s private home or a relative’s home which is fully integrated with opportunities for full access to the greater community include: • Home and Community Supports, • Occupational ...
Missouri HCBS Statewide Transition Plan
January 24, 2017
“Missouri administers 10 Home and Community-Based Waivers through the single State Medicaid agency, the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division (MHD). The day-to-day operation of the waivers is through formal cooperative agreements with the ...
North Carolina Home and Community Based Services Final Rule Transition Plan
January 24, 2017
“North Carolina’s transition plan for waiver beneficiaries provides individuals with access to their communities. Among the benefits are opportunities to seek employment and to work competitively within an integrated work force, to select services ...
Letter of Findings Regarding South Dakota's Use of Nursing Facilities to Serve Individuals with Disabilities
April 26, 2017
“We conclude that South Dakota fails to provide services to individuals with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs, in violation of Title II of the ADA. Instead, South Dakota's system of care requires thousands of ...
Texas Medicaid Person-Centered Planning Training
April 26, 2017
This page lists the Person-Centered Planning Training Requirements for various providers, caseworkers, state employees, etc. if they are part of a planning team. It also includes a link to sign up for trainings.
Alabama Statewide Transition Plan –Systemic Assessment Update
April 27, 2017
~~“The Alabama Statewide Transition Plan (STP) is intended to ensure the State complies with new rules governing home and community based services (HCBS) provided with Medicaid funding. It outlines the requirements set forth in the rules, describes the ...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About the Community Developmental Disabilities grants
April 27, 2017
~~A FAQ that provides information on applying for Medicaid services and waivers.
Illinois Waiver for Adults with DD (0350.R03.00)
August 23, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day care, developmental training, residential hab, supported employment-individual/group, OT-extended, PT-extended, speech therapy-extended, service facilitation, adaptive equipment, behavior intervention/treatment, ...
Colorado Choice Transitions (CCT)
April 28, 2017
~~“Colorado Choice Transitions (CCT) is a demonstration program of the national Money Follows the Person Initiative (MFP), designed to assist Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) members who are interested in transitioning out ...
Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver to create the Lifespan Waiver
April 28, 2017
~~“The Lifespan Waiver Amendment, (Amendment 1), adds several family support services geared toward individuals with IDD who are living in the family home. Amendment 1 also adds waiver slots to enable individuals who are receiving DDDS day services to ...
Illinois HCBS Waiver for People with Brain Injury (0329.R03.00)
August 23, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day care, day hab, home health aide, homemaker, personal assistant, prevocational, respite, supported employment, cognitive behavioral therapies, environmental accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals, intermittent ...
Submitted to CMS: District of Columbia Plan to Comply with New Federal Home and Community Based Services Requirements
April 28, 2017
~~“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule effective March 17, 2014, that contains a new, outcome-oriented definition of home and community-based services (HCBS) settings. The purpose of the federal regulation, in part, ...
Public Notice of Revisions to the Statewide Transition Plan for the District Medicaid Program's Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
April 28, 2017
~~“The Directors of the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) and Department on Disability Services (DDS), pursuant to the authority set forth in an Act to enable the District of Columbia to receive federal financial assistance under Title XIX of the ...
“Medicaid waiver renewal approved for Georgians with intellectual and developmental disabilities”
April 28, 2017
~~“The Georgia Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) and Community Health (DCH) are pleased to announce that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved renewal of the Comprehensive Supports Waiver ...
Guiding Employment First In Indiana: A Statewide Plan
August 24, 2015
“In January 2010, the Indiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) began formal work to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to improve the employment services systems for individuals with disabilities (IWD). The MIG is a federal grant that works to ...
Application for 1915(c) HCBS Waiver: HI.0013.R07.01 - Jun 01, 2017
May 01, 2017
~~“The State of Hawaii requests approval for an amendment to the following Medicaid home and community-based services waiver…. Program Title: HCB Services for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD Waiver). Amendment ...
“Phase-In Timing for New Rates, by Services and ‘Cohort’ prepared for Developmental Disabilities Division”
May 01, 2017
~~“This document is a set of tables noting what services will be available for all of the participants in the program or different “cohorts” (Cohort 1 - Participants residing in certified or licensed settings; Cohort 2 - Participants living ...
Waiver Standards Manual Version B – Draft Pending DHS-MQD Approval
May 01, 2017
~"The Waiver Standards Manual Version B includes services that the participant may receive after their Individualized Service Plan (ISP) meeting is held during Year 1 of the phase-in (July 1,2017 through June 30, 2018). Waiver Standards Manual Version B ...
“Idaho Medicaid at a Glance”
May 01, 2017
~~“Under Idaho’s Home and Community-Based Waivers, qualifying Medicaid participants may receive an array of services to:•Prevent unnecessary institutional placement;•Provide for the greatest degree of independence possible;•Enhance ...
State of Illinois Medicaid Managed Care Organization Request for Proposals
May 01, 2017
~~“The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) has posted a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking services from qualified, experienced, and financially sound Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to enter into risk-based contracts for the ...
ADULT WAIVER RENEWAL DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DRAFT POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FEBRUARY 9, 2017 SUMMARY OF MAJOR CHANGES
May 01, 2017
~~“EMPLOYMENT AND DAY PROGRAMSAccess to Supported Employment. Service definitions in Appendix C have been modified to strengthen and enhance access to Supported Employment Programs. These service definitions have been developed with input from the ...
Money Follows the Person (MFP) Update
May 01, 2017
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program is a collaborative partnership between DHS’s Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME) and the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD). This program, funded through the Centers for Medicare ...
Kansas Medicaid: A Primer 2017
May 01, 2017
~~KanCare operates under concurrent waivers—a set of Section 1915(c) waivers for HCBS and a Section 1115 demonstration that created KanCare and allows—among other things—the mandatory enrollment of nearly all covered populations in managed ...
State Medicaid Plan Amendments
May 01, 2017
~~“The Medicaid State Plan is an agreement between the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the federal government describing how we administer our Medicaid program. It gives assurance that Kentucky will abide by federal rules and may claim federal matching ...
Supports for Community Living Waiver
May 01, 2017
~~“The Supports for Community Living (SCL) waiver provides Medicaid-paid services to adults and children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. These supports allow individuals to live at home rather than in an institutional setting. ...
MaineCare Benefits Manual Chapter II “Home and Community Based Services for Adults with Other Related Conditions”
May 01, 2017
~~“Application: After receiving the choice letter, the DHHS Care Monitor will meet with the member and guardian or legal representative (where applicable) and complete the initial ORC application. If the member appears to qualify and is interested in ...
1115 HealthChoice Waiver Renewal
May 01, 2017
~The Maryland Department of Health (the Department) is proposing an amendment to its §1115 demonstration waiver known as HealthChoice, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized through December 31, 2021. HealthChoice, ...
Medicaid Provider Manual
May 02, 2017
~~“The following documents comprise the Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, and address all health insurance programs administered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).MDHHS also issues periodic bulletins as changes are ...
Indiana Disability Employment Initiative
August 24, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security ...
Disability Waiver Rate System
May 02, 2017
~~“This is the third report to the legislature about analysis of the Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS). Legislation enacted in 2013 required the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to implement DWRS. The system was implemented in January ...
Public Notice for the Elderly and Disabled (E&D) Waiver renewal
May 02, 2017
~~“Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Section 441.304(e)-(f), public notice is hereby given to the submission of the Elderly and Disabled (E&D) Waiver renewal. The Division of Medicaid, in the Office of the Governor, will submit this proposed waiver renewal to ...
Community Transitions Manual for Support Coordinators and Community Coordinators
May 02, 2017
~~“MFP EligibilityIndividuals who transition from a Habilitation Center or nursing home may be eligible for MFP. MFP is a demonstration grant that supports efforts to:• Provide Medicaid eligible individuals the choice of where they live and receive ...
Indiana Money Follows the Person Grant
August 24, 2015
“The MFP program is funded through a grant from the federal agency, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The MFP program was developed to help states move individuals from institutional settings to home and community-based settings. Indiana was ...
Ohio Revised Code 5123:2-9-16 - Home and community-based services waivers
July 17, 2017
“This rule defines group employment support and sets forth provider qualifications, requirements for service delivery and documentation of services, and payment standards for the service. The expected outcome of group employment support is paid ...
Ohio Revised Code 5123:2-9-16 - Home and community-based services waivers
July 17, 2017
“This rule defines group employment support and sets forth provider qualifications, requirements for service delivery and documentation of services, and payment standards for the service. The expected outcome of group employment support is paid ...
Pennsylvania Consolidated Waiver
July 18, 2017
“The Pennsylvania Consolidated Waiver is designed to help individuals with an intellectual disability, autism or developmental disability to live more independently in their homes and communities and to provide a variety of services that promote ...
Texas SB 7: Enacting Community First Choice
July 18, 2017
“AN ACT relating to improving the delivery and quality of certain health and human services, including the delivery and quality of Medicaid acute care services and long-term services and supports.”
Texas Department of Health and Human Services Training Initiatives
July 18, 2017
“To provide educational opportunities to enhance services provided across the state, Texas Health and Human Services develops and provides free training. Training initiatives are based on identified needs of services providers, individuals receiving ...
Texas Community First Choice
July 18, 2017
“Senate Bill 7 from the 2013 Texas Legislature requires the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to put in place a cost-effective option for attendant and habilitation services for people with disabilities who have STAR+PLUS Medicaid coverage.A ...
Washington Medicaid Transformation
July 18, 2017
“The state is leading strategic changes within Medicaid, allowing us to move toward a healthier Washington. The Medicaid transformation project demonstration is an agreement with the federal government which allows us to test new and innovative ...
IN Community Integration and Habilitation (0378.R03.00)
August 24, 2015
Provides adult day, prevocational, rent and food for unrelated live-in caregiver, residential hab and support, respite, supported employment follow along, OT, PT, psychological therapy, speech/language therapy, adult foster care, behavioral support, community ...
Wisconsin Department of Health Services Guiding Principles for Competitive Integrated Employment for People with Disabilities in Long-term Care
July 18, 2017
“The Department of Health Services (DHS) has established a list of Guiding Principles that build on the value of full inclusion of people with disabilities served in our long-term care programs. These principles are evidence-based practices that align ...
Elderly and Disabled Waiver
July 19, 2017
“The Elderly and Disabled Waiver program is administered directly by the Home and Community Based Services division (HCBS).The Elderly and Disabled Waiver program provides home and community-based services to individuals age 21 years old and older who, ...
Public Hearings Set for Medicaid’s Plan First Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Extension Application
July 26, 2017
~~“Alabama Medicaid conducted public hearings and public notice in accordance with the requirements in 42 C.F.R. 431.408. The following describes the actions taken by Alabama Medicaid to ensure the public was informed and had the opportunity ...
IN Family Support Services (0387.R02.00)
August 24, 2015
Provides adult day, case management, prevocational, respite, supported employment follow along, OT, PT, psychological therapy, speech/language therapy, behavioral support services, community based hab-group, community based hab-individual, facility based ...
MSB 17-05-22-B, Revision to the Medical Assistance Rule Concerning Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) Accounts ...
July 27, 2017
~~“8.100.5.M. Resource Requirements1. Consideration of resources: Resources are defined as cash or other assets or any real orpersonal property that an individual or spouse owns. The resource limit for an individualis $2,000. For a married couple, the ...
Delaware Home and Community-Based Lifespan Waiver
July 28, 2017
~~“Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS)/Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) and Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDDS) received approval from the Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) to amend the Home and Community-Based ...
NEW - Proposed Adult Developmental Disabilities Waiver Renewal
July 28, 2017
~~“This renewal application revises the reimbursement methodology (Appendix I-2-a) for residential habilitation services, environmental accessibility adaptations, and specialized medical equipment and supplies. Additionally, this renewal application ...
Process Updates: Requests for Corrective Action Plans
July 28, 2017
~~“This communication impacts all Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) providers, including Certified Family Homes (CFH), Residential Assisted Living Facilities (RALF), Adult Day Health (ADH), Developmental Disability Agencies (DDA), ...
Proposed Renewal of HCBS Waiver for the Supportive Living Program
July 28, 2017
~~“The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) proposes to renew the HCBS Waiver for the Supportive Living Program. The proposed renewal includes (1) changes necessary to comply with federal regulations, including modifications to ...
Kansas Family Medical Assistance Manual (KFMAM)
July 31, 2017
~~“1101 Medicaid - The Medicaid program is a joint federal/state-funded program that covers a majority of low income persons in the State including children and pregnant women. Policies for family related medical coverage are in this manual while ...
“With a little help you can return home.Money Follows the Person (MFP) Program”
July 31, 2017
~~“If you live in a nursing home, the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program may be able to help you move home. The state of Kansas received grant money from The Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices (CMS). This money is used to help people move out ...
KanCare Section 1115 DemonstrationProject No. 11-W-00283/7
July 31, 2017
~~“The current KanCare demonstration expires on December 31, 2017. Pursuant to Section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is requesting a one-year extension of the current KanCare demonstration, ...
Request for Amendment to a 1915(C) HCS Waiver
July 31, 2017
~~“Individual with Intellectual Disabilities/Developmental Disabilities (IID/DD) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) WaiverThe Traditional IID/DD waiver serves people with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and includes an array of home and ...
Medicaid Home and Community-based Waiver Services (HCBS) for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
July 31, 2017
~~“PURPOSE. This Title regulates the services administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waivers for individuals with developmental disabilities.”
NH Acquired Brain Disorder Waiver (4177.R05.00)
July 31, 2017
~~“Provides community participation services, respite, service coordination, supported employment services, assistive technology support services, community support services (CSS), crisis response services, environmental and vehicle modification ...
“Innovations in the Balancing Incentive Program: New Jersey”
August 01, 2017
~~“In an effort to learn more about how states are transforming their LTSS systems under the Balancing Incentive Program, CMS and its technical assistance provider, Mission Analytics, selected five Program states that implemented structural changes ...
Community Care Program
August 01, 2017
~~“The Community Care Program is a Medicaid home and community based services (HCBS) waiver program. It provides services for eligible individuals who live in a provider-managed setting, such as a group home or supervised apartment, or who live in ...
“Innovations in the Balancing Incentive Program: New Jersey”
August 01, 2017
~~“In an effort to learn more about how states are transforming their LTSS systems under the Balancing Incentive Program, CMS and its technical assistance provider, Mission Analytics, selected five Program states that implemented structural changes ...
Iowa DHS Disability Employment Vision and Initiatives
August 25, 2015
"Employment in the general workforce is the first priority and the expected and preferred outcome in the provision of publically funded services for all working age Iowan's with disabilities...By employment we mean: regular or customized employment ...
Chart of Alabama HCBS Waiver Services
November 01, 2017
~~This is a chart of the details of the HCBS waivers in Alabama.
Transition Period for Compliance with Home and Community-Based Settings Criteria
November 01, 2017
~~“A CMS Informational Bulletin was released on May 9, 2017, indicating that the transition period for complying with home and community-based settings criteria is extended until March 17, 2022. In the Bulletin, CMS indicated that states may still ...
Transition Period for Compliance with Home and Community-Based Settings Criteria
November 01, 2017
~~“A CMS Informational Bulletin was released on May 9, 2017, indicating that the transition period for complying with home and community-based settings criteria is extended until March 17, 2022. In the Bulletin, CMS indicated that states may still ...
Application for 1915(C) Home and Community Based Services Waiver
November 02, 2017
~~“Community and Employment Support WaiverWaiver Number: AR.0188Original BSE Waiver Number: AR.0188Amendment Number: AR.0188.R05.02Proposed Effective Date: 8/21/17Approved Effective Date: 08/22/17Approved Effective Date of Waiver being Amended: ...
Iowa VR: SSA Ticket to Work Program
August 25, 2015
“The Ticket to Work (TTW) program is a federal program for Social Security disability beneficiaries age 18 through 64 who receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits based on a disability and would ...
FFY 2018-2019 Combined Substance Abuse and Mental Health Block Grant Behavioral Health Assessment and Plan Application
November 02, 2017
~~“Objective: Partner with the Division of Medical Services (DMS), the State Medicaid Agency in Arkansas and a sister division within the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), to continue working to transform the Medicaid funded behavioral health ...
Iowa DHS: Stakeholder Brief by SELN
August 25, 2015
“Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) has been keenly focused on improving opportunities for Iowans with disabilities to become employed in quality jobs in Iowa communities since 2000 when first awarded a Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG), a ...
