ID / DD waiver service

The ID/ DD Waiver provides services to individualities who, but for the provision of home and community- grounded services, would bear placement in an Intermediate Care Facility for Individualities with Intellectual Disabilities. The ID/ DD waiver is administered by the Department of Mental Health, Bureau of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Who's Eligible for the Intellectual Disabilities/ Developmental Disabilities Waiver?

• Individuals in this program must qualify for one of the following eligibility categories:
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Temporary Backing for Indigent Families (TANF)
• Impaired Child Living at Home
• Income up to 300 of the SSI federal benefit rate

Intellectual Disabilities/Developmental Disabilities Waiver Services

The Department of Mental Health, through its indigenous centers and assessment process, provides support collaboration and makes referrals for the following services

• Behaviour Support
• Day Services-Adult
• Home and Community Supports
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Supervised Living
• Community Respite
• Host Homes
• Crisis Support
• Crisis Intervention
• In- Home Nursing Respite
• Support Living
• Transition support
• Support Collaboration
• Supported Employment
• Prevocational Services
• Job Discovery
• Specialized Medical Inventories
• In- Home Respite
• Shared Supported Living