Mediciad Waiver Programs
In-Home and Family Support
Service Description:
Direct grant benefits to individuals with physical
disabilities and/or their families to purchase services that enable them to live in the community.
Eligible individuals are empowered to choose and purchase services that help them to remain in
their own home.
- Attendant care
- Home health services
- Home health aide services
- Homemaker services
- Chore services that provide assistance with training, routine body functions, dressing, preparing and consuming food, and ambulating.
- Counseling and training programs that help provide proper care of an individual with a disability.
- Medical, surgical, therapeutic, diagnostic and other health services related to a person's disability.
- Other disability related services prior-approved by DADS.
- Pre-approved transportation and room and board cost incurred by person with physical disability or his family during evaluation or treatment.
- Purchase or lease of special equipment(Assistive Technology) or architectural modifications of a home to facilitate the care, treatment therapy, or general living conditions of a person with a disability.
- Respite care
- Transportation services
Income: Co-payment schedule begins at 105% of the state median income for household size.
Disability: Physical disability which substantially limits the individual's ability to function independently.
Service Maximum: Maximum grant total of $1,200 per year
Service Availability: Statewide in every county. Lengthy interest list in all areas.
Contact for Client Susan Powell, Program Specialist
Eligibility Information Department of Aging and Disability Services
Mail Code W-351
P. O. Box 149030
Austin, TX 78714-9030
Phone Number 512-438-4311
Fax Number 512-438-2906
susan.powell@dads.state.tx.us
How To Apply for Services Contact your local DADS CCAD Office