Developmental Disabilities “Announcements”
November 02, 2017
~~“There were significant changes to the COMP Waiver that occurred following approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in March 2017. As a result, the four fiscal support services agencies sent an information sheet with the ...
The Going Home Plus Project
November 02, 2017
~~"The Going Home Plus (GHP) project helps residents who have been living in hospitals, nursing facilities, and ICF/ID facilities move back into the community. For those residents who choose to live in the community, the GHP project will assist in ...
1915(C) HCBS Medicaid Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities WAIVER STANDARDS MANUAL Version B Update
November 02, 2017
~~“Discovery and Career Planning (DCP)Discovery and Career Planning combines elements of traditional prevocational services with career planning in order to provide supports that the participant may use to develop skills and interests toward ...
State Plan Under Title XIX of the Social Security Act
November 03, 2017
“The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of Kentucky's Medicaid program. The State Plan includes the many provisions required by the Act, such as:-Methods of Administration-Eligibility-Services ...
Iowa Disability Employment Initiative (Round 3)
August 25, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security ...
Frequently Asked Questions: Moving DDD’s Community Care Waiver (CCW) to New Jersey’s Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver
November 03, 2017
~~“Effective November 1, 2017, DDD’s 1915(c) Community Care Waiver (CCW) will be incorporated into New Jersey’s larger and more wide-ranging 1115(a) demonstration waiver, known as the Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver.This is an internal, ...
Missouri Medicaid (MO HealthNet) Independent Living Waiver
November 03, 2017
“The Missouri Independent Living Waiver (ILW) provides home and community based services for adults who are physically disabled. With assistance via this program, individuals can continue to live independently in their homes, rather than require ...
Montana Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver (Big Sky Waiver)
November 03, 2017
“This Montana Medicaid program allows individuals that require nursing home level care to receive that care in their home or community in place of in a nursing home. A wide variety care services and non-care support is provided both to the program ...
North Carolina Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults Waiver (CAP/DA)
November 03, 2017
“The Community Alternative Program for Disabled Adults (CAP/DA) is North Carolina Medicaid's home and community based services waiver program. In this program, low-income, disabled state residents have an alternative to nursing home placement. ...
Alabama Medicaid Money Follows the Person
June 22, 2015
Alabama received a Medicaid Money Follows the Person grant in October 2012. Alabama received $3.4 million in the first year and up to $28 million over the four-year project to support the successful transition of 625 individuals from an institutional setting ...
Iowa HCBS Intellectual Disability Waiver
August 29, 2015
“ID Waiver services are individualized to meet the needs of each member. The following services are available:• Adult Day Care• Consumer Directed Attendant Care (CDAC)• Day Habilitation• Home and Vehicle Modifications• Home ...
Iowa Brain Injury Waiver
August 29, 2015
“BI Waiver services are individualized to meet the needs of each member. The following services are available:• Adult Day Care• Behavioral Programming• Case Management• Consumer Directed Attendant Care• Family Counseling and ...
Kansas HB 2453: Bidding Preferences for Businesses Employing Individuals with Disabilities
September 01, 2015
This legislation, signed into law by Governor Brownback in 2012, places responsibility for operating the “Kansas Bidders Preference Program” within Kansas Department of Administration In this program, which provides an incentive for certain ...
Kansas I/DD Waiver (0224.R05.00)
September 01, 2015
Provides day supports, overnight respite care, personal assistant, residential supports, supported employment, FMS, assistive services, medical alert rental, sleep cycle support, specialized medical care, supportive home care, wellness monitoring for ...
Kansas SSI Employment Support Pilot
September 01, 2015
“SSI Employment Support Pilot under KanCare – This Pilot will support up to 400 individuals currently on the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Developmental Disability (DD) or Physical Disability (PD) waiting lists who are employed 40 hours ...
Kansas Social Security Alternative Pilot
September 01, 2015
“Social Security Alternative Pilot under KanCare - This Pilot is designed for up to 200 Kansans with disabilities who have not yet been determined to be eligible for Social Security disability. The goal of this pilot is to assist individuals with ...
Nebraska Community Supports Program (CSP)
September 02, 2015
“The Department offers a system of supports and services intended to allow individuals with developmental disabilities to maximize their independence as they live, work, recreate, and participate in their communities.” “The ...
Alabama Disability Employment Initiative
July 27, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving ...
NE HCBS Waiver for Children w/DD and their Families (4154.R06.00)
September 02, 2015
~~“Provides prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment – individual, adult companion service, adult day services, assistive technology, consultative assessment service, crisis intervention support, ...
NE Day Services Waiver for Adults w/DD (0394.R03.00)
September 02, 2015
~~“Provides day habilitation, prevocational services, respite, supported employment – individual, adult companion service, adult day services, assistive technology, behavioral risk services, community living and day supports, consultative ...
NE Comprehensive DD Waiver for Adults (0396.R02.00)
September 02, 2015
Provides group home residential hab, integrated community employment, prevocational workshop hab, respite, assistive technology and supports, behavioral risk services, community inclusion day hab, community living and day supports, companion home residential ...
Nevada Money Follows the Person (MFP) Transitioning Home Program
September 03, 2015
Through the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Transitioning Home program, a new offering from the State of Nevada, eligible participants will be provided with the services, support, and assistance necessary to move back into a community setting, such as an ...
NH Granite State Employment Project 5 Year Strategic Plan (2008-2012)
September 03, 2015
The mission of the Granite State Employment Project is to improve employment opportunities for New Hampshire citizens with disabilities so that they may fully participate in and better contribute to their communities. The vision of the Granite ...
Alabama Home and Community- Based Waiver for Persons with MR (0001.R07.00)
July 27, 2015
The waiver provides day hab, personal care, prevocational, residential hab, respite, supported employment, adult companion, behavior therapy, community specialist services, crisis intervention, environmental accessibility adaptations, OT, PT, skilled nursing, ...
New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities (NHCDD) Five Year Plan (2016-2021), Executive Summary
September 03, 2015
Goal 2. Quality of Life: Individuals with developmental disabilities living in New Hampshire will have greater opportunities for inclusion through meaningful competitive employment, friendships and relationships, recreation and choice of social activities, ...
New Hampshire Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 03, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been awarded to approximately 30 states across the country and is the source of funding for NH Granite State Employment Project. This 11-year ...
New Hampshire Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Five Year Plan (2008-2012)
September 03, 2015
• MIG funds were used during 2002 and 2003 to provide the 13 New Hampshire Employment Security One-Stops with equipment and resource materials (e.g., screen readers, audio “how to” tapes) to make them more accessible to individuals with ...
Oregon K Plan (Community First Choice)
February 07, 2018
“The K Plan is a new Medicaid state plan option authorized under the Affordable Care Act. It allows states like Oregon to provide home and community-based services and supports while receiving a six percent increase in federal medical assistance funds ...
Expect Employment 2017: TN Employment First Task Force Report to the Governor
February 07, 2018
“Over the course of the fiscal year, several task force members completed major objectives in the strategic plan. Those include the implementation of the Employment and Community First CHOICES program and launch of the Transition Tennessee site. In ...
Medicaid Manual for Developmental Disabilities Services
February 08, 2018
“Medicaid Services in Vermont are provided under Global Commitment for Health 1115 Medicaid Waiver an agreement with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It is a matching entitlement program that provides medical care to aged, blind, or disabled ...
Washington Community First Choice
February 08, 2018
“Community first choice (CFC) is a Washington apple health state plan benefit authorized under Section 1915(k) of the Social Security Act. CFC enables the agency and its contracted entities to deliver person-centered home and community based ...
Home and Community-Based Alternatives (HCBA) Waiver Solicitation for Application (SFA)
February 12, 2018
~~“The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has released the Solicitation for Application (SFA) included below, to invite eligible organizations to apply to become HCBA Waiver ‘“Waiver Agencies.’” Applicants selected ...
Home and Community-Based Alternatives (HCBA) Waiver
February 12, 2018
~~“The HCBA Waiver (formerly the Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital (NF/AH) Waiver) was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 16, 2017. Medicaid's Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver programs, ...
Funding Request for the FY 2018-2019 Budget Cycle- R-19 IDD Waiver Consolidation Administrative Funding
February 12, 2018
~~“The Department requests $478,500 total funds, including $239,250 for administrative resources needed to consolidate the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) adult waivers for persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).”
Health First Colorado Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working Adults with Disabilities
February 12, 2018
~~“The Health First Colorado Buy-In Program for Working Adults with Disabilities lets adults with a disability who qualify to "buy-into" Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program). If you work and earn too much to qualify for ...
Relating to Medicaid Expansion
February 13, 2018
“Now, therefore, I, Matthew G. Bevin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 69 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, do hereby Order and Direct the following: In the event one or ...
Medicaid Long-Term Care Services
February 13, 2018
“Louisiana's Medicaid Program provides payment for special long-term care support services, as well as full Medicaid health coverage, to eligible people who, because of their medical conditions, require assistance with activities of daily living ...
“State Gets Final Federal Approval of Transition Plan for Compliance with Home and Community-Based Services Rule”
February 13, 2018
~~“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given final approval to Delaware’s Statewide Transition Plan for complying with the federal Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) final rule. The rule defines home and community-based ...
Maryland Medicaid Community Options Waiver (formerly Waiver for Older Adults)
February 13, 2018
“Until recently, the Maryland Community Options Medicaid Waiver was called the Waiver for Older Adults. That program and the Living at Home Medicaid Waiver are now merged under this new title. This waiver is also called the Home and Community-Based ...
Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking: ID/DD Waiver
February 13, 2018
~~“The Department of Disability Services (DDS), Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), operates the Medicaid Home and Community–Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD Waiver) ...
Application for a 1915(c) HCBS Waiver:
February 14, 2018
~~“The State of Hawaii requests approval of an amendment to the following Medicaid home and community based services waiver approved under authority of 1915© of the Social Security Act.Program Title: HCB Services for People with Intellectual ...
Idaho §1915(i) State plan
February 14, 2018
~~“Idaho Medicaid furnishes Adult DD 1915(i) HCBS Benefit services in one type of provider owned or controlled residential setting: CFHs. The results of Idaho’s analysis of this residential setting are summarized below, including an overview of ...
Person Centered Planning Policy and Guidelines for DD Waiver Services
February 14, 2018
~~“Federal Home and Community Based Services RegulationsThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Regulations on January 16, 2014. These Regulations became effective on March 17, 2014 and ...
Premium Assistance Program Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver
February 14, 2018
“August 30, 2017Notice is hereby given that the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) seeks to amend its Section 1115(a) Research and Demonstration Waiver, #11-W-00298/1 entitled, the New Hampshire Health Protection Program ...
State agency requests $200 million to shorten wait for Medicaid disability services
February 15, 2018
~~“The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services on Wednesday requested $90 million from the state general fund to shorten wait times for Medicaid recipients who need services for physical or intellectual and developmental ...
HCBS Person-Centered Service Plan Policy
February 15, 2018
~~“The purpose of this policy is to explain the Person-Centered Service Plan (PCSP) requirements found in 42 CFR § 441.301, K.A.R. 30-63-1 through 32, and the 1915 (c) HCBS waivers and detail the process for creation of the Person-Centered Service ...
Arkansas Employment First Task Force Final Report
July 28, 2015
"After the Governor signed Executive Order 10-17, the Department of Human Services convened the Employment First Task Force. The Task Force was comprised of representatives from state agencies, provider associations, and advocacy groups. The Task Force ...
Memorandum of Understanding Between The Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Program and The State of Tennessee Bureau of TennCare, Division of Long Term Services and Supports
June 12, 2018
“This Memorandum is entered into and based upon the philosophy of Employment First which is based upon the premise that all citizens, including individuals with significant disabilities, are capable of full participation in integrated employment and ...
Care Coordination Organization/Health Home (CCO/HH) Provider Policy Guidance and Manual
June 13, 2018
"Effective July 1, 2018, OPWDD will transition Care Management, both Medicaid Service Coordination (MSC) and Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Plan of Care Support Services (PCSS) to the Health Home model of care. Health Home Care ...
Governor Ivey Announces Funding for New Behavioral Health Services
June 14, 2018
~~“Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that Alabama has set aside $11 million in its recently passed budgets for the Alabama Department of Mental Health to expand behavioral health services for Medicaid-eligible children and youth. When combined with ...
Proposed Section 1115 Demonstration - Work Requirements
June 14, 2018
~~“From 2013 through the current date, the able‐bodied Parent or Caretaker Relative (POCR) eligibility group has more than doubled from 31,889 to more than 74,000. This has been during a time of steady economic growth and job creation in ...
Arizona Demonstration Fact Sheet
June 14, 2018
~~“Date Extension Application Submitted: September 30, 2015Date Extension Application Approved: September 30, 2016Date Implemented: October 1, 2016Date Expires: September 30, 2021In addition, outside this demonstration, the state aims to encourage ...
"Arkansas Works" (Project Number 11-W-00287/6)
June 14, 2018
~~“Approval of this demonstration amendment allows Arkansas, no sooner than June 1, 2018, to require all Arkansas Works beneficiaries ages 19 through 49, with certain exceptions, to participate in and timely document and report 80 hours per month of ...
CA Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver Amendment (0336.R04.04 DDS)
June 14, 2018
~~"The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a state to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to ...
HOUSE BILL 18-1326: Support For Transition From Institutional Settings
June 14, 2018
~~“Support For Transition From Institutional SettingsConcerning support for persons interested in transitioning from an institutional setting, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations…..The bill directs the department of ...
HOUSE BILL 18-1326: Support For Transition From Institutional Settings
June 14, 2018
~~“Support For Transition From Institutional SettingsConcerning support for persons interested in transitioning from an institutional setting, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations…..The bill directs the department of ...
Medicaid Managed Care Master Service Agreement
June 15, 2018
~~“3.4.10.7 Employment Services and Supports Provided Through Pathways3.4.10.7.1 The following services are available to members participating in Pathways to supplement Covered Services provided by the Contractor. These services are the responsibility ...
Money Follows the Person
June 15, 2018
~~“If you have lived in an inpatient facility (i.e., a hospital, nursing facility or an intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities) for at least 90 consecutive days and would rather live in your own home, apartment or group ...
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR SECTION 1115(a) RENEWAL OF HAWAII’S SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION (11-W-00001/9)
June 15, 2018
~~“The State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services (the State), hereby notifies the public that it intends to seek a five-year renewal of its Section 1115 Demonstration from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This renewal, ...
Hawai'i Medicaid State Plan and Demonstration
June 15, 2018
~~“The Hawaiʻi Medicaid State Plan is an agreement between Hawaii and the Federal government describing how that Hawaiʻi administers its Medicaid programs. Department of Human Services is the single State agency designated to administer the ...
Draft 1915(b) Waiver Application
June 18, 2018
~~“Program Title:Aged and Disabled WaiverC. Waiver Number:ID.1076Original Base Waiver Number: ID.1076.90.R3A.0The purpose of this amendment to Idaho's Aged and Disabled (A&D) 1915(c) waiver is to align with the 1915(b) waiver application for the ...
XXXIII. Idaho Home Choice Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (IHCMFP)
June 18, 2018
~~“A. IDHW will:1. Make all final determinations regarding IHCMFP enrollment; andB. The Health Plan shall implement and maintain policies and procedures to provide information, choice, and to enroll eligible Enrollees who consent to participate in ...
Community Support Services IDAPA 16.03.10.702-706
June 18, 2018
~~“Community support services provide goods and supports that are medically necessary and/or minimize the Enrollee's need for institutionalization and address the Enrollee's preferences for:Job support to help the Enrollee secure and maintain ...
Illinois Supportive Living Program Waiver Number IL0326.90
June 18, 2018
~~“The IL Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is seeking to amend current 1915 (C ) waivers to provide for statewide expansion of its mandatory managed care delivery system to all of Illinois’ 102 counties. Illinois’ mandatory ...
Louisiana Community Choices Waiver
September 05, 2015
“The Louisiana Community Choices Waiver (CCW) is a program for elderly and / or disabled Louisiana residents. This program, which replaced the Elderly and Disabled Adult Waiver, provides a wide range of services and support to assist elderly state ...
Louisiana Money Follows the Person
September 05, 2015
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration is a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) grant designed to help states try new ways of delivering Medicaid services. In Louisiana the MFP Demonstration is called My Place ...
Louisiana Disability Employment Initiative
September 05, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving ...
