COLORADO
Brain Injury Waiver (BI):The Brain Injury (BI) waiver helps people with a brain injury who need extra support to live in their communities. 16 years or older who acquired BI before 65 yoa
Community Mental Health Supports: The Home and Community-Based Services Community Mental Health Supports Waiver (CMHS) provides assistance to people with a mental illness that require long-term supports and services in order to remain in a community setting. You must require long-term support services at a level comparable to services typically provided in a nursing facility.
Complimentary & Integrative Health Waiver: formerly Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Waiver) are available statewide to HCBS eligible Coloradans living with a spinal cord injury (traumatic or nontraumatic), multiple sclerosis, brain injury, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, or cerebral palsy with the inability for independent ambulation over the age of 18. provides acupuncture, chiropractic, and massage therapy in addition to all HCBS services listed below. There is no waitlist for this waiver.
Developmental Disabilities: provides access to 24-hour, seven days a week supervision through Residential Habilitation and Day Habilitation Services and Supports. The service provider is responsible to support individuals in services to find living arrangements. Living arrangements can range from host homes settings with 1-2 persons, individualized settings of 1-3 persons, and group settings of 4-8 persons, as well as residential supports for participants who live in their own home or who live with and/or are provided services by members of their family.
Elderly, Blind, and Disabled (E&D) Waiver: provides assistance to people ages 65 and older who have a functional impairment, or are blind, or to people ages 18-64 who are physically disabled or have a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS, and require long-term supports and services in order to remain in a community setting. Nursing home level of care
Supported Living Services: provides necessary services and supports for individuals with adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities so they can remain in their homes and communities with minimal impact to individuals' community and social supports. T
Children with Life Limiting Illness: This waiver allows you to seek curative treatment while your child is receiving palliative care.
Children’s Extensive Support: helps children and families by providing services and supports that will help children with a developmental disability establish a long-term foundation for community inclusion as they grow into adulthood
Children’s Habilitation Residential Program: provides services for children and youth who have an intellectual or developmental disability and very high needs. Their needs for support put them at risk of, or in need of, out-of-home placement. Waiver services help children and youth learn and maintain the skills needed to live in their communities.
Children’s HCBS: available for children with significant medical needs and who are at risk for institutional care in an acute hospital or skilled nursing facility.
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