Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for Persons, Including Children, with Mental Retardation and/or Developmental Disabilities
Program Goal
To provide services and supports for adults and children of all ages and their families to enable them to remain at home or in community residential settings.
Eligibility
- Must have mental retardation and/or a developmental disability
- Must meet the ICF/MR Level of Care Eligibility Criteria
- Must be eligible for Medicaid
- Must live at home, or in an OMRDD sponsored Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA), Community Residence, or Family Care home
- Parental income and resources are not considered when determining the child's eligibility for Medicaid.
Description
The HCBS Waiver allows Medicaid to pay for some services not normally provided through Medicaid. For children, these include: respite; residential and day habilitation; plan of care support services; consolidated supports and services; environmental modifications; adaptive devices; prevocational (i.e., services designed to teach the person appropriate work habits that will enable a person to obtain and keep employment) and supported employment (providing the services of a job coach who will assist the person adjust to the new work location, work closely with the supervisor to understand the person's needs, etc.); and Family Education and Training.
The waiver is available in all of the State's counties and boroughs of New York City.
For More Information
The HCBS Waiver is administered through the local OMRDD Developmental Disability Services Offices (DDSOs). Contact the OMRDD Office of Waiver Management at (518) 474-5647 to obtain the name of the local DDSO or go to the OMRDD Web Page at www.opwdd.ny.gov and click on "Services." Then click on "Map and Resource Directory" at the bottom of the page. Then click on the link, "Developmental Disabilities Services Offices (DDSO)."