LA Supports Waiver (0453.R02.00)
September 05, 2015
This waiver, "provides day hab, habilitation, prevocational services, respite, support coordination, supported employment, housing stabilization service, housing stabilization transition, PERS for individuals w/autism, ID, DD"
LA New Opportunities Waiver (0401.R02.00)
September 05, 2015
Provides center-based respite, day hab, employment related training, supported employment, supported living, skilled nursing, specialized medical equipment and supplies, adult companion care, community integration and development, environmental accessibility ...
Transition Plan and Provider Requirements: Settings Final Rule Compliance Status
October 18, 2018
~~The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued a new regulation (42 CFR §441.301(c)(6)) that requires that all Medicaid-funded services be provided in settings that exhibit home and community-based characteristics and do not isolate recipients. ...
MEDICAID BUY-IN PROGRAM for Working Adults with Disabilities
October 19, 2018
~~Medicaid Buy-In offers health care coverage for working adults with disabilities whose earnings and resources might otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid.
H.B. No. 5253 AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AND REPEALING OBSOLETE STATUTES
October 19, 2018
~~“The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to Section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, shall submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Money Follows the Person demonstration project. Such project ...
Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 CREATING A MEDICAID BUY-IN STUDY GROUP.
October 22, 2018
~~This Senate Concurrent Resolution creates a Medicaid Buy-In Study Group to study the adoption of an expanded Medicaid Buy-In program that would allow Delawareans with incomes above 138% of the Federal Poverty Level to purchase insurance coverage through the ...
Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 CREATING A MEDICAID BUY-IN STUDY GROUP
October 22, 2018
~~This Senate Concurrent Resolution creates a Medicaid Buy-In Study Group to study the adoption of an expanded Medicaid Buy-In program that would allow Delawareans with incomes above 138% of the Federal Poverty Level to purchase insurance coverage through the ...
Waiver Employment Services and Supports
October 22, 2018
~~This page has information on the following services and supports:Discovery and Career PlanningBenefits CounselingHawaii Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA)Individual Employment Supports•Job Development•Job Coaching
Medicaid I/DD Waiver
October 22, 2018
~~“Medicaid is a jointly funded, Federal-State health insurance program for people with limited income and resources who meet eligibility requirements. The Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for individuals with ...
QUEST Integration §1115 Waiver Renewal Application
October 22, 2018
~~Pursuant to Section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act, the State of Hawai‘i, Department of Human Services (the State) is seeking a five-year renewal of the QUEST Integration Section 1115 demonstration project from CMS. Absent a renewal, the ...
Medicaid I/DD Waiver Providers
October 22, 2018
~~Services are provided through the Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Medicaid I/DD Waiver). The purpose of the Medicaid I/DD Waiver is to support people to have ...
Idaho State Transition Plan Resubmission
October 22, 2018
~“Effective October 3, 2018, Idaho became the tenth state to receive Final Approval for the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Statewide Transition Plan. CMS’ letter to Idaho can be found under the resources tab to the right in the ...
Consumer Handbook for Home-Based Services, Children's and Adult Medicaid Waivers ‘Person Centered Planning’
October 23, 2018
~~‘This is a process that outlines what is important to a person and what is important for a person. It is a way to record a person's strengths, needs, desires as well as risk. Person Centered Planning has three main parts: the Discovery Tool, the ...
Iowa Administrative Bulletin
October 23, 2018
~~The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) has issued regulations thatdefine the residential and nonresidentialsettings in which it is permissible for states toprovide and pay for Medicaid home-and-community-based services (HCBS). Thepurpose of ...
5160:1-5-07 Medicaid: specialized recovery services (SRS) program
October 23, 2018
~~“This rule sets forth the eligibility criteria for a state plan home and community-based services (HCBS) benefit authorized under section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act (as in effect on October 1, 2017). Section 1915(i) of the act allows states ...
Ohio’s Home and Community Based Waiver Waiting List
October 23, 2018
~~“Changes to Ohio's Waiver Waiting List for home and community-based services waivers make it easier to identify a person's needs and coordinate needed services.The changes to the Waiting List include a statewide assessment tool used to better ...
Medicaid 1115 Waiver
October 25, 2018
~~“The Medicaid 1115 Waiver constitutes the legal authority granted to the State by federal government to pursue innovations that improve health care access, quality and outcomes and further the goals of the Medicaid and CHIP Programs. The terms ...
Request to Extend the Rhode Island Comprehensive Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Project No. 11-W-00242/1
October 25, 2018
~~….the State set out to transform Medicaid to a system that is more consciously and effectively organized towards achieving the Triple Aim of controlling costs, while improving health and the experience of care. To support these efforts Rhode Island ...
Service Rate Increases
October 26, 2018
~~PROVIDER ALERTEffective for services provided on or after July 1, 2018, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) increased reimbursement for qualified Adult Day Health Care Services, Personal Care I, Personal Care II and Attendant ...
DiscoverAbility: New Jersey’s Strategic Plan for Creating a Comprehensive Employment System for People with Disabilities
September 08, 2015
During the final year of the DiscoverAbility NJ project, New Jersey became an Employment First state and joined the national State Employment Leadership Network (SELN). Nonprofit community service providers assist people with disabilities with a wide range of ...
Governor Cuomo Directs State Agencies to Implement Policies Aimed at Supporting Community Living for New Yorkers with Physical Disabilities
November 02, 2018
~~“Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today marked the 28th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with the launch of the "Able New York" agenda, a multi-agency initiative that will emphasize enhanced accessibility to state programs and ...
SD Home and Community-Based Options and Person- Centered Excellence (HOPE) Waiver (0189.R06.00)
November 05, 2018
~~Provides adult day services, respite care, homemaker, in-home nursing services, personal care, specialized medical equipment, specialized medical supplies, adult companion services, assisted living, chore services, community living home, community ...
Medicaid buy-in program for employees with disabilities
November 06, 2018
~~The Medicaid buy-in program allows working Texans with disabilities to get Medicaid, even if they earn more than the Medicaid income limits. To take part in the program, you can't earn more than $2,453 per month. People in the buy-in program pay monthly ...
Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services 1115 Demonstration Extension Application
November 06, 2018
~~Employment Sustaining Services 1. Career advancement services2. Negotiation with employers3. Job analysis 4. Job coaching5. Benefits education and planning6. Transportation (only in conjunction with the delivery of an authorized employment ...
Commonwealth Coordinated Care (CCC) Plus Waiver
November 06, 2018
~~The CCC Plus Waiver (also known as the Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus Waiver), is a combination of the formerly known waivers titled: EDCD (Elderly or Disabled with Consumer Direction) waiver and the Technology Assisted (Tech) waiver. All of the waivers ...
Waiver Overview
November 07, 2018
~~“The Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) offers five Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers:•Basic Plus•Children's Intensive In-home Behavioral Supports (CIIBS)•Community ...
Methodology for WV’s Waiver Transition Plan Application
November 07, 2018
~~This review has been conducted in two sections. To begin the transition plan development process, BMS conducted a review of the HCBS services provided by the current West Virginia waivers impacted by the new rule (Exhibit 1) as well as the ...
IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct)
November 08, 2018
~~The IRIS program is a Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver for self-directed long-term supports. The program is an option for adults with long-term care needs. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Medicaid Services ...
Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
November 08, 2018
~~“This webpage shares key information related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule for Medicaid home and community-based services waivers.
Statewide Transition Plan for Home and Community-Based Settings
November 08, 2018
~~The Wyoming Department of Health (Department) is the single state agency designated to administer the Wyoming Medicaid program, and submits this Statewide Transition Plan (STP) in accordance with the federal regulation. This document shall describe the ...
NJ WorkAbility
September 08, 2015
~~NJ WorkAbility, one of the NJ FamilyCare Aged, Blind and Disabled Programs, offers people with disabilities who are working, and whose income would otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid, the opportunity to receive full Medicaid ...
Home and Community Based Waivers – 2020
May 07, 2019
“Individuals who are elderly and/or disabled may qualify for home and community- based services through one of these waiver programs. These services are to protect the health, safety, and dignity of those individuals who are at risk of ...
Alaska Transition Plan for HCBS
May 07, 2019
~~“The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Senior and Disabilities Services (SDS) now submits for public review and comment the fourth version of its Transition Plan (“Plan”) in accordance with CFR 42 §441.301(c)(6). This ...
Arkansas Medicaid Certification Requirements for ARChoices HCBS Waiver Program
May 08, 2019
~All ARChoices Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver providers must meet the Provider Participation and enrollment requirements contained within Section 140.000 of this manual
Fact Sheet: Home and Community Based Setting Rule
May 08, 2019
~“The purpose of the rules is to ensure that individuals receive services in settings that are integrated in and support full access to the greater community. This includes opportunities to seek employment and work in competitive and integrated ...
HCBS Settings Final Rule Provider Transition Plan (PTP) User Manual
May 08, 2019
~Developed to Assist Providers in Completing the PTP on the Google Cloud/G-Suite Platform"In order to demonstrate to CMS that Colorado has attained statewide compliance with the HCBS Settings Final Rule, the Department needs providers to complete a PTP ...
New Jersey Money Follows the Person
September 08, 2015
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federal demonstration project that helps eligible individuals who have been residing in nursing homes and developmental centers for a minimum of 90 consecutive days move into a community-setting. The setting will offer ...
New Jersey Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 08, 2015
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
Supported Employment Services – DD Waiver
May 10, 2019
~“Service DescriptionSupported employment consists of competitive work in integrated work settings for individuals with the most severe disabilities, for whom competitive employment has not traditionally occurred, or for whom competitive employment has ...
Request for an Amendment to a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Amendment Number: ID.0076.R06.02
May 10, 2019
~“Program Title: Idaho Developmental Disabilities Waiver (renewal)B. Waiver Number: ID.0076Original Base Waiver Number: ID.0076.90.R3BThe purposes of this amendment to Idaho’s Developmental Disabilities Waiver are as follows: 1. To add transition ...
Request for an Amendment to a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Amendment Number: ID.1076.R06.04
May 10, 2019
~“Program Title: Aged and Disabled Waiver B. Waiver Number: ID.1076Original Base Waiver Number: ID.1076.90.R3A.04C.This amendment provides for the addition of Transition Service benefits to the A&D Waiver. This transition aids in the sustainability ...
Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
May 10, 2019
~“As a division of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) has two overarching responsibilities for children and adults with physical and cognitive disabilities: ...
Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS)2018 Provider Quality Management Self- Assessment
May 10, 2019
~~“This form is required for entities enrolled to provide services in Section B under the following waivers/programs:• Health and Disability • Elderly Waiver • Brain Injury Waiver (BI) • Waiver (HD)AIDS/HIV ...
018 Provider Quality Management Self-Assessment
May 10, 2019
~~Objectives• Overview of the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Provider Quality Oversight process• Familiarize providers with updates to the 2018 Self-Assessment• Identify and address frequently asked ...
HCBS Institutional Transition Policy
May 13, 2019
~~“PurposeThis policy establishes the process and procedures for transitioning eligible individuals from institutional care settings onto the Frail and Elderly (FE), Intellectual and Developmental Disability (I/DD), Physical Disability (PD), and ...
Extension of its section 1115(a) demonstration titled, “KanCare”
May 13, 2019
~~“..the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving Kansas’s request for an extension of its section 1115(a) demonstration titled, “KanCare” ...
HCBS Institutional Transition Policy
May 13, 2019
~~“PurposeThis policy establishes the process and procedures for transitioning eligible individuals from institutional care settings onto the Frail and Elderly (FE), Intellectual and Developmental Disability (I/DD), Physical Disability (PD), and ...
Extension of its section 1115(a) demonstration titled, “KanCare” (Project Number 11-W-00283/7)
May 13, 2019
~~“Kansas will provide new employment supports to beneficiaries with behavioral health diagnoses and eligible for a 1915(c), either by being on the waitlist or already being enrolled in the 1915(c). This voluntary pilot will be capped at 500 ...
DiscoverAbility NJ
September 08, 2015
DiscoverAbility NJ is a living document that was built upon the state's longstanding efforts to improve the labor market participation of people with disabilities. At the same time it included contemporary thinking about what is needed to increase their ...
Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waiver Redesign Project: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
May 13, 2019
~~“The Department for Medicaid Services (the Department) on behalf of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (the Cabinet) is publishing this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)document to provide timely updates and respond to stakeholder questions ...
Provider Types Enrolled
May 14, 2019
~~“For Medicaid providers:1.All provider types must be managed by their Medicaid provider type identifier which includes (Exhibit3: Provider Matrix)…Specialized providers to serve children and adolescents in the 1915(i) State Plan Amendment (SPA) ...
Massachusetts Medicaid buy-in: Feasibility of establishing a small employer premium sharing plan for participation in MassHealth
May 14, 2019
~~“Pursuant to Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2017, this study examines the opportunities and challenges associated with allowing small employers to share premiums with or “buy into” MassHealth, the Commonwealth’s Medicaid program. Premium ...
Minnesota’s Home and Community-Based Services Rule Statewide Transition Plan
May 14, 2019
~~“Today, most people with disabilities grow up in their family homes, go to school in their own neighborhoods and have many of ...
Long Term Care 1915(c) Waiver Provider Orientation
May 15, 2019
~~“The Office of Long Term Care is responsible for ensuring that all providers of 1915(c) home and community based waiver services for the following waivers meet credentialing requirements as documented in the CMS approved waiver ...
1915(i) State plan Home and Community-Based Services Administration and Operation
May 15, 2019
~~“The state implements the optional 1915(i) State plan Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) benefit for elderly and disabled individuals as set forth below.1. Services. (Specify the state’s service title(s) for the HCBS defined under ...
Montana Community First Choice / Personal Assistance Programs (CFC / PAS)
May 15, 2019
~~“Montana Community First Choice / Personal Assistance Programs (CFC / PAS) is a Medicaid program designed for elderly or disabled residents that require in-home care service. Individuals can receive care services from the state (agency based) or they ...
Montana Administrative Register Issue No. 22 “ARM 37.40.705”
May 15, 2019
~~“The department has revised this rule to remove reference to a home- based requirement for receipt of home health services and to clarify coverage for medical supplies, equipment, and appliances. Fiscal Impact These rule amendments will ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
May 15, 2019
~~“Effective October 1, 2018, the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program will no longer be accepting new referrals for transition coordination services due to the expiration of our federal grant. MFP staff will continue assisting individuals on ...
“New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program 1115 Demonstration”
May 16, 2019
~~“In this extension package, changes have been made to the STCs and related authorities to align with New Hampshire State Legislature Senate Bill 313, requiring the state to request waivers under section 1115 needed to implement the Granite Advantage ...
Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol Approval
May 16, 2019
~~“In this extension of the demonstration, the state will continue healthcare delivery reforms that were initiated during the previous demonstration period. Specifically, the state will continue its expansion of managed care to Long Term Services and ...
New Mexico Department of Health Action Steps
September 08, 2015
The New Mexico Department of Health will, "continue to utilize the New Mexico Employment Institute (NMEI) in areas of job development and technical assistance to train and assist providers.DDSD hopes to achieve the 38% FY13 target, through continued ...
"Centennial Care 2.0 1115 Medicaid Demonstration" Extension
May 16, 2019
~~“This approval is effective January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2023. CMS' s approval is subject to the limitations specified in the attached waiver authorities, expenditure authorities, Special Terms and Conditions (STCs), and subsequent ...
Centennial Care 2.0 1115 Waiver Amendment Request
May 16, 2019
~~“Employment Supports (ABCB and SDCB) Employment Supports include job development, job seeking and job coaching supports after available vocational rehabilitation supports have been exhausted. The job coach provides training, skill development, and ...
Important Change to Children’s 1915(c)Waiver Programs
May 16, 2019
~~“The following waivers will be combined into one new Children’s waiver:•Office of Mental Health (OMH) Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) waiver•Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) Care at Home waiver•Office ...
New York State HCBS Settings Transition Plan
May 16, 2019
~~“DOH operates the following 1915(c), waivers in addition to overseeing our sister agencies and offices that operate other 1915(c) waivers as the State's Medicaid agency.•Long Term Home Health Care Program Waiver2•Nursing Home Transition ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Original Base Waiver Number: NC.0423 Draft ID:NC.025.03.00
May 16, 2019
~~“This waiver is requested in order to provide home and community-based waiver services to individuals who, but for the provision of such services, would require the following level(s) of care, the costs of which would be reimbursed under the approved ...
