Children's Choice

The Children's Choice Waiver (CC) Program provides services in the home and in the community to individuals 0 through 20 years of age, who currently live at home with their families or who will leave an institution to return home.

If I qualify, what services may I receive from this program?

• Support Coordination
• Family Support
• Crisis Support
• Center-Based Respite
• Family Training
• Environmental Accessibility Adaptions
  • Specialized Medical Equipment
  • Permanent Supportive Housing Stabilization
• Permanent Supportive Housing Stabilization Transition
• Therapy Services • Aquatic Therapy
• Art Therapy • Music Therapy
• Sensory Integration

*Individuals who receive the CC Waiver may also receive EPSDT services.

To qualify for the Children's Choice Waiver, a person must:

• Meet Louisiana Medicaid eligibility AND
• Are 0 through 20 years of age AND
• Have an OCDD Statement of Approval AND
• Meet the Louisiana definition for developmental disability with manifested prior to age 22 (Revised Statue 25:451.2, Paragraph (11)) AND
• Meet Intermediate Care Facility-Intellectual Disability (ICF-ID) Level of Care Criteria

Care Attendant

The Community Choices Waiver Program provides services in the home and in the community to elders or adults with disabilities who qualify.

If I qualify, what services may I receive from this program?

• Support Coordination (also known as case management)
• Transition Intensive Support Coordination (provided to people moving out of nursing homes)
• Transition Services (provided to people moving out of nursing homes)
• Personal Assistance Services (supervision or assistance with basic self-care activities or tasks such as dressing, bathing, preparing meals and so forth. Though usually provided one on-one, personal assistance may be provided by one worker for up to three (3) waiver participants who live together and who use the same direct service provider.)
• Adult Day Health Care Service (health/medical and social services provided in a community- based center)
• Environmental Accessibility Adaptations (home modifications to aid in self-care)
• Assistive Devices and Medical Supplies
• Skilled Maintenance Therapy Services (Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies)
• Nursing Services • Home Delivered Meal Services
• Caregiver Temporary Support Services (respite care for family caregivers)
• Housing Stabilization Services
• Housing Transition/Crisis Intervention Services
• Monitored In-Home Caregiving

Who can qualify for services?

People who:

• Meet Medicaid eligibility AND
• Are 21 years old or older AND
• Meet Nursing Facility Level of Care

LT-PCS

Long Term - Personal Care Services Program provides help with activities of daily living for persons who qualify for assistance under the program guidelines.

If I qualify, what services may I receive from this program?

Help with:

• Eating
• Bathing
• Dressing
• Grooming
• Moving from one surface to another (transferring)
• Walking or using a wheelchair
• Toileting
• Changing positions in bed (bed mobility)

Other services:

• Light housekeeping
• Preparing and storing meals
• Shopping
• Laundry
• Reminders about taking medicines
• Help with medical appointments
• Help finding transportation for medical appointments

Who can qualify for Long Term – Personal Care Services (LT-PCS)*?

• People who receive Medicaid benefits AND
• Are 21 years old or older AND
• Meet Nursing Facility Level of Care, AND
• Require at least limited assistance with one Activity of Daily Living, AND
• Be able to direct their care independently or through a responsible representative

Meet ONE of the following:

• Be in a nursing facility and be able to be discharged if community-based services were available; OR
• Be likely to require nursing facility admission within the next 120 days; OR
• Have a primary care-giver who has a disability or who is at least 70 years old.