Eligibility Information                                                                               
          
Eligibility Determination is the first step to accessing services or getting placed on the waiting list for the HCBS
DD Waiver in Douglas and Jefferson county.  See below the Kansas Eligibility Requirements for this waiver.
   

	Eligibility Determination:                                                  In order to request Eligibility Determination, contact the CDDO Liaison: Pennie Dubisar-Cross and request an Eligibility Application Packet. Call: (785) 842-0550   You may also print a copy of the packet below.		Eligibility Resources:                                   Psychological Evaluation Information Transition Planning Guide Kansas Eligibility Requirements Outside Resources:                                    Medicaid Card / Other Benefits Social Security Benefits Eligibility
	Print / Download Eligibility Application Packet

Kansas Eligibility Requirements for the HCBS DD Waiver

Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities:                                         Effective: October 1, 1993, (revised: November 15, 1995) Background: Consistent with L. 1995, Chap. 234 (Substitute for H.B. 2458) persons who are mentally retarded or otherwise developmentally disabled are those whose condition presents an extreme variation in capabilities from the general population which manifests itself in the developmental years resulting in a need for life long interdisciplinary services. The following identifies those who, among all persons with disabilities, are the most disabled as defined below: Mental Retardation means substantial limitations in present functioning that is manifested during the period from birth to age 18 years and is characterized by significantly sub-average intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior including related limitations in two or more of the following applicable adaptive skill areas:   ▪ Communication ▪ Self-care ▪ Home living ▪ Social skills ▪ Community use ▪ Self-direction ▪ Health and safety ▪ Functional academics ▪ Leisure ▪ Work Other Developmental Disability means a condition such as autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or other similar physical or mental impairment (or a condition which has received a dual diagnosis of Mental Retardation and Mental Illness) and is evidenced by a severe, chronic disability which meets all of the following criteria:   1. It is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or a combination of mental and physical     impairments, AND     2. It is manifest before the age of 22, AND     3. It is likely to continue indefinitely, AND     4. It results in substantial functional limitations in any three or more of the following areas of life     functioning:            a. Self-Care          b. Understanding & use of language          c. Learning and adapting          d. Mobility          e. Self-direction in setting goals & undertaking activities to accomplish goals          f. Living Independently          g. Economic self-sufficiency, AND To further clarify substantial functional limitations refer to the Eligibility Determination Instrument in Mental Health and Retardation Services, Division of MR/DD Services, Case Management Handbook.     5. It reflects a need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary or generic care,     treatment or other services which are lifelong, or extended in duration and are individually planned     and coordinated, AND     6. Does not include individuals who are solely severely emotionally disturbed or seriously and     persistently mentally ill or have disabilities solely as a result of infirmities of aging. For Children under the age of six, developmental disability means a severe, chronic disability that meets all of the following criteria:   1. It is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or a combination of mental and physical     impairments, AND     2. It is likely to continue indefinitely, AND     3. It results in at least three developmental delays as measured by qualified professionals using     appropriate diagnostic instruments or procedures, AND     4. It reflects a need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care,     treatment, or other services which are lifelong or extended in duration and are individually planned     and coordinated, AND     5. This does not include individuals who are solely severely emotionally disturbed or seriously and     persistently mentally ill.

Funding Sources and Services:                                                                                               

The following link is a flow chart detailing funding sources and the services offered through the HCBS Waiver.  Also included are links and contact information for outside funding sources.  View/Save funding chart