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Approval Letter
May 17, 2019
~~“Final approval is granted due to the state completing the following activities:o Conducted a comprehensive site-specific assessment and validation of all settings serving individuals receiving Medicaid-funded I{CBS, and included in the STP the ...
North Dakota Revised Statewide Transition Plan For HCBS Settings Under 1915(c) Waivers
May 17, 2019
~~“North Dakota submitted an initial Statewide Transition Plan that included public comment to CMS on November 28, 2014. CMS has completed a review of the initial plan and provided additional recommendations that are addressed in this document. Prior to ...
Waiver Number: ND.0037. R08.00 Draft ID: ND.007.08.0 Renewal
May 17, 2019
~~“Major ChangesIn Appendix B – slots were increased by 150 each year of the waiver and update performance measure B-2.In Appendix C- modifications and clarification was made in Day Habilitation, Homemaker, Independent Habilitation, Individual ...
Medicaid Waivers
May 17, 2019
~~“Waivers are agreements between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and a state's Medicaid agency and serve specific groups of people.Waivers specify:• Number of participants to be served• Eligibility ...
New Mexico Money Follows the Person
September 08, 2015
“The goals of the New Mexico MFP are to increase the use of home and community-based services (HCBS) and reduce the use of institutionally-based services, [e]liminate barriers in State law, State Medicaid plans, and State budgets that restrict the use ...
Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities (MBIWD)
May 17, 2019
~~“MBIWD is an Ohio Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to working Ohioans with disabilities. MBIWD was created to encourage Ohioans with disabilities to work and still keep their health care coverage.Who is eligible? To qualify for ...
Oregon STP Final Approval Letter
May 17, 2019
~~“CMS is granting Oregon final approval of its Statewide Transition Plan (STP) to bring settings into compliance with the federal home and community-based services (HCBS) regulations found at 42 CFR Section 441.301(c)(4)(5) and Section ...
New Mexico Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 08, 2015
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
Application for 1915(c) HCBS Waiver: PA.0279.R05.00
May 20, 2019
~~“Pennsylvania’s Home and Community-Based Waiver for Individuals Aged 60 and Over (Aging Waiver) has been developed to emphasize deinstitutionalization, prevent or minimize institutionalization and provide an array of services and supports in ...
Approval of Rhode Island's request to extend the section 1115 Medicaid demonstration project ,entitled "Rhode Island Comprehensive Demonstration" (Project Number I l-W-0024211)
May 20, 2019
~~“On July 1 1, 2018, Rhode Island submitted an application for a five-year renewal of its current section 1115 demonstration "Rhode Island Comprehensive Demonstration," along with approval of modifications of the demonstration that would ...
SOUTH DAKOTA HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES STATEWIDE TRANSITION PLAN
May 20, 2019
~~“Home and community based services (HCBS) in South Dakota have been historically provided through four1915(c) HCBS Waivers. Each waiver targets a specific population and provides a menu of services to meet the needs of the target population. ...
Expect Employment Report to the Governor 2018
May 20, 2019
~~“This fifth annual report to the governor continues to document the task force’s progress as identified in the five goals outlined in the strategic plan. Furthermore, this report continues to highlight the people behind the numbers who ...
Medicaid Balancing Incentives Program
May 20, 2019
~~“Federal law established the Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) which increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to participating states through September 2015 in exchange for states making certain structural reforms to increase access to ...
2018 Revised Texas Promoting Independence Plan
May 20, 2019
~~“Funding for Reduction in Community-based Services Interest Lists Texas has five 1915(c) Medicaid waiver programs and one Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) program in the 1115 waiver, which serve people who have a physical, IDD or a ...
Texas Medicaid and CHIP Reference Guide
May 20, 2019
~~“Medicaid Buy-In (MBI) for Workers with DisabilitiesThe Medicaid Buy-In (MBI) program enables working persons with disabilities to buy in to Medicaid. Individuals with income below 250 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and resources at or ...
New Mexico DD (0173.R05.00)
September 08, 2015
“Provides case management, community integrated employment, customized community supports, living supports, personal support, respite, nutritional counseling, OT for adults, PT for adults, speech and language therapy for adults, supplemental dental ...
WV State-Wide Transition Plan
May 21, 2019
~~“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new regulations and guidance on the delivery of home and community-based services (HCBS) offered through Medicaid waiver programs. Through this new rule, CMS intends to ensure ...
HCBS Settings Rule: FAQs
May 22, 2019
~~“The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has received numerous questions concerning the Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) waivers settings rule. These FAQs provide guidance on the requirements in the settings rule. More ...
1115 Behavioral Health Medicaid Waiver
September 25, 2019
~~“Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers provide states with flexibility to test new approaches within Medicaid to aid in redesigning and improving their health systems without increasing costs.Alaska’s 1115 WaiverIn January 2018, Alaska ...
Information Memo Number HCPF IM 19-037 Transition Services Post Rule Update
September 26, 2019
~~“The purpose of this Informational Memo is to provide an update to stakeholders on the sustainability of the Colorado Choice Transitions (CCT) demonstration program. This memo provides updates regarding the finalized regulations for Transition ...
Policy Memo Number 19-002 Colorado Home and community Based Services Transition Services
September 26, 2019
~~“The purpose of this memo is to inform providers, case managers, members and stakeholders about the Transition Services newly added to home and community-based services (HCBS)waivers.”
Medicaid Waiver Applications
September 26, 2019
~~“OverviewNotice of Intent to Amend the Individual and Family Support, Employment and Day Supports & Comprehensive Supports WaiversIn accordance with the provisions of section 17b-8(c) of the Connecticut General Statutes, notice is hereby given ...
District of Columbia Section 1115 Medicaid Behavioral Health Transformation Demonstration Program
September 26, 2019
~~“On June 3, 2019, the Director of the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF), pursuant to the authority set forth in the Department of Health Care Finance Establishment Act of 2007, and in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health ...
Elderly and Disabled Waiver B. Waiver Number:GA.0112Original Base Waiver Number: GA.0112.90R2
September 26, 2019
~~“The Elderly & Disabled Waiver Program assists individuals who are older or disabled and functionally impaired to continue to live in the community with appropriate supports. Individuals served by this program are required to meet the same level ...
Support Waiver for Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities Amendment Number:IL.0464.R02.03
September 27, 2019
~~“The Children’s Support Waiver provides services to eligible children and young adults with developmental disabilities ages three through twenty-one who live at home with their families. The services provided are designed to prevent or delay the ...
HCBS Waiver for Adults with Developmental Disabilities Amendment Number:IL.0350.R04.02
September 27, 2019
~~“The Waiver for Adults with Developmental Disabilities provides supports to eligible adults with developmental disabilities ages 18 and over. The supports provided are designed to prevent or delay out-of-home residential services for ...
Money Follows the Person
September 27, 2019
~~“The Money Follows the Person program is funded through a grant from the federal agency Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The MFP program was developed to help states move individuals from institutional settings to home- and community-based ...
“What is KanCare?
September 27, 2019
~~“KanCare is the program through which the State of Kansas administers Medicaid. Launched in January, 2013, KanCare is delivering whole-person, integrated care to more than 415,000 people across the state. Kansas has contracted with three health plans, ...
Kansas - HCBS-I/DD Waiver Waiver Number: KS. 0224. R06.00 Transitions
September 27, 2019
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) grant program ended on 6/30/17. As a result, the MFP structure for transitions from an institutionalized setting to a community setting via waiver supports was modified to become the HCBS Institutional Transitions ...
HCBS-I/DD Waiver Waiver Number: KS.0224.R06.00
September 27, 2019
~~“The State of Kansas currently operates an approved Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability (IDD) waiver that provides services to eligible children and adults. The purpose of this waiver is to provide the opportunity for innovation in ...
Brain Injury Waiver Waiver Number: KS.4164.R06.00
September 27, 2019
~~“The 2018 Kansas Legislature included a proviso in the budget bill directing KDADS to include acquired brain injuries (ABI) into the current TBI waiver. The proviso also directed that the amended waiver serve children under the age of 16. Policy and ...
Kansas Home and Community-Based Services Settings Rule Statewide Transition Plan
September 27, 2019
~~“Kansas now submits their amended Statewide Transition Plan. Changes include increasing stakeholder participation, integrating stakeholder recommendations, revised timelines, and proactive approaches for engaging stakeholders. The identified need for ...
Kansas - HCBS-I/DD Waiver Waiver Number: KS. 0224. R06.00 Supported Employment
September 27, 2019
~~Supported Employment is part of this waiver“The following supported employment activities by Supported Employment agency staff are designed to assist individuals in acquiring and maintaining employment:1. Individualized assessment.2.Individualized job ...
Request for an Amendment to a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
September 30, 2019
~~“Program Title:Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum DisorderWaiver Number:ME.0467Original Base Waiver Number: ME.0467.The State of Maine is planning to amend the Home- and Community-based Services waiver, known ...
NY Community First Choice
September 09, 2015
“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the State's Medicaid Plan Amendment to add the Community First Choice Option (CFCO) set of services. CFCO, authorized in the Affordable Care Act, allows states to expand access and ...
New York Money Follows the Person
September 09, 2015
In January 2007, the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved New York´s application to participate in the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program (MFP). The MFP Demonstration, authorized under the Deficit ...
Housing Benefits 101
September 30, 2019
~~“Housing Benefits 101 (HB101) helps people who need affordable housing, and supports to maintain that housing, understand the range of housing options and support services available. HB101 can help you make choices about where you want to live. It can ...
New York Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 09, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports ...
Medicaid Providers Manual
September 30, 2019
~~This page has general information on the Providers’ Manual“Providers must be familiar with current rules and regulations governing the Montana Medicaid program. The provider manuals are meant to assist providers in billing Medicaid; they do not ...
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Programs
September 30, 2019
~~“A program is a group of services intended to meet an individual's or family's needs. Home and community-based services provide opportunities for Medicaid beneficiaries to receive services in their own home or community rather than isolated ...
Waiver Amendments
September 30, 2019
~~“On May 7, 2019 CMS approved a technical amendment. These changes did not require public or tribal comment as they were technical and in response to questions by CMS. The following changes were made to the CDD Waiver (Intro-Main and Appendix ...
Current Medicaid Waivers administered by The Division of Developmental Disabilities (DHHS-DD)
September 30, 2019
~~“To be on a waiver administered by DHHS-DD, a person must have a developmental disability and needs that require services like those provided at an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF-DD). A yearly level of care ...
Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Strategy (Quality Strategy)
October 01, 2019
~~“Quality Initiatives and Emerging Practices Emerging practices occur by incorporating evidence-based guidelines into operational structures, policies, and procedures. Emerging practices are born out of continual quality improvement efforts to enhance ...
Medicaid State Plan
October 01, 2019
~~“Please note that the state plan does not contain extensive service details and requirements. This information should be obtained through the Department’s rules listed on the State of New Hampshire Administrative Rules website or via the DHHS ...
Home and Community Based Services Waivers
October 01, 2019
~~This page is a list of the current waivers with links to documents.
Arkansas Money Follows the Person
July 28, 2015
“Money Follows the PersonWhat is the Money Follows the Person program?Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federal program that helps Medicaid-eligible people ─ the elderly, adults with physical and developmental disabilities, and adults with mental ...
Services for People with Developmental Disabilities
October 01, 2019
~~“For the two Medicaid waivers providing noninstitutional care to people with developmental disabilities, the FY20 general fund appropriation to the department is sufficient to add more than ...
Medicaid Money Follows the Person
October 01, 2019
~~“The goals of the New Mexico MFP are to• increase the use of home and community-based services (HCBS) and reduce the use of institutionally-based services,• [e]liminate barriers in State law, State Medicaid plans, and State ...
New York State´s 1115 Waiver
October 01, 2019
~~ ” The NYS Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Waiver (formerly the Partnership Plan) has been in operation since 1997.• New York´s 1115 MRT Waiver was renewed on December 6, 2016 effective through March 31, 2021.• Goals for ...
CAP/DA Renewal (3.5)
October 01, 2019
~~“Habilitation Services.The state assures that prevocational, educational, or supported employment services, or a combination of these services, if provided as habilitation services under the waiver are: (1) not otherwise available to the individual ...
North Carolina’s Medicaid Managed Care Quality Strategy
October 01, 2019
~~“This Quality Strategy focuses on measuring quality performance and outcomes in the early years of managed care, affecting the populations that will transition to managed care immediately (outlined above); it will expand to capture additional ...
Integrated Care Delivery System (ICDS) Waiver (MyCare Ohio) - Phase 2 Alignment Amendment
October 01, 2019
~~“Services for Individuals with Chronic Mental Illness.The state assures that federal financial participation (FFP) will not be claimed in expenditures for waiver services including, but not limited to, day treatment or partial hospitalization, ...
Ohio Home Care Waiver Waiver Number: OH.0337.90.R1
October 01, 2019
~~“The state assures that prevocational, educational, or supported employment services, or a combination of these services, if provided as habilitation services under the waiver are: (1) not otherwise available to the individual through a local ...
Developmental Disabilities and Medicaid Eligibility
October 02, 2019
~~“People with developmental disabilities (DD) sometimes have special considerations related to Medicaid eligibility. Although the Medicaid eligibility rules are the same, the types of Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers are different ...
Comprehensive Aggregate Cap Home and Community Based Services (or "CAC") Waiver
October 03, 2019
~~“An individual’s Individual Support Plan may include more than one non-residential habilitation service (SE-IES; Supported Employment-Small Group Employment Supports; Community Participation Supports; Intermittent Employment and Community ...
Beneficiary Support System
October 03, 2019
~~“As part of TennCare’s Beneficiary Support System (BSS), Disability Rights TN contracts with TennCare to help people with long term services and supports (LTSS) or who may qualify for LTSS by• explaining member rights and ...
Tennessee Self-Determination Waiver Program TN.0427.R03.01
October 03, 2019
~~“The primary purpose of this amendment is to revise the Service Specification for “Employment and Day Services” to separate the service category into distinct employment and day service types with separate service specifications, provider ...
5220 Money Follows the Person Demonstration Entitlement Tracking and Service Authorization System Data Entry
October 03, 2019
~~“Time spent in a nursing facility (NF) does not count toward the 365-day period; therefore, tracking is required to ensure Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFPD) individuals receive the full 365-day entitlement period. The entitlement period ...
Utah Medicaid Provider Manual Section 2: Personal Care Services “Self-Employment”
October 03, 2019
~~“EPAS participants may be self-employed. Self-employed participants must show that they are making a good faith effort to produce income and make a profit. Service Coordinators will be required to verify a participant’s ...
Utah Section 1115 Demonstration Application Per Capita Cap
October 03, 2019
~~“With this application, the State is seeking approval to implement the following new proposals for its Medicaid expansion as directed by Senate Bill 96: •Authority to receive the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) allowable ...
Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration
October 04, 2019
~~“Wisconsin received a federal award for a Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration. The demonstration, authorized by Congress and funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, provides enhanced federal matching funds for ...
Children's Long-Term Support Waiver Program Amendment Number:WI.0414.R03.02
October 04, 2019
~~“Per the terms of a corrective action plan (CAP) required by CMS, Wisconsin has developed a uniform statewide rate-setting methodology for most CLTS waiver services. The following waiver services are subject to a statewide rate ...
Policy & Procedures Provider Instructions
October 04, 2019
~~“State Plan Services:Wyoming offers a variety of State Plan services as approved by the Federal Government. Services are offered based on specific eligibility requirements.Each state may differ in income and resource limit guidelines, as well as ...
Senate Bill No. 289 CHAPTER 846 An act to add Section 14132.993 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.
May 04, 2020
“This bill would require the retention of placement on the waiting list for, or the reenrollment in, specified HCBS waiver programs for an individual who is a dependent child or spouse of an active duty military service member and who transfers out of ...
1115 Waiver Application: Substance Use Disorder Care Initiative
May 05, 2020
“Home-based Skill Development Services:Home-based skill development services are services Maine has historically covered via State Plan and Waiver authority for our members with SMI and members with intellectual disabilities who meet institutional level ...
Notice of Statewide Transition Plan for Home and Community-Based Services Settings
May 05, 2020
“The revised Maine HCBS Statewide Transition Plan will be submitted to CMS in April 2020 and will be effective upon CMS approval. For the aspects of the rule that apply to HCBS settings, states have until March 2022 to ensure alignment of the states ...
