Waiver Programs

Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waivers are programs of in-home and community care that help certain Medicaid consumers stay at home instead of in a nursing home, hospital or institution for people with mental retardation and/or development disabilities.

Each Medicaid waiver offers different services. Some services available through the waivers are:

• Homemaker/Personal Care
• Nursing Care
• Home Delivered Meals
• Respite Care
• Adult Day Care
• Out of Home Respite
• Supported Employment Services
• Environmental Accessibility & Adaptations
• Supplement Adaptive/Assistance Devices
• Emergency Response Systems
• Supplemental Transportation