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APPENDIX A: ELIGIBILITY FOR DDA SERVTCES <br />lndividuals who want to participate in Employment and Day Programs must be etigibte to be on a <br />Waiver Program through DDA that provides emptoyment funding. Funding for these services comes <br />through a federal program under Titte XIX Medicaid catted the Home and Community-Based Services <br />(HCBS) Waivers. The HCBS waivers a[[ow the state to use Medicaid funding while "waiving" Medicaid <br />rules that require services to be provided in an institutionat setting. The purpose of the waivers is to <br />provide integrated, community-based services to individuats with developmentat disabitities. Waivers <br />Provide an alternative to institutional services. To assist consumers in selecting the right Waiver <br />Program, a description of the Waiver Programs and the services provided under each program is tisted <br />on the fotlowing page. <br />WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A WAIVER PROGRAM? <br />Etigibitity for waiver seryices inctudes people with devetopmental disabitities who:. Are ctients of DSHS Developmentat Disabitities Administration (DDA),o Meet disabitity criteria estabtished by the SociaI Security Administration (SSA),. Are etigibte for Medicaid services in an institution,. Have been determined to need home and community-based services in order to tive in the <br />community, ando Have an individual gross income that does not exceed 300 percent of the Supptement Security <br />lncome benefit amount and individual resources that do not exceed 52,000 (Parentat income is <br />not considered for chitdren.) <br />TYPES OF WAIVER PROGRAMS <br />BASIC PLUS WAIVER <br />This waiver program is for peopte who live with their famities, on their own, in an adutt famity home, <br />in another setting with assistance or an Adult Residentiat Care Assisted Living Facitity (ARC) and are at <br />high risk of out-of-home placement. services covered include the fottowing:o Hours per year avaitabte for Supported Emptoyment or Community Access, based on DDA <br />assessment and employment status.. Up to 56,192 is availabte for any combination of Skitted Nursing (Nursing Detegation); <br />Community Guide; Environmental Accessibitity; Adaptations; Speciatized Medicat <br />Equipment/Suppties; OccupationaI Therapy; Specialized Psychiatric Services; Physicat Therapy; <br />Speech, Hearing and Language Services; Staff/Family Consuttation and Training; Behavioral <br />Heatth Stabitization; and Transportation to a Waiver Service.o Behaviorat Heatth Stabitization Serviceso Respite is based on assessed need.. 56,000 per year availabte for Emergency Assistance. <br />CORE WAIVER <br />This waiver is intended for people who are at immediate risk of out-of-home ptacement and need up to <br />?4-hour residential services. Services covered include: Residentiat Services, Behavior Support, <br />Therapies, Environmentat Adaptations, Ski[led Nursing, Emptoyment services, Speciatized Medicat <br />Equipment and Suppties and more. <br />29