Rhode Island Medicaid Infrastructure Grant "Rhodes to Independence" (RTI)
September 09, 2015
“In 2000, Rhode Island launched an initiative called “Rhodes to Independence” (RTI) to promote systems changes that reduce barriers to employment. RTI focuses on health care, transportation, housing, youth transitions, and ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Medically Fragile Renewal Waiver
May 05, 2020
“Habilitation Services. The state assures that prevocational, educational, or supported employment services, or a combination of these services, if provided as habilitation services under the waiver are: (1) not otherwise available to the individual ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Supports Waiver
May 05, 2020
“New Mexico’s Supports Waiver (SW) is designed to provide an option for support to individuals on the Department of Health Developmental Disabilities (DD) waiver Wait List; providing support services to participants and their families, to enable ...
New Mexico Centennial Care 2.0 1 I 15 Medicaid Demonstration
May 05, 2020
“…The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving New Mexico's request to amend its section 1115(a) demonstration entitled, "New Mexico Centennial Care 2.0 1 I 15 Medicaid Demonstration (Project Number I I ...
1915(i) State Plan Option - Adult Day Health Care and Habilitation
May 05, 2020
“Section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act allows the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (DHCFP) to provide State Plan Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) similar to that of a 1915(c) HCBS Waiver using needs-based eligibility ...
Nevada Balancing Incentives Program
May 05, 2020
“The Balancing Incentive Program is a grant-funded program established by the Affordable Care Act through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The goal of the program is to make structural changes to the way individuals access long term ...
Montana Medicaid Severe and Disabling Mental Illness 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waiver Renewal
May 05, 2020
“Effective July 1, 2020On or before 03/31/2020, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) will submit a request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to renew the Montana Medicaid Severe and Disabling Mental ...
State Transition Plan Final
May 05, 2020
“Nebraska’s State Transition Plan addresses MLTC’s and DDD’s statewide efforts for compliance with the HCBS regulations as well as incorporates each waiver program’s specific plan. In order to determine Nebraska’s readiness ...
Mississippi Medicaid seeks approval to increase access to needed in-home supports for those in HCBS program
May 05, 2020
“In response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is working to increase availability of home-delivered meals and in-home providers for individuals enrolled in home and community based programs.Earlier this week, DOM ...
Long Term Care 1915(c) Waiver Provider Orientation
May 05, 2020
“1915(c) waivers allow the provision of long term care services in home and community-based settings (HCBS) under the Medicaid Program. States can offer a variety of services under an HCBS Waiver program.Programs can provide a combination of standard ...
Mississippi Assisted Living Waiver
May 05, 2020
“The Assisted Living Waiver is a home and community-based waiver that provides services to beneficiaries who, but for the provision of such services, would require the level of care provided in a nursing facility. Qualified beneficiaries are allowed to ...
Developmental Disabilities Waivers Manual Prevocational Services
May 05, 2020
“Prevocational Services provide one-to-one learning and group experiences to further develop an individual’s general, non-job task specific skills which are needed to succeed in paid employment in competitive, integrated community settings. ...
Developmental Disabilities Waivers Manual Supported Employment
May 05, 2020
“The purposeful braiding of supports and services with VR to enhance the employment outcomes of individuals with DD is allowable under Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for 1915(c) HCBS waivers as long as documentation supports that it is neither ...
SHB 1199 - 2019-20- AN ACT Relating to health care for working individuals with disabilities; amending RCW 74.09.540; creating a new section; and providing an effective date
May 05, 2020
“It is the intent of the legislature to remove barriers to employment for individuals with disabilities by providing medical assistance to working individuals with disabilities through a buy-in program in accordance with section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) of ...
Letter Approving Minnesota’s Request to Amend Waivers
May 05, 2020
“Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving Minnesota’s request to amend the following 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers with the Emergency Preparedness and Response Appendix K in order to respond to the ...
DHS launches free customized support for HCBS providers
May 05, 2020
“Throughout the HCBS settings transition process, DHS and providers have worked together to ensure older adults and people with disabilities have access to the highest-quality home and community-based services. Providers play an important role in making ...
HCBS provider toolkit
May 05, 2020
“The HCBS provider toolkit contains frequently asked questions, guidance and examples of provider practices that support choice and autonomy for people who receive HCBS.New: In addition to the toolkit, DHS created three short videos to highlight ...
HCBS settings heightened-scrutiny process
May 05, 2020
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires states to submit evidentiary packages for settings that CMS presumes are not home and community-based to undergo a heightened-scrutiny process. Evidentiary packages include information gathered ...
Medicaid Provider Manual
May 06, 2020
“The following documents comprise the Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, and address all health insurance programs administered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). MDHHS also issues periodic bulletins as changes are ...
MI HealthLink Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver and concurrent MI HealthLink Waiver renewals
May 06, 2020
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approves Michigan’s MI HealthLink Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver and concurrent MI HealthLink Waiver renewals, authorized under sections 1915(c) and 1915(b)(1) of the Social ...
MI Choice Waiver Program
May 06, 2020
“Revisions to the MI Choice Waiver Chapter of the Medicaid Provider ManualEffective December 1, 2019, revisions were made to the MI Choice Waiver Chapter which result in policy and program changes. Many changes are the result of policy changes approved ...
Medicaid Funded Long-Term Care Services
May 06, 2020
“This program area administers and operates Maryland's Long-Term Care Medicaid program, Coordination of Community Services, Community First Choice (CFC). CFC Supports Planners and Nurse Monitors provide a continuum of services designed to allow ...
Q1 2020 U.S. Virgin Islands State of the Territory Address 2020
May 06, 2020
Mental Health“…we have taken several definitive steps to address our mental health challenges. The Department of Health has re-established the Behavioral Health Alcoholism and Drug Dependency Services Council…Earlier today, we submitted ...
Application for 1915(c) H CBS Waiver: NE.4154.R06.07
June 16, 2020
The purpose of this amendment is to increase the capacity reserved for the category: Transition of Participants from Other Waivers for years 3, 4, and 5 from 100 to 300 slots.
Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice Compact 1115 Waiver Taskforce Employment Workgroup Recommendations Paper
September 09, 2015
“The Global Waiver establishes a new federal/state compact that gives the state greater flexibility to provide [Medicare and Medicaid] services in a more cost-effective way that will better meet the needs of Rhode Islanders. On May 12, 2009, Executive ...
Illinois Statewide Transition Plan for Compliance with Federal Person-Centered Planning and Settings Rule Requirements For 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
July 27, 2020
“On January 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final regulations that pertain to Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) programs, including programs run under the authority of subsections1915(c), 1915(i), and ...
Qualified Disabled and Working Individual (QDWI) Program
July 31, 2020
Understand changes to Reporting• Understand changes to the DVR statewide Fee Schedule• Understand available Tools and Resources“The Qualified Disabled and Working Individual (QDWI) Program is a Medicare Savings Program that helps pay for ...
Continuous Employment Incentive Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities
July 31, 2020
“The Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities program policy and procedures described here are effective January 1, 2020.Purpose: This section describes the Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) program. HWD recognizes the employment ...
State Rehabilitation Council 2019 Annual Report
August 01, 2020
“On behalf of the State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) of Tennessee, I am privileged to present the 2019 SRC Annual Report to provide an update on the Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Program and to highlight the work of the SRC during the past year. ...
Office of Aging and Disability Services Update
August 18, 2020
“The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides home and community-based services to adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD, ORC), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and brain injury primarily through ...
Medicaid HCBS Waivers for Eligible Nebraskans
August 19, 2020
“An aged person or person with a disability has several Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver options. The Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care (DHHS-MLTC) is the State Medicaid agency and partners with the Division of ...
Home and Community-Based Services
August 19, 2020
“North Dakota provides Home and Community-Based Services through several programs. Each program offers a specific set of services and each program may have different functional and financial eligibility criteria.Programs include:Medicaid State Plan - ...
Medicaid Waiver for Home and Community Based Services (Medicaid Waiver)
August 19, 2020
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a state to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to live in ...
NC Money Follows the Person
September 09, 2015
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a state project that assists Medicaid-eligible North Carolinians who live in inpatient facilities to move into their own homes and communities with supports. DMA was awarded its MFP grant from CMS in May 2007 and began ...
NC Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 09, 2015
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
NC Comprehensive Waiver (3.5) (0662.R01.00)
September 09, 2015
“Provides adult day health, day supports, personal care, residential supports, respite, supported employment, behavior consultant, community transition, crisis respite, crisis services, home and community supports, home mods, individual caregiver ...
NC Supports Waiver (3.5) (0663.R01.00)
September 09, 2015
“Provides adult day health, day supports, home and community supports, personal care, respite, supported employment, behavior consultation, crisis respite, crisis services, home mods, individual and caregiver training, individual goods and services (SD ...
Arkansas Employment First Task Force Training Recommendations
July 28, 2015
The Final Report of the Employment First Task Force included a number of recommendations related to training, including:Recommendation 1: Provide training on disability employment to State agency and provider agency staff.State agencies should offer three ...
Managed Care in North Carolina - Piedmont Behavioral Health Care
September 09, 2015
“Under the CCNC program, North Carolina contracts with 14 community networks, which are each paid a per member per month fee to coordinate patient care. Networks are paid a higher fee to coordinate the needs of aged, blind, and disabled beneficiaries. ...
Money Follows the Person/Home Again
September 09, 2015
“Home Again is a program assisting seniors, individuals with disabilities, and children with severe emotional disturbances who currently live in facilities to transition back into their communities and receive appropriate services and supports.”
Sourh Carolina SAMHSA Grant - "Health Mind Body Alliance"
September 09, 2015
“The integration model brings primary care into state community mental health clinics. Clinics are located in the underserved rural counties of Marlboro, Dillon, and Chesterfield South Carolina and the initial strategy included an FQHC [Federal ...
South Carolina Medicaid Money Follows the Person/Home Again
September 09, 2015
“Home Again is a program assisting seniors, individuals with disabilities, and children with severe emotional disturbances who currently live in facilities to transition back into their communities and receive appropriate services and supports.”
Community Long Term Care - South Carolina Medicaid Waivers
September 09, 2015
“Community Long Term Care (CLTC) offers programs to help individuals who want to live at home, need assistance with their care, and are financially eligible for Medicaid."
ND Money Follows the Person
September 09, 2015
“As part of its ongoing efforts to support community-based services and community inclusion of individuals with disabilities, the North Dakota Department of Human Services applied for and received a federal Money Follows the Person Rebalancing ...
North Dakota Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 09, 2015
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Research Assistance to States (MIG-RATS) Center launched a website to provide resources and support to states implementing MIGs. The website is designed to help staff find research reports and resources, learn about MIG-RATS ...
ND Medicaid Waiver HCBS (0273.R04.00)
September 09, 2015
Provides adult day care, adult residential care, case management, homemaker, respite care, supported employment, adult family foster care, chore, emergency response, environmental mods, extended personal care, family personal care, home delivered meals, ...
Ohio's Path to Employment First
September 10, 2015
“Successful implementation of Employment First requires a multi-pronged approach and a long-term commitment to systems change…. A comprehensive approach must focus on key strategies; all designed to work synergistically to impact a service ...
Ohio Employment First Administrative Rule
September 10, 2015
The Administrative Rules assert that, “Community Employment is competitive employment that takes place in an integrated setting;Every individual of working age will have a person-centered planning process to identify their desired employment outcome and ...
Ohio Transition Planning Requirements in IEPs
September 10, 2015
“Transition assessment affords the opportunity for professionals from across agencies to co-plan and review information that will highlight the youth's preferences, interests, needs and skills relevant to building a profile of the youth as a future ...
Ohio - “New Requirements for Secondary Transition Services for Students with Disabilities: Frequently Asked Questions”
September 10, 2015
The New Requirements state that IEPs must start at age 14, update annually and contain,“Appropriate measurable post-secondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education and independent living skills; ...
Ohio DD System Requirements
September 10, 2015
“In order to make community employment the expected and preferred outcome for people with developmental disabilities, the Ohio DD system is required to align policies, procedures, eligibility, enrollment, and planning for services across state ...
Employment First Administrative Rule (5123: 2-2-05)
September 10, 2015
“The purpose of this rule is to implement the employment first policy in accordance with section 5123.022 of the Revised Code… This rule applies to county boards of developmental disabilities and providers responsible for planning, coordinating, ...
Ohio Employment First Taskforce Common Principles
September 10, 2015
“The Ohio Employment First Taskforce agencies agree that community employment should be the first option for all working age adults and transition-age youth with developmental disabilities. Employment First is a philosophy of service that presumes that ...
Ohio Money Follows the Person
September 10, 2015
~~“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 75,151 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the ...
Ohio Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 10, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The…grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports ...
SD Advocacy Services
September 10, 2015
~~“What We DoDRSD assists South Dakotans who have a disability and have concerns about their legal rights. DRSD accomplishes this through information and referral, individual advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, and administrative or legal ...
Ohio Employment First Provider Support Trainings
September 10, 2015
Professional development activities are available to providers by the Ohio Employment First Initiative. Trainings include, but are not limited to Mobile Technology as Employment Supports; Task Analysis for Job Coaches; The Role of the Occupational ...
AK Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education 2016-2021 State Plan
July 29, 2015
"The mission of the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education (the Council) is to create change that improves the lives of Alaskans with disabilities…The Council combines the expertise and experience of many stakeholders ...
South Dakota Medicaid Overview - Assistive Daily Living Services Waiver (0264.R05.00)
September 10, 2015
“Provides supports to people with MR/DD who meetICF/MR level of care requirements so they can remain at home or in the community.”“Services include: service coordination, residential and day habilitation, prevocational services, supported ...
South Dakota Family Support Waiver (0338.R03.00)
September 10, 2015
~~“Provides personal care 1, respite, support coordination, supported employment, personal care 2, companion care, environmental accessibility adaptations, nutritional supplements, specialized medical adaptive equipment and supplies, vehicle mods ...
South Dakota Assistive Daily Living Services Waiver
September 10, 2015
~~“Provides personal attendant care, respite, incontinence supplies, consumer preparation services, environmental accessibility adaptations, in home nursing, personal emergency response (PERS), specialized medical equipment and supplies, vehicle ...
Ohio Medicaid Waiver: Individual Options (0231.R05.00)
September 10, 2015
"~~Provides community respite, habilitation - adult day support, homemaker/personal care, supported employment – community, adaptive and assistive equipment, adult family living, adult foster care, career planning, environmental accessibility ...
Ohio Self Empowered Life Funding (SELF) (0877.R01.00)
September 10, 2015
"--Provides participant-directed homemaker/personal care, residential respite, supported employment – enclave, participant-directed goods and services, participant/family stability assistance, support brokerage, career planning, ...
OK Developmental Disabilities Services Employment Policy 317:40-7-1
September 10, 2015
The policy states that, “The optimum goal [for employment services] is full-time employment at prevailing wage in business or industry at an occupation of the service recipient's choice with natural supports.…. There may be instances ...
Oklahoma Olmstead Strategic Plan
September 10, 2015
“The Plan includes information about recent developments made by the state of Oklahoma. These developments include legislation to improve certain aspects of service delivery and policies. The developments demonstrate progress in establishing the ...
OK Developmental Disabilities Service Division Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
September 10, 2015
“Developmental Disabilities Service Division, a division of OKDHS, serves individuals who are 3 years of age and older who have mental retardation and certain persons with related conditions who would otherwise require placement in an intermediate care ...
TN Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 10, 2015
“Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federally funded grant awarded to TennCare with the purpose of assisting the state to transition people from nursing homes and institutions to home and community based care, and to also assist the state to rebalance ...
Tennessee Statewide Waiver (0128.R05)
September 10, 2015
~~“The Statewide Waiver (0128.R05) serves adults with intellectual disabilities and children under age six with developmental delay who qualify for and, absent the provision of services provided under the Statewide Waiver, would require placement in a ...
The Comprehensive Aggregate Cap Waiver (#0357.R03)
September 10, 2015
~~“The Comprehensive Aggregate Cap (CAC) Waiver (#0357.R03), formerly known as the Arlington Waiver, serves individuals with intellectual disabilities who are former members of the certified class in the United States vs. the State of Tennessee, et al. ...
TN The Self-Determination Waiver (0427.R02)
September 10, 2015
~~“The Self-Determination Waiver (0427.R02) serves children and adults with intellectual disabilities and children under age six with developmental delay who qualify for and, absent the provision of services provided under the Self-Determination waiver, ...
