Medicaid Waiver programs
Consolidated Waiver Program (CWP)
Consolidated Waiver Program (CWP)
(for adults and children)
Covered Services Waiver Services Include:
- Adaptive Aids and Medical Supplies
- Adult Foster Care
- Assisted Living / Residential Care
- Audiology
- Behavior Communication Specialist
- Child Support Services
- Consumer Directed Services
- Dental
- Dietary Services
- Emergency Response Service
- Family Surrogate Services
- Habilitation (residential, day, supported employment, and prevocational)
- Home Delivered Meals
- Independent Advocacy
- Intervenor Services
- Minor Home Modifications
- Nursing Services
- Orientation and Mobility Services
- Personal Assistance Services
- Prescribed Drugs
- Psychological
- Respite (In and Out-of-Home)
- Social Work
- Therapies (physical, occupational, and speech / language pathology)
- Transportation
- 24-Hour Residential Habilitation
Age: No limit
Income / Resources:
The applicant must be Medicaid eligible in the community under:
- SSI; or
- Medical Assistance Only (MAO) protected status; or
- Meet the income and resource requirements for Medicaid benefits in nursing facilities; (Effective January 1, 2005; $1,737/month with resources of $2,000 for an individual. Spousal impoverishment provisions apply.); or
- As a disabled child who would be eligible for Medicaid if institutionalized and if parental income is not deemed to the child.
Must be developed by a DADS Human Services Specialist through a person-directed planning process in conjunction with the individual and other persons. Informed Choice: Choose waiver services instead of institutional care based on an informed choice. Interest List: Currently on an interest list in Bexar County for CBA, CLASS, DB-MD, MDCP or HCS.
Contact:
Department of Aging and Disability Services
Mail Code W-521
P. O. Box 149030
Austin, TX 78714-9030
Phone Number 512-436-5658