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Home and Community Services waivers can help your son or daughter gain, maintain, and improve skills that allow them to live and participate in their local community.  The following is a description of waiver services that may be available:

  1. Habilitation is designed to assist individuals to gain, maintain, and improve skills in the areas of self-care, daily living activities, social skills, and to enable the person’s involvement in community activities. These services help people live in their home; participate in local community activities; use community resources such as parks, pools, movies etc.; and access informal supports such as service clubs, senior programs, and other community opportunities. Services can be provided by a service agency that provides trained individuals to provide assistance or by someone the person and family already knows who is qualified and willing to provide assistance.
  2. Community Habilitation is delivered in an Adult training facility licensed by the Department of Public Welfare under the Ch. 2380 regulations. Adult training facilities provide services that assist individuals in meeting personal needs and performing basic daily activities. JCAHO Accredited/MA Certified Non-Residential Agencies providing Community Habilitation assist individuals in acquiring, retaining, and improving self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills.
  3. Transportation services are offered to enable individuals to gain access to their community including both services and informal supports. Transportation covers emergency transportation in certain circumstances.
  4. Older Adult Day Services support people in meeting their personal care and social needs. They are provided in a center that is regulated under the Department of Aging Ch. 11 Older Adult Living Centers.
  5. Home Finding services provide assistance with activities related to self-determined housing. These include education about housing, and home ownership working with landlords, location of housing, and assessment for appropriate physical adaptations to make housing accessible.
  6. Environmental Accessibility Adaptations: Vehicle Adaptations  for improved access and/or safety. Home Adaptations to homes for improved access and/or safety.
  7. Adaptive Appliances/Equipment The purchase or modification of items for increased functional involvement by individuals in activities of daily living.
  8. Habilitation Supplies  for direct use by individuals and/or caregivers to address health and safety needs. Supplies are limited to those listed in the long definitions document.
  9. Homemaker Indirect services including household cleaning/maintenance and homemaker activities such as meal preparation. The initial duration of this service is limited to one month. A mandatory 2-week interval must be observed for evaluation purposes prior to any extension of this service. After six (6) weeks, additional criteria must be met to extend the service. There is no funding cap for this service in the P/FDSW. The consolidated Waiver funding for homemaker and chore services combined may not exceed a total of $2000 in a fiscal year.
  10. Chore Indirect services including household cleaning/maintenance and homemaker activities such as meal preparation. The initial duration of this service is limited to one month. A mandatory 2-week interval must be observed for evaluation purposes prior to any extension of this service. After six (6) weeks, additional criteria must be met to extend the service. Consolidated Waiver funding for homemaker and chore services combined may not exceed a total of $2000 in a fiscal year. There is no funding cap for this service in the P/FDSW.
  11. Residential Home and Community Habilitation - Licensed Homes  Direct service and services to meet regulatory requirements and contract conditions provided in licensed community homes to assist individuals in acquiring, retaining, and improving self-help, socialization and adaptive skills
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