2013 Employment Assistance and Supported Employment Bill
September 11, 2015
This acts relates to the provision of employment assistance and supported employment to certain Medicaid waiver program participants. Assistance includes providing assistance to an individual that helps them locate paid employment in the community.
AK People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (0260.R04.00) Authority: 1915 (c)
July 30, 2015
Provides care coordination, day hab, residential hab, respite, supported employment, chore, environmental mods, intensive active treatment, meals, nursing oversight and care management, specialized medical equipment and supplies, specialized private duty ...
Texas Money Follows The Person
September 11, 2015
~~“Texas was among the first 30 states chosen to participate in the Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFPD) in 2007. As of June 2016, 43 states participate in this federal demonstration designed to help older adults or persons who have ...
Texas Medicaid Buy-In Program
September 11, 2015
The program “offers low-cost Medicaid health care services — including community-based services and supports to working people with a disability. Some people might have to pay a monthly fee” to receive services which include but not limited ...
AK Adults with Physical and Developmental Disabilities (0262.R04.00) Authority: 1915 (c)
July 30, 2015
Provides adult day, care coordination, day hab, residential hab, respite, supported employment, chore, environmental mods, intensive active treatment, meals, residential supported living, specialized medical equipment, specialized private duty nursing, ...
Texas Community Based Alternatives (CBA)
September 11, 2015
“This program provides home- and community-based services to people who are elderly and to adults with disabilities as a cost-effective alternative to living in a nursing home.”
Texas Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS)
September 11, 2015
“CLASS provides home- and community-based services to people with related conditions as a cost-effective alternative to placement in an Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions (ICF-IID).”
Texas Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)
September 11, 2015
~~“What are Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Rules ?People who receive Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) soon will have the same opportunities as people who don’t receive those services. Thanks to new federal Centers for ...
Texas Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver Program Payment Rates
September 11, 2015
~~“4900 Supported Employment and Employment AssistanceRevision 17-1; Effective June 1, 2017Senate Bill 45, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, required all Medicaid waivers offer employment assistance (EA) and supported employment (SE). Employment ...
Texas Home Living Program (TxHmL) - Amended Rules Effective 3/2016
September 11, 2015
~~Amended HCS, TxHmL Rules Effective March 20, 2016“TxHmL provides selected essential services and supports to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in their family homes or their own homes.”
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MO HealthNet Eligibility
September 11, 2015
“In response to concerns raised by Pilot Communities, the Division of DD and the Family Support Division within Social Services developed a new protocol allowing the Medicaid application to be submitted up to 90 days prior to a student’s ...
MA Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
September 11, 2015
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Utah Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND)/ SSDI ‘1 for 2’ Project
September 11, 2015
“The goal of Utah’s pilot was to recruit 500 individuals who receive SSDI benefits only (not in combination with SSI) to be part of the pilot project. Participants were recruited from among SSDI-only beneficiaries who had recently been involved in ...
Utah 1915(c) HCBS Waivers
September 11, 2015
Utah Has Eight Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers: Acquired Brain Injury Waiver; the Aging Waiver (For Individuals Age 65 or Older); Community Supports Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities or Other Related Conditions; Medicaid Autism Waiver; New ...
Utah Acquired Brain Injury Waiver
September 11, 2015
This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help people with an acquired brain injury to remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as independently as possible with supportive services provided through ...
Utah Aging Waiver (For Individuals Age 65 or Older)
September 11, 2015
~~"This Utah Medicaid Waiver for Individuals Age 65 or Older, also known as a Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, or the Aging Waiver, is designed to assist older individuals with elevated levels of care needs. It provides services ...
MassHealth Section 1115 Demonstration
September 11, 2015
“The MassHealth demonstration is a statewide multi-faceted health reform effort. The demonstration was initially implemented in July 1997, and has developed over time through amendments and renewals reflecting new priorities and the enactment of the ...
Utah Medicaid Autism Waiver
September 11, 2015
~~“The Medicaid Autism Waiver is no longer accepting new applications.Autism Services may be provided to individuals who demonstrate medical necessity who are enrolled in Medicaid. Information and policy on the State's Autism Services may be found ...
MA Community Living (0826.R01.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community based day supports, ...
Utah New Choices Waiver
September 11, 2015
~~"Utah's New Choices Waiver (NCW) is a Medicaid program intended to help elderly and disabled individuals who currently reside in a Medicaid-funded, assisted living community, small health care facility, or nursing home. The program provides a ...
MO Balancing Incentives Program
September 11, 2015
“The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS), in partnership with the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the Department of Mental Health (DMH), proposes to leverage the Balancing Incentive Payment Program to further develop ...
MA Intensive Supports Waiver (0827.R01.00) [1915c]
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, residential hab, respite, day hab supplement, 24-hr self directed home sharing support, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports ...
Missouri Money Follows the Person
September 11, 2015
The overall goal of MFP is "to support people who have disabilities and those who are aging to move from a nursing facility or habilitation center to a quality community setting that meets their needs and wants." The objectives of MFP—My ...
MA Adult Supports Waiver (0828.R01.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community based day supports, family training, home ...
Utah Physical Disabilities Waiver
September 11, 2015
“This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help people with physical disabilities remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as independently as possible with supportive services provided through ...
Missouri SAMHSA EDI (FY 2011 & 2012)
September 11, 2015
Goal 1: To strengthen peer delivered services in Missouri by leveraging Medicaid billing for services provided by Certified Peer Specialists in Consumer Operated Services Programs (COSP). Goal 2: To introduce and begin implementation of peer delivered ...
MA Community Living Waiver (1915c)
September 11, 2015
This waiver, "provides center based day supports, group supported employment, individualized home supports, live-in caregiver, respite, day hab supplement, adult companion, assistive technology, behavioral supports and consultation, chore, community ...
Utah Waiver for Technology Dependent Children
September 11, 2015
“The Technology Dependent Waiver Program provides services statewide to help technology dependent, medically fragile individuals remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals receive services through this waiver program in order ...
MA MFP Community Living Waiver (1027.R00.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides home health aide, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services, respite, supported employment, addiction services, adult companion, chore, community crisis stabilization, community family training, community psychiatric support and treatment, day ...
MA MFP Residential Supports Waiver (1028.R00.00)
September 11, 2015
Provides prevocational services, residential habilitation, supported employment, addiction services, assisted living, community crisis stabilization, community psychiatric support and treatment, day services, home accessibility adaptations, individual support ...
MO MR Developmental Disabilities Comprehensive (0178.R06.00)
September 11, 2015
“Provides community employment, day service, group home, in home respite, individualized supported living, job preparation, personal assistant, assistive technology, behavior analysis service, communication skills instruction, community specialist ...
MO Div of Developmental Disabilities Community Support (0404.R03.00)
September 11, 2015
“Provides community employment, in home respite, job preparation, personal assistant, assistive technology, behavior analysis service, co-worker supports, communication skills instruction, community specialist services, counseling, crisis ...
Vermont State System of Care Plan for Developmental Disabilities Services, FY 2018-2020
September 11, 2015
“The Plan is intended to help people with developmental disabilities, their families, advocates, service providers and policy makers understand how resources for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families are managed. It lays out ...
NE Title 404 - Community Supports Program (CSP)
September 11, 2015
Section 9-003.02D The Community Living and Day Supports service includes the following components: • Supports to enable the individual to maintain or obtain employment. This may include someone hired to accompany and support the individual in ...
Washington Second Substitute Senate Bill 5732
September 11, 2015
“AN ACT Relating to improving behavioral health services provided to adults in Washington state…” Some of the significant policy changes include: “Beginning May 1, 2014, the legislature shall convene a task force to examine ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant – Washington State Pathways to Employment
September 11, 2015
“Helping Washingtonians with a disability make informed decisions about going to work.” By promoting the awareness and use of work incentives provided under Medicaid regulations and the Social Security Act, Pathways to Employment continues to foster an ...
Maryland Balancing Incentive Program
September 12, 2015
“The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports…The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems by, [l]owering costs ...
Maryland Community First Choice
September 12, 2015
“The program provide assistance with activities of daily living to Medicaid recipients who have a chronic illness, medical condition or disability. Services are provided in the eligible individual's home or community residence (waiver participants ...
Maryland Money Follows the Person
September 12, 2015
Money Follows the Person (MFP) in Maryland will help people transition from an institution, for example a nursing facility, to community living in an apartment, private home, or small group setting. MFP initiatives increase outreach to individuals in ...
MD Community Pathways (0023.R06.00)
September 12, 2015
Provides community residential hab, community supported living arrangements, expanded day hab-employment discovery and customization, expanded day hab-supported employment, live-in caregiver, medical day care, resource coordination, respite, traditional day ...
MD New Directions Independence Plus Waiver (0424.R01.00)
September 12, 2015
Provides community supported living arrangements, expanded day hab-supported employment, expanded day hab-employment discovery and customization, live-in caregiver, medical day care, resource coordination, respite, traditional day hab, support brokerage, ...
Montana Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“MFP is a demonstration program [that] helps Montana shift its long term care system by reducing the use of institutionally based services and increasing the use of home and community based services (HCBS). MFP is focused on helping individuals transition ...
Washington Medicaid Buy-in
September 12, 2015
“Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) allows people with disabilities who are working to purchase medical coverage by paying a monthly premium that is based on their income.”
Washington Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“Roads to Community Living is a demonstration project designed to help people with complex, long-term care needs move back into the community. The project is Washington State's part of a federally funded project called Money Follows the ...
WA - Core Waiver (0410.R03.00)
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides community inclusion, individual supported employment/group supported employment, prevocational services, residential habilitation, respite, behavioral health stabilization services-specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric ...
MT HCBW for Individuals w/DD Waiver (0208.R05.00)
September 12, 2015
~~Provides day supports and activities, homemaker, job discovery/job preparation, live-in caregiver, residential hab, respite, supported employment-follow along support, waiver-funded children's case management, OT, PT, psychological services, speech ...
WA - Community Protection Waiver (0411.R03.00)
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides individual supported employment/group supported employment, prevocational services, residential habilitation, behavioral health stabilization services - specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric services, behavioral health ...
Basic Plus Waiver 0409.R03
September 12, 2015
~~“Provides community inclusion, individual supported employment/group supported employment, personal care, prevocational services, respite, behavioral health stabilization services-specialized psychiatric services, specialized psychiatric services, ...
WA COPES Waiver (0049.R08.00)
September 12, 2015
“Provides adult day health, home health aide, personal care, adult day care, client support training, community transition, environmental mods, home delivered meals, nurse delegation, personal emergency response, skilled nursing, specialized ...
MT Supports for Community Work and Living Waiver (1037.R00.00)
September 12, 2015
~~Provides job discovery/job preparation, respite, supported employment-follow along support, supports brokerage, behavioral support services, environmental mods/adaptive equipment, individual goods and services, meals, PERS, personal supports, supported ...
Montana Money Follows the Person (MFP)
September 12, 2015
“MFP is a demonstration program [that] helps Montana shift its long term care system by reducing the use of institutionally based services and increasing the use of home and community based services (HCBS). MFP is focused on helping individuals transition ...
WV Money Follows the Person – Take me home
September 12, 2015
“West Virginia was awarded a Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2011… The purpose of the MFP initiative is to support state Medicaid programs in providing ...
WV M-WIN (Medicaid Work Incentive Network)
September 12, 2015
“M-WIN is a work incentive for people with disabilities or chronic health conditions. It allows individuals who work, to pay a monthly premium and keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage. M-WIN eliminates a major barrier to employment - losing ...
WV Comprehensive Employment Systems Infrastructure Development (CES-ID) Grant
September 12, 2015
“A diverse team of agency administrators, partner organizations, and technical assistance providers collaborated to begin the process of creating a comprehensive and coordinated statewide employment support system. This map is the first product of ...
WV Medicaid Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Waiver
September 12, 2015
“The Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Waiver (formerly the MR/DD Waiver Program) provides services that instruct, train, support, supervise, and assist individuals who have intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities ...
WV Aged and Disabled Waiver Program
September 12, 2015
“Aged and Disabled Waiver Program (ADW) is a long-term care alternative that provides services that enable an individual to remain at or return home rater than receiving nursing home care. The goals and objectives of this ...
Mississippi Executive Order 1335
September 13, 2015
“Whereas, my administration is committed to supporting policies under which agencies that provide services to persons with disabilities and/or provide employment, economic development, or other related services explore employment in an integrated ...
MS Money Follows the Person
September 13, 2015
“Money Follows the Person is a federal initiative to help states enhance community living options for persons with disabilities and establish person-driven and sustainable long-term care systems. The program is for qualified residents of nursing homes ...
CA HCBS Waiver for Californians w/DD (0336.R03.00)
August 02, 2015
"This waiver "provides behavioral intervention, community living arrangements, day service, home health aide, homemaker, prevocational services, respite care, supported employment (enhanced habilitation), chore, communication aides, community-based ...
MS Intellectual Disabilities/DD Waiver (0282.R04.00)
September 13, 2015
Provides day services-adults, prevocational, residential hab, respite, support coordination, supported employment, behavior support/intervention, home and community supports, specialized medical supplies, therapy services for individuals w/autism, DD, MR ages ...
Mississippi ESEA Flexibility Request
September 13, 2015
“The Mississippi Department Education's ESEA flexibility request was approved on July 19, 2012.”
Minnesota Medical Assistance Reform Waiver
September 13, 2015
“It is the intent of the legislature to reform components of the medical assistance program for seniors and people with disabilities or other complex needs, and medical assistance enrollees in general, in order to achieve better outcomes, such as ...
Minnesota Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
“Moving Home Minnesota is a person-centered approach to help people … transition from nursing home and other institutional settings to community living that meets their needs and wants. Moving Home Minnesota services are available to eligible Minnesota ...
Minnesota CMS Section 1115 Waiver
September 14, 2015
~~“Federal waivers allow states to test new ways to deliver and pay for health care services. Changes to the state’s Medicaid program often require waivers approved by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue ...
Oregon Employment First – Comprehensive Services Developmental Disabilities Program
September 14, 2015
“Oregon has been successful in developing community-based care and discouraging institutionalization of seniors and the disabled because of their exceptional case management system. Through the case management program, consumers get information and ...
Oregon Employed Persons with Disabilities (EPD) – Medicaid Buy-in
September 14, 2015
“EPD is a Medicaid program administered by the Oregon Department of Human services. EPD provides medical coverage and long-term services to people with disabilities who are employed. If you are eligible to participate, you will be charged a nominal fee ...
Money Follows the Person (MFP) “On the Move”
September 14, 2015
Oregon’s Money Follows the Person project “On the Move in Oregon” aimed to reverse the increase in nursing facility utilization… and continue this state’s historic rebalancing efforts using Home and Community-Based ...
Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant - Integrated Employment Plan (revised 7/2015)
September 14, 2015
“(2010-2011) During this time period VR used resources within its Medicaid Infrastructure Grants (MIG) Competitive Employment Project (CEP) and other available resources to support of a variety of Employment First related activities including:Co-funding ...
The Work Incentive Network (WIN!) (now part of the activities of the MIG)
September 14, 2015
Part of the activities of the MIG“Benefits and Work Incentive Counseling services help people with disabilities make informed decisions about work, benefits and the use of work incentives to achieve their employment goals, as well as helping them ...
Maine HCBS Transition Plan
September 14, 2015
This Transition Plan is required by the federal government as part of new Medicaid regulations. It tells the federal government how Maine will meet the new Medicaid rules. All states must follow the federal rules for the Medicaid program.Medicaid is a joint ...
Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
September 14, 2015
~~“THE VERMONT DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL (VTDDC) is a statewide board that identifies and addresses critical issues affecting people with developmental disabilities and their families .At least 60% of VTDDC’s members must be ...
Vermont Medicaid - Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
~~“In 2011, DAIL was awarded a five year $17.9 million “Money Follows the Person” (MFP) grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The grant was continued effective April 1, 2016 through September 30, 2019 with an ...
Colorado Community First Choice (1915k)
August 04, 2015
“Community First Choice (CFC), also known as 1915(k), allows states to offer Medicaid attendant care services on a state-wide basis to eligible participants. Through CFC, participants would have the option to direct their attendant care ...
VT Social Security Benefit Offset National Demonstration
September 14, 2015
“The Vermont Offset Pilot Demonstration was one of four small state pilots initiated as a first step in preparing for the Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND). It used a random-assignment, experimental design. The purpose was to test whether ...
