State: South Dakota

South Dakota Home and Community-Based Options and Person-Centered Excellence (HOPE) Waiver

The Home and Community-Based Options and Person-Centered Excellence (HOPE) waiver provides home and community-based services to people who need nursing facility level of care. The waiver allows people age 65 and older, and people age 18 and older who have a qualifying disability, to live at home or in the setting that is most independent for them.

Services may include:

  • In-Home Services
  • Respite and Caregiver Services
  • Nutrition and Meals
  • Safety and Help Moving Around
  • Adult Day Services
  • Community Living Home
  • Assisted Living

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South Dakota HOPE Waiver

South Dakota Transition Services Liaison Project

“Transition services are a coordinated set of activities designed within a results-oriented process for a student with a disability, based on that individual student’s needs while taking into account their strengths, preferences, and interests.

Transition services are focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the student with a disability in order to facilitate their movement from school to their post-school ‘good life’.”

Links:

South Dakota Transition Services Liaison Project

South Dakota Veterans Services Offered by the Sioux Falls Regional Office

“VA’s Sioux Falls Regional Office (RO) administers a variety of benefits and services, including Compensation and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment for Veterans, Servicemembers, their families and survivors in South Dakota. We offer the following additional services:

  • Counseling about eligibility for VA benefits and how to apply
  • Information about VA health care and memorial benefits
  • Outreach to Veterans, including those who are homeless or at risk for homelessness and older, minority, and women Veterans
  • Public affairs”

Links:

South Dakota Veterans Services Offered by the Sioux Falls Regional Office

South Dakota Statewide Transition Plan (HCBS)

“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. South Dakota has structured its waivers to meet the needs of individuals who live in rural and frontier areas. As the state Medicaid agency, the Department of Social Services provides oversight to all of South Dakota’s Medicaid waivers.”

Links:

South Dakota Statewide Transition Plan (PDF)

TSLP Employment

~~“Transition services are best delivered in a framework where there is coordination between education and VR that actively involve the student and family and are focused on the outcome. The following transition services known as Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) can assist in preparing the student for competitive integrated employment as they transition from high school to the adult world. Pre-ETS Examples can be found by accessing the web-link.”

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TSLP Employment

South Dakota DOE High School Transition for Students with Disabilities

“Transition services are a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability, based on the individual child’s needs, taking into account the child’s strengths, preferences and interests; and designed to be within a results-oriented process.

Focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the child’s movement from school to post-school activities.”

Links:

South Dakota DOE High School Transition for Students with Disabilities

South Dakota Launches “Ability for Hire” Campaign

“The campaign includes many different communication avenues, but initiated the AbilityForHire.com website first to provide opportunities to not only learn about the benefits of hiring people with disabilities, but to “share the word” with bosses or friends through the availability of customized messaging. DHS will also be doing additional targeted outreach through TV, radio, informative videos, employer/employee testimonials, and printed materials.

“The timing of the launch is excellent,” said Division of Rehabilitation Services Director Eric Weiss, whose division helped develop the campaign. “Not only are we just off the heels of the 25th anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, but Gov. Dennis Daugaard issued a column Friday about the importance of being an ‘employment first state,’ which means making employment the first priority and preferred outcome for South Dakotans with disabilities.”

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South Dakota Launches "Ability for Hire" Campaign

South Dakota Medicaid Home and Community Based Services

Medicaid Home and Community Based Services

South Dakota has four Medicaid 1915(c) waivers operated by the Departments of Social Services and Human Services. Each Waiver targets a specific population and provides a menu of services to meet the needs of the target population:

Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule

In March 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule.  The final rule establishes an outcome-oriented definition of home and community-based settings, as opposed to previous definitions that were based solely on a setting’s location, geography or physical characteristics. The intent of this is to ensure individuals in Medicaid’s HCBS waiver programs receive services and supports in the most integrated setting and have full access to the benefits of community living.

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South Dakota Medicaid Home and Community Based Services

2019 CMS Navigator Cooperative Agreement Recipient

~~“Western South Dakota Community Action Partnership was awarded a statewide 2019 CMS Navigator Cooperative Agreement serving “Left behind” consumers; variable-income farmers and ranchers; Native American tribal members residing on the nine Indian Reservations and within the Rapid City metropolitan area; and low-income consumers who lack the technical ability to research, compare, and enroll in a plan on the FFE, and/or lack a general knowledge of affordable FFE and non-FFE health insurance options.  There are no Sub-awardee/Subrecipient Contracted Organizations. They will partner with Enrollment clinics and hospitals,  Local social service, community action agencies, and healthcare providers, Local libraries.  For more information, please contact the designated project lead.
Contact:
Harold Storsve
Phone: (605) 348-1460
Email: storsveharold@gmail.com ”
 

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2019 CMS Navigator Cooperative Agreement Recipient
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