Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, July 2008 Page: 2
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As parents of children with disabilities, you need to think about two
questions early in your child's life:
1. Where will my children live when they grow up?
2. Will my children need help to live on their own?
Texas Medicaid waivers may provide what you need to help your child
live in the community. But you need to sign up while your children are
young. That way you will be able to get the help when you need it.
What are the Texas Medicaid waivers?
The waivers let people with disabilities get help with long-term care
at home. They give people more ways to get help and stay in the
community.
In Texas there are six waiver programs. The programs offer many
types of help. Each program has its own rules and amounts it can pay.
The programs have waiting lists called "interest lists." You need to
put your name or your child's name on the interest lists right away.
Sometimes you have to wait on the list for years before you can get
the help. Don't wait to call. You need to get your name on the lists as
soon as you can.
Many of the Medicaid waiver programs offer the same kinds of services. Here
are some of the terms you need to know when you ask for services:
Adaptive aids are things that can help you do things alone
that you normally have someone else do for you. An example is
a bath or shower chair.
Respite is help for the person who cares for you. A respite
provider takes care of you while the person who cares for you
does other things for a while.
Case management helps you get the health care, school, and
other services you need.
Minor home changes are changes to your home, like adding a
wheelchair ramp.
Day habilitation is training and help that teaches you to do
things for yourself.
Occupational therapy is training that improves your muscle
strength or how you move. It also teaches life skills and
problem solving that help you do things for yourself.
Speech and language pathology trains you to talk or
communicate.
Supported employment means people will help you find a job,
learn the job, and keep the job.
Behavioral support helps you with your behavior inside and
outside your home.The Medically Dependant
Children Program (MDCP)
1-877-438-5658 (toll-free)
www.dads.state.tx.us
Provides:
Respite
Case management
Minor home changes
Adaptive aids
Other help so that children and
young adults can live at home.
Available statewide on a first-come,
first-served basis to people:
- Under 21 years of age with
complex health problems
- With the same health reasons as
someone would have for going
into a nursing home
Community-Based
Alternatives (CBA)
1-512-438-3693
www.dads.state.tx.us
Or contact your local DADS
Community Care for the Aged and
Disabled Services office.Provides:
Respite
Adaptive aids and supplies
Home changes
Case management
Other related services
Available statewide to people:
- With disabilities.
" 21 years of age or older.
Call to place your child on the list
for this program once he or she
turns 18 years of age.July 2008 - CSHCN Services Program Newsletter for Families
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Texas. Department of State Health Services. Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, July 2008, periodical, July 2008; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth575921/m1/2/?q=%22Government+and+Law+-+State+Agencies%22: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.