Vermont Choices for Care (Long-Term Care Medicaid Waiver)
September 14, 2015
“Choices for Care is a Medicaid-funded, long-term care program to pay for care and support for older Vermonters and people with physical disabilities. The program assists people with everyday activities at home, in an enhanced residential care setting, ...
Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services State Board Policy 1036
September 14, 2015
“It is the policy of the Board that in the development and implementation of policies and procedures and the delivery of services, the Department and CSBs shall ensure that community-based individual supported employment in integrated work settings is ...
Virginia DBHDS: Strategic Plan for Employment First
September 14, 2015
To facilitate interagency collaboration the Strategic Plan for Employment First establishes an Employment First Summit Meeting, which will gather leadership from various department committed to upholding Employment First principles, and orders for the ...
Virginia Disability Employment Initiative (Round One)
September 14, 2015
“The Virginia Community College System, the administrator of the Workforce Investment Act in Virginia, will enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) to provide co-leadership in order to ...
Oregon - Staley v. Kitzhaber 2000
September 14, 2015
“The lawsuit was the result of years of frustration in waiting for appropriate, adequate services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities, and their families… The lawsuit alleges that the State of Oregon failed to provide ...
Oregon Money Follows the Person (MFP) “On the Move” (2008)
September 14, 2015
“On the Move in Oregon Transition Coordinators will provide one-on-one assistance to help create a package of services and supports that help people live more independently in the community without sacrificing needed ...
Application for a §1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Waiver
September 14, 2015
“The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to ...
Oregon ICF/IDD Support Services (0375.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Provides employment path services, supported employment - individual employment support, waiver case management, direct nursing, discovery/career exploration services, environmental safety modifications, family training - conferences and workshops, ...
Comprehensive Waiver Services Amendment Application (12/2015)
September 14, 2015
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in §1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to live in ...
Oregon Support Services Waiver (Brokerage)
September 14, 2015
Provides “Respite; Homemaker; Supported Employment Services; Environmental Accessibility Adaptations; Non-Medical Transportation; Chore Service; Personal Emergency Response Systems; Family Training; PT/OT/Speech; Special Diets; Specialized Supports; ...
Colorado Money Follows the Person
August 05, 2015
“‘Money Follows the Person’ is a federal grant program that allows Medicaid funding to follow a person from an institutional setting to housing in the community. … A secondary goal is to build and improve the infrastructure supporting ...
Pennsylvania Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program
September 14, 2015
~~“The purpose of the Business Enterprise Program (BEP) Randolph-Sheppard Retail Sales ITQ is to qualify responsible and responsive Contractors the opportunity to install, operate, and maintain retail food service facilities at designated state and ...
Pennsylvania AHEDD
September 14, 2015
“At AHEDD, we frequently collaborate with various organizations to carry out our mission. Our partners consist of organizations and individuals that can help with: agency funding; referrals of program participants; training for our staff; guidance for ...
Pennsylvania MAWD - Medical Assistance Benefits for Workers with Disabilities
September 14, 2015
“For people with disabilities, finding a job or returning to work can be a challenge. For a long time one of the biggest obstacles to working was health care coverage. Earning too much money meant risking losing health care benefits. However, ...
CO Support Living Services Waiver (0293.R04.00)
August 05, 2015
Provides day hab, homemaker, personal care, respite, supported employment, dental, vision, assistive technology, behavioral services, consumer directed attendant support, home accessibility adaptations, mentorship, nonmedical transportation, personal ...
The Pennsylvania Disability Employment and Empowerment Summit (PADES)
September 14, 2015
~~“This one and one-half day conference features nationally acclaimed keynote speakers , educational sessions presented by subject matter experts, exhibitors showcasing valuable resources, networking opportunities to learn from your peers and an ...
PA 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
September 14, 2015
”On January 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for Home and Community-Based Settings (HCBS). The CMS HCBS rule became effective on March 17, 2014, and applies to the settings in which ODP waiver services ...
VA Community Living Waiver (0372.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Waiver Authority 1915 (c)Date Originally Approved 07/01/2001Implementation Date 07/01/2014Expiration Date 06/30/2019Summary Provides day support, personal assistance, prevocational, residential support, respite, supported employment, consumer directed ...
Family and Individual Support home and community-based (1915(c)) waiver (0358.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
~~Expiration Date06/30/2018Summary Provides day support, in-home residential, personal care, prevocational, respite care, supported employment - group/individual, services facilitation, adult companion, assistive technology, crisis stablization, crisis ...
CO DD Waiver (0007.R07.00)
August 05, 2015
Provides day hab, residential hab, supported employment, dental, vision, behavioral services, nonmedical transportation, specialized medical equipment and supplies for individuals w/DD ages 18 - no max age.
Maine Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) Program
September 14, 2015
“PROMISE is a joint initiative of the US Department of Education, Social Security Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services and US Department of Labor. Under PROMISE, states will be funded to develop and implement model demonstration ...
Maine Medicaid Balancing Incentives Program
September 14, 2015
The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011. The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems by: ...
Maine Money Follows the Person ("Homeward Bound")
September 14, 2015
“Money Follows the Person (MFP), known as Homeward Bound in Maine, is assisting individuals transitioning from institutional to community care and has provided enhanced public awareness of community services. MDS Section Q training for nursing facility ...
Maine Disability Employment Initiative (DEI)
September 14, 2015
The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving ...
WI Department of Health Services’ Managed Care and Employment Task Force (MCETF): Final Report
September 14, 2015
“Against this backdrop, the Managed Care and Employment Task Force (MCETF) was convened in May 2007 by Division of Long-Term Care Administrator Sinikka Santala and charged with recommending a comprehensive strategy to expand work options for adults who ...
WI Money Follows the Person
September 14, 2015
“Wisconsin received a federal award for a five-year Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (MFP Demo). The demonstration, authorized by Congress and funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, provides enhanced federal ...
WI Medicaid Purchase Plan
September 14, 2015
“The Medicaid Purchase Plan offers people with disabilities who are working or interested in working the opportunity to buy health care coverage through the Wisconsin Medicaid Program. Depending on an individual’s income, a premium payment may be ...
Community Integration Program Ended June 30, 2018
September 14, 2015
~~“he Community Integration Program (CIP) was replaced by the Family Care, Family Care Partnership, and IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct) programs on July 1, 2018. For more information, contact the aging and disability resource center in your ...
ME Home & Community Services for Adults w/ID or Autism Spectrum Disorder (0159.R06.00)
September 14, 2015
Provides community support, home support (1/4 hr), per diem home support, work support, communication aids, consultation, counseling, crisis assessment, crisis intervention, employment specialist services, home accessibility adaptations, non-traditional ...
WI Family Care Program
September 14, 2015
~~"The Family Care Partnership Program is an integrated health and long-term care program for frail elderly and people with disabilities. The Partnership Program consists of several managed care organizations located in different geographical regions of ...
WI Self Directed Support Waiver (IRIS)
September 14, 2015
“The IRIS Program is a Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver for self-directed long-term supports. The program is an option for adults with long term care needs. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Long Term Care ...
Maine Support Services for Adults w/ID or Autistic Disorder (0467.R01.00)
September 14, 2015
"Provides community support, home support 1/4 hr, respite, work support-group, assistive technology, career planning, employment specialist services, home accessibility adaptations, home support remote support, transportation, work support-individual for ...
Maine Money Follows the Person ("Homeward Bound")
September 14, 2015
~~“Maine’s Money Follows the Person program (Homeward Bound) is a demonstration project funded by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS).Homeward Bound is designed to help elderly and disabled adults move from institutional to ...
WY Long Term Care (0236.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day care, case management, personal care, respite, FMS, care coordination, home delivered meals, non-medical transportation, PERS installation, ERS, self-help assistant, skilled nursing for aged individuals 65 – no max age and ...
WY Assisted Living Facility HCBS (0369.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides case management, assisted living service level I, assisted living service level II, assisted living service level III for aged individuals ages 65 - no max age and physically disabled individuals ages 19-64.”
WY Adult Developmental Disabilities (0226.R04.00)
September 14, 2015
TERMINATED 09/30/2014 – “Provides case management, community integrated employment, day hab, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services-phased out yr 1, residential hab, respite, supported living, OT, PT, speech therapy, agency with choice, ...
WY Acquired Brain Injury (0370.R03.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational services, residential hab, respite, supported employment, supported living, OT, PT, speech/hearing/language, independent support broker, behavioral ...
WY Children's Mental Health (0451.R02.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides family care coordination, respite, youth and family training and support for individuals w/mental illness ages 18-21 and for individuals w/serious emotional disturbance ages 4-17.”
WY Supports (1060.R00.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, respite, supported employment, dietician services, OT, PT, skilled nursing, speech/hearing/language services, independent support brokerage, behavioral ...
WY Comprehensive (1061.R00.00)
September 14, 2015
“Provides adult day, case management, community integration, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, residential hab, respite, supported employment, dietician services, OT, PT, skilled nursing, speech/hearing/language services, independent support ...
Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council Five Year State Plan 2012-2016
September 15, 2015
Interagency Efforts around Supportive EmploymentPeer Mentor Pilot- “This pilot has involved the training of 22 individuals with DD to help others with DD to reach their life goals and increase their community involvement and self advocacy. The pilot has ...
Michigan Money Follows the Person
September 15, 2015
“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 40,500 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the community ...
MI Habilitation Supports Waiver (0167.R05.00)
September 15, 2015
Provides out-of-home non-vocational hab, prevocational services, respite, supported employment, supports coordination, enhanced medical equipment and supplies, enhanced pharmacy, goods and services, community living supports, environmental mods, family ...
Connecticut Connect-Ability
August 10, 2015
“Connect-Ability began in late 2005 with a federal grant to the State of Connecticut to identify and remove barriers to employment faced by people with disabilities. This five-year, multimillion dollar 'systems change grant' involved a detailed look at the ...
Connecticut Balancing Incentives Program
August 10, 2015
"The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011.The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems ...
Connecticut Medicaid Infrastructure Grant: Local Level Pilot Initiative Evaluation
August 10, 2015
“The statewide Connect-Ability (C-A) Strategic Planning Local Level Pilot (LLP) Initiative was created to develop and implement innovative strategic plans locally to bring about change, improve access, build broad-based constituency, and increase ...
5123.022 OH State Policy Regarding Community Employment for Disabled
September 17, 2015
“It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities be directed at community employment. Every individual with a developmental disability is presumed capable of community ...
Arkansas Employment First Task Force Final Report
April 07, 2016
Recommendations for FY2012 from the Task Force:Develop online training modules on disability employment, to efficiently train large numbers of State and provider agency staff who work with individuals with disabilities. To be developed in-house by the ...
Arkansas HCBS 1915c Technical Guide
April 08, 2016
These instructions provide information to assist states in completing the Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, including changes implemented through November 2014…This guidance is intended to improve understanding ...
Arkansas Medicaid State Plan
April 08, 2016
Revised Medicaid State Plan"The Arkansas Medicaid state plan details the state and Federal government Medicaid implementation agreement. It describes how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It also describes how the state will ...
CT Acquired Brain Injury Waiver (0302.R03.00)
August 10, 2015
Provides case management, homemaker, personal care, prevocational, respite, supported employment, ABI group day, chore, cognitive behavioral programs, community living support, companion, environmental accessibility adaptation, home delivered meals, ...
Arkansas HCBS Transition Plan
April 08, 2016
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based services that requires states to review and evaluate current Home and Community -Based Services (HCBS) settings, including residential and nonresidential ...
Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
April 08, 2016
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is authorized in 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The program permits a State to furnish an array of home and community-based services that assist Medicaid beneficiaries to live in ...
Medical Assistance Reform Waiver (256B.021)
April 10, 2016
"It is the intent of the legislature to reform components of the medical assistance program for seniors and people with disabilities or other complex needs, and medical assistance enrollees in general, in order to achieve better outcomes, such as ...
CT Employment and Day Supports (0881.R01.00)
August 10, 2015
Provides adult day health, community based day support options, respite, supported employment, independent support broker, behavioral support, individual goods and services, individualized day support, interpreter, specialized medical equipment and supplies, ...
CT Individual and Family Support (0426.R02.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day health, community companion homes (formerly community training homes), group day supports, individual supported employment (formerly supported employment), live-in companion, prevocational services, respite, independent ...
Minnesota Money Follows the Person
April 11, 2016
~~“The Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration, offered through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was created as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The purpose of the demonstration is to promote a series of rebalancing ...
MN DHS - Alternative Care Program (Section 1115)
April 11, 2016
On October 18, 2013 the Department of Human Services (DHS) received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for federal financial participation (FFP) on the Alternative Care Program. This approval relates to the contingency items ...
CT Comprehensive Supports Waiver (0437.R02.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "Provides adult day health, community companion homes/community living arrangements, group day supports, live-in caregiver, respite, supported employment, independent support broker, adult companion, assisted living, behavioral support, ...
Alaska Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 11, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Proposed Model of Employment Services for Individuals with Behavioral Health Disabilities
April 11, 2016
This is the proposed model of employment services of individuals with behavioral disabilities for providers as well as select government agencies within the state of Alaska. It focuses on training, technical assistance and required resources.
AK Children with Complex Medical Conditions (0263.R04.00)
April 11, 2016
"Provides care coordination, day hab, residential hab, respite, supported employment, chore, environmental mods, intensive active treatment, meals, nursing oversight and care management, specialized medical equipment, transportation for medically fragile ...
Alaska Supported Employment HCBS Waiver Conditions of Participation
April 11, 2016
Supported employment services may be provided to assist recipients to acquire and maintain the work-related skills necessary for employment or to become self-employed. These services focus on activities that will lead to an appropriate job match for the ...
Alaska Medicaid State Plan
April 11, 2016
Alaska’s Medicaid state plan describes how Alaska will administer its Medicaid program. The document lays out the agreement between the state and the Federal government and gives the assurance that Alaska will abide by Federal rules and may ...
CT Mental Health Waiver (0653.R01.00)
August 10, 2015
This waiver "provides adult day health, community support, supported employment, assisted living, brief episodic stabilization, community living support, home accessibility adaptations, home delivered meals, non-medical transportation, overnight recovery ...
Alaska Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 11, 2016
The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The 11-year competitive grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build ...
Alabama Pathways to Employment
April 11, 2016
Pathways to Employment is a collection of stepping stones. These opportunities are housed not in one state agency but in many. To make it easier for families and individuals, they are now all in one place. There is no perfect path. But there are many ...
Alabama HCBS Transition Plan
April 11, 2016
Describes Alabama’s process for ensuring compliance with home and community-based setting requirements.
Alabama Medicaid Money Follows the Person
April 11, 2016
Alabama received a Medicaid Money Follows the Person grant in October 2012."Alabama will receive $3.4 million in the first year and up to $28 million over the four year project in the form of an enhanced matching rate to support the ...
Insure Tennessee Plan
April 12, 2016
“Nearly one million Tennesseans have disabilities and many struggle to access the health care they need. Access to quality health care is a priority for the Tennessee Disability Coalition (TDC) and its members. TDC has joined with business leaders, ...
Tennessee State Plan Amendment (SPA) 16-0001 (approved 3-22-2016)
April 12, 2016
The State covers low-income families and children for Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) under section 1925 of the Social Security Act (the Act). This coverage is provided for families who no longer qualify under section 1931 of the Act due to increased ...
Tennessee Home and Community-Based Services Settings Rule Statewide Transition Plan (11/2015) Amended Based on Public Comment (2/2016)
April 12, 2016
~~1915 (c) waiver settings assessed included:• Residential Habilitation• Employment and Day (Community and Facility Based Day, In-home Day, and Supported Employment)• Family Model Residential Support• Medical Residential Services• ...
Tennessee 1915(c) Home and Community Based Service "Self Determination Waiver Program "
April 12, 2016
The Self-Determination Waiver offers a continuum of services that are selected by each individual pursuant to a person-centered planning process and support each person’s independence and full integration into the community, including opportunities to ...
SD CHOICES - Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled Waiver
April 12, 2016
~~“Provides career exploration, case management, day services, residential habilitation, supported employment, medical equipment and drugs, nursing, other medically related services - speech, hearing & language for individuals w/DD, IID ages 0 - no ...
Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities Individual Support Plan Guide
April 12, 2016
The Division of Developmental Disabilities requires that each individual eligible for Division Supports have an Individual Support Plan. Individuals, their families, providers and facilitators who write plans in cooperation with all individuals receiving ...
Missouri HCSB Transition Plan
April 12, 2016
In March 2014, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published a final rule regarding changes to Home and Community Based Waiver Services (HCBS Waiver). The rule defines home and community based settings and person-centered planning requirements ...
Missouri Developmental Disabilities Waiver Manual
April 12, 2016
~~“The Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Division of Developmental Disabilities (Division of DD)administers four Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. The four ...
Human Resources Code Section 32.075 (Employment Assistance)
April 13, 2016
This code defines “Employment assistance” as, “assistance provided to an individual to help the individual locate paid employment in the community.” It defines “Supported employment” as, “assistance provided, in order ...
DC Transforming State Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS)/No Wrong Door Grant
August 11, 2015
“District of Columbia has recently received a No Wrong Door planning grant. Their state team is working to incorporate the LifeCourse Framework as they re-design the front door to long term services and supports as well as the person-centered planning ...
Texas Youth Empowerment Services
April 13, 2016
~~“The Youth Empowerment Services waiver is a 1915(c) Medicaid program that helps children and youth with serious mental, emotional and behavioral difficulties. The YES waiver provides intensive services delivered within a strengths-based team planning ...
Balancing Incentives Program
April 13, 2016
~~“Federal law established the Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) which increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to participating states through September 2015 in exchange for states making certain structural reforms to increase access to ...
Texas HCBS Transition Plan
April 13, 2016
~~Effective March 17, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule under which states may provide home and community-based long-term services and supports. Under 42 CFR §441.301, states must meet the new ...
Texas Medicaid State Plan
April 13, 2016
The state plan is the officially recognized document describing the nature and scope of the State of Texas Medicaid program. As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act, the plan was developed by the state and approved by the U.S. Department of ...
Texas Money Follows The Person
April 13, 2016
~~“Texas was among the first 30 states chosen to participate in the Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFPD) in 2007. As of June 2016, 43 states participate in this federal demonstration designed to help older adults or persons who have ...
KY HCBS Waiver (0144.R06.00)
April 13, 2016
“What It IsThe Home and Community Based (HCB) waiver is part of Kentucky's 1915(c) HCBS Medicaid waiver program. HCB provides assistance to the elderly or to adults and children with physical disabilities to help them live in the community as ...
Kentucky Medicaid State Plan
April 13, 2016
The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of Kentucky's Medicaid program.As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (Act), the Plan was developed by our state and approved by the United States ...
DC DDS Customized Employment Efforts
August 11, 2015
“Customized Employment is being promoted by the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) as an effective set of techniques to create a win-win for people with disabilities and ...
Louisiana Medicaid Balancing Incentive Program
April 13, 2016
“Since 2001, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been engaged in focused, comprehensive system transformation of the long-term care system. These reform efforts have included stakeholder input at all levels and have resulted in changes ...
Louisiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 13, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Louisiana Balancing Incentive Program
April 14, 2016
Since 2001, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been engaged in focused, comprehensive system transformation of the long-term care system. These reform efforts have included stakeholder input at all levels and have resulted in changes in ...
Louisiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 14, 2016
"The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Mississippi Balancing Incentives Program
April 14, 2016
~~“The Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) provided financial incentives to States to increase access to non-institutional long- term services and supports (LTSS) in keeping with the integration mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ...
Mississippi Money Follows the Person Bridge to Independence
April 14, 2016
~~“Attention: Long Term Care ProvidersThe Mississippi Division of Medicaid’s (DOM) Bridge to Independence (B2I) program, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), completed ...
Mississippi HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
On Jan. 16, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule, effective March 17, 2014, which amends the requirements for qualities of home and community-based (HCB) settings. These requirements reflect CMS’s intent that ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Job Preparation
April 14, 2016
“Job preparation provides formalized training and work experiences, based upon the goals identified during job discovery, intended to teach a person the skills necessary to succeed in a paid competitive, customized, or self-employment setting. Training ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Support Employment, Follow Along Support
April 14, 2016
“Follow along support consists of habilitation services and supports that enable a person to stabilize or expand employment in a competitive, customized, or self-employment setting. The person may require follow along support when: (a) the ...
MT Medicaid HCBS Program: Supported Employment, Individual Employment Support
April 14, 2016
“Individual employment supports are habilitation services and staff supports needed by a person to acquire integrated employment or career advancement in the general workforce. Individual employment support is delivered in a competitive, customized, or ...
Montana HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
CMS has issued regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible for states to pay for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that individuals receive Medicaid HCBS in settings that are ...
North Dakota HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
States are required to ensure all HCBS settings comply with the new federal requirements to ensure that all individuals receiving HCBS are integrated in and have full access to their communities, including opportunities to engage in community life, work in ...
New Mexico (Mi Via) State HCBS Transition Plan
April 14, 2016
The goal of Mi Via is to provide a community-based alternative that 1) facilitates greater participant choice and control over the types of services and supports that are purchased within an agreed upon budgetary amount; and 2) enables the State to serve the ...
Maryland Community First Choice
April 15, 2016
“The program provide assistance with activities of daily living to Medicaid recipients who have a chronic illness, medical condition or disability. Services are provided in the eligible individual's home or community residence (waiver participants ...
Maryland Money Follows the Person
April 15, 2016
Money Follows the Person (MFP) in Maryland will help people transition from an institution, for example a nursing facility, to community living in an apartment, private home, or small group setting. MFP initiatives increase outreach to individuals in ...
MD HCBS Transition Plan
April 15, 2016
Maryland receives funding from the federal government to help pay for services provided in programs such as the Autism, Brain Injury, Community Pathways, Community Options, Model, and Medical Day Waivers and a program that helps children, youth and families. ...
Nebraska HCBS Transition Plan
April 15, 2016
In March 2014, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published the final rule regarding changes to home and community-based waiver services (HCBS waiver) which defines home and community-based settings and person-centered planning requirements ...
A 'Primer’ on The StartUP New York 4-Phase Model
April 16, 2016
“START-UP/New York convened a multidisciplinary collaboration of highly skilled partners to provide a customized, intensive, and well-rounded training, technical assistance, counseling, and support program for people with disabilities interested in ...
DC HCBS Waiver Program
August 11, 2015
"Home and Community Based (HCBS) Services waiver program is jointly funded with federal and local dollars. The federal government reimburses the District of Columbia 70 cents for every one dollar spent for qualifying services and supports for people ...
New York State Medicaid Plan
April 16, 2016
Medicaid State Plan is an official document that describes the nature and scope of a state's Medicaid program. Each state develops its own Plan, as required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (Act), which is then approved by the federal ...
NY State’s Statewide Transition Plan for HCBS Settings
April 16, 2016
A five year plan to assure that all settings in which recipients of HCB services live and/or receive these services are fully compliant with 42 CFR 441.301(c)(4) and (5); 441.710(a)(1)(2).
MIG Brief: The Entrepreneurship Partners Dialogue Meeting
April 16, 2016
“The Entrepreneurship Partners Dialogue Meeting that convened in Albany, New York on November 1, 2010 was designed to facilitate discussion about challenges and barriers faced by people with disabilities who want to become self-employed. The meeting was ...
MIG Brief: Impact: Inclusive Entrepreneurship - 02/01/2011
April 16, 2016
““Building upon the “Inclusive Entrepreneurship™” processes and partnerships modeled by the Syracuse University Burton Blatt Institute, Whitman School, Onondaga SBDC and other partners, NYMWP (New York Makes Work Pay) implemented ...
Employment First Project Update (February 2016)
April 18, 2016
“As part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Transition plan, services and rates are being updated for Adult Day waiver services. Input was gathered from community forums and stakeholder workgroups throughout 2014 and 2015. These new ...
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 18, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The…grant program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports ...
DC HCBS Waiver MR DD (0307.R04.00) (1915c)
August 11, 2015
~~Provides day habilitation, employment readiness, in-home supports, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment, personal care services, skilled nursing, assistive technology services, behavioral supports, companion services, creative arts ...
OH Disability Benefits 101: Working with a Disability in Ohio
April 18, 2016
“Disability Benefits 101 gives you tools and information on health coverage, benefits, and employment. You can plan ahead and learn how work and benefits go together.”
How Does Work Impact My Benefits?
April 18, 2016
“If you are receiving benefits from the government (money, services, staff, medical care), you may be worried that if you work, you will not get those services. This page can help you learn what will change as you start to make your own money. You will ...
Ohio’s HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
“Governor John Kasich created the Office of Health Transformation (OHT) to lead the Administration’s efforts to modernize Medicaid and streamline health and human services programs. Using an innovative approach that involves collaboration among ...
Oklahoma Medicaid State Plan
April 18, 2016
Title XIX State Plan The State Plan is the officially recognized statement describing the nature and scope of any state’s Medicaid program. As required under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (the Act) the State Plan is developed by the ...
Oklahoma HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
The purpose of this Transition Plan is to ensure the individuals receiving Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) are integrated in and have access to supports in the community, including opportunities to seek employment, work in competitive integrated ...
OK In-Home Supports Waiver for Adults (0343.R04.00)
April 18, 2016
Provides adult day, habilitation training specialist services, homemaker, prevocational, respite, supported employment, prescribed drugs, psychological services, assistive technology, specialized medical supplies, audiology, dental, environmental ...
Maine Balancing Incentives Program
April 18, 2016
“The Balancing Incentive Program authorizes grants to States to increase access to non-institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS) as of October 1, 2011. The Balancing Incentive Program will help States transform their long-term care systems ...
Maine HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
This Transition Plan is required by the federal government as part of new Medicaid regulations. It tells the federal government how Maine will meet the new Medicaid rules. All states must follow the federal rules for the Medicaid program.Medicaid is a joint ...
MA Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
April 18, 2016
“The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Program is authorized under Section 203 of the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. The… program provides funding to states for Medicaid infrastructure development that will build supports for ...
Massachusetts HCBS Transition Plan
April 18, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule related to Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) for Medicaid-funded long term services and supports provided in residential and non-residential home and community-based ...
Michigan Money Follows the Person
April 19, 2016
“The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Grant helps states rebalance their Medicaid long-term care systems. Over 40,500 people with chronic conditions and disabilities have transitioned from institutions back into the community ...
Michigan State HCBS Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
In 2014, the Federal Government issued a new rule for Medicaid waiver programs that pay for home and community-based services. The goal of the new rule is to ensure that individuals who receive home and community-based services are an equal part of the ...
Employed Persons with Disabilities (EPD) – Medicaid Buy-in
April 19, 2016
“EPD is a Medicaid program administered by the Oregon Department of Human services. EPD provides medical coverage and long-term services to people with disabilities who are employed. If you are eligible to participate, you will be charged a nominal fee ...
Ticket to Work Medicaid Infrastructure Grant - Integrated Employment Plan (revised 7/2015)
April 19, 2016
“(2010-2011) During this time period VR used resources within its Medicaid Infrastructure Grants (MIG) Competitive Employment Project (CEP) and other available resources to support of a variety of Employment First related activities including:Co-funding ...
State Plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act Medical Assistance Program
April 19, 2016
The Oregon Health Authority is the single State agency designated to administer or supervise the administration of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act. (All references in this plan to "the Medicaid agency" mean the agency ...
Oregon 1915(c) HCBS Waiver - Comprehensive Residential (0117.R06.00)
April 19, 2016
Provides supported employment/prevocational, waiver case management, OT, PT, speech/hearing/language, alternatives to employment-habilitation, family training/counseling for individuals w/DD, IID ages 0 - no max age.
Oregon Home and Community Based Services Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is Oregon’s single state Medicaid agency. The OHA’s Health Systems Division (HSD) operates Oregon’s 1915(i) Home and Community Based Services State Plan Option.Through an intergovernmental agreement, ...
Pennsylvania Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“Pennsylvania will use its statewide transition plan as a way to determine its compliance with CMS’s rule on HCBS. Pennsylvania will determine the current level of what state actions are needed for compliance. This will include a review of current ...
Pennsylvania State Medicaid Plan
April 19, 2016
~~“Thank you for your interest in the Pennsylvania Medicaid State Plan.The plan is not available online and the files are too large to email. However, text searchable PDF files are available on a CD Rom. A copy of the CD costs ...
Pennsylvania Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Transition Plan
April 19, 2016
“Pennsylvania will use its statewide transition plan as a way to determine its compliance with CMS’s rule on HCBS. Pennsylvania will determine the current level of what state actions are needed for compliance. This will include a review of current ...
Pennsylvania’s Home and Community-Based Settings CMS Final Rule Statewide Transition Plan (Spring 2016)
April 19, 2016
In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new rule (CMS rule) that states must follow to review and evaluate settings in which home and community-based services (HCBS) are provided, which include residential and ...
Report of the Court Monitor Progress on the Consent Decree United States v. Rhode Island, Civil Action Number CA14-175
April 19, 2016
"This review assesses the documentation and actions taken by the State of Rhode Island as described in the Defendant’s Fourth Status Report to determine progress and compliance with respect to certain requirements set forth in the ...
Updated Transition Plan to Implement the Settings Requirement for Home and Community Based Services CMS Final Rule (1/14 – 3/1/16)
April 19, 2016
The purpose of the Conversion Institute is defined in the Consent Decree. “The Sheltered Workshop Conversion Institute will be designed to assist qualified providers of sheltered workshops services to convert their employment programs to include ...
Rhode Island Medicaid Infrastructure Grant "Rhodes to Independence" (RTI)
April 19, 2016
“In 2000, Rhode Island launched an initiative called “Rhodes to Independence” (RTI) to promote systems changes that reduce barriers to employment. RTI focuses on health care, transportation, housing, youth transitions, and ...
Rhode Island Medicaid State Plan
April 19, 2016
~~“The Medicaid State Plan is a document that serves as a contract between the State and the federal government that delineates Medicaid eligibility standards, provider requirements, payment methods, and health benefit packages. A Medicaid State Plan is ...
Transition Plan to Implement the Settings Requirement for Home and Community Based Services CMS Final Rule of January 2014
April 19, 2016
“In January 2014 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule regarding Medicaid -funded home and community based services (HCBS). The rule applied to HCBS provided under 1915(c) authorities. Rhode Island’s authority to ...
Governor’s Commission on Disabilities Legislation Committee - Access to Medicaid Coverage
April 19, 2016
1500.04 HCBS CORE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES “Supported Employment-- includes activities needed to maintain paid work by individuals receiving HCBS, 24 including supervision, transportation, and training. Covers only the adaptations, supervision and ...
DE Pathways to Employment
August 12, 2015
“Pathways to Employment, a program now under development in Delaware, is designed to support low-income persons with disabilities who wish to work. The program is a result of an initiative launched by Governor Jack Markell while Chairman of the National ...
Arizona HCBS Transition Plan Review
April 20, 2016
Arizona submitted its STP to CMS on October 20, 2015. CMS has completed the initial review of the STP and has some questions and requests regardingthe transition timeframe, the public notice processes, public comments described in the STP, and the ...
Arizona Medicaid State Plan
April 20, 2016
The Arizona Medicaid state plan details the a state and Federal government Medicaid implementation agreement. It describes how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It also describes how the state will abide by Federal rules and may ...
Colorado HCBS Transition Plan
April 20, 2016
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based services that requires states to review and evaluate current Home and Community -Based Services (HCBS) settings, including residential and nonresidential ...
FL Division of VR - Work Incentives Program
April 20, 2016
This introductory flyer encourages SSI recipients to think about employment. It includes information on the Student Earned Income Exclusion, the Plan for Achieving Self-Support, the Section 301 Rule, as well as links to SSA, Florida Division of ...
Florida HCBS Transition Plan
April 20, 2016
In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for home and community-based programs. The new rule contains requirements that ensure persons who receive Medicaid home and community-based services do so from providers ...
Utah HCBS Transition Planning
April 20, 2016
This website will provide access to the latest updates on the HCBS Transition Plan for the State of Utah as well as provide a means to sign-up for list-servs, and provide feedback on the Transition Plan, and its associated tools and publications.
UT Community Supports Waiver
April 20, 2016
This waiver is designed to provide services statewide to help persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with conditions related to intellectual disabilities remain in their homes or other community based settings. Individuals are able to live as ...
South Carolina Statewide Transition Plan – Revised (HCBS)
April 20, 2016
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) gives notice that the revised draft Statewide Transition Plan, required per Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Rule (42 CFR ...