Home and Community Based Waivers
A waiver is a Medicaid funding source that pays for the services & supports. Persons served can use a Medicaid waiver to stay in their homes and get support rather than live in an Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICFMR) or Nursing Facility.
There are two types of waivers administered in the Summit DD Board program: the Individual Options Waiver, commonly referred to as the IO waiver; the Level One Waiver.
Services the IO Waiver Covers include:
• Homemaker/Personal Care (Rule for Homemaker/Personal Care)
• Home Modifications and Adaptations
• Non-Medical Transportation (Rule for Non-Medical Transportation)
• Respite Care
• Social Work
• Home-delivered meals
• Nutrition
• Interpreter Services
• Specialized Adaptive or Assistive Medical Equipment and Supplies
• Supported Employment
• Adult Day Array Services (Rule for Adult Day Array)
Services the Level One Waiver Covers include: (Rule
• Homemaker/Personal Care (Rule for Homemaker/Personal Care)
• Institutional Respite
• Informal Respite
• Non-Medical Transportation (Rule for Non-Medical Transportation)
• Personal Emergency Response Systems
• Specialized Medical Equipment and Supplies
• Environmental Accessibility Adaptations
• Emergency Assistance
• Supported Employment
• Adult Day Array Services (Rule for Adult Day Array)
** The Level 1 Waiver services have set spending limits established by the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.
Adult Day Services are for adults enrolled on the Individual Options and Level One Medicaid waivers administered by the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.
In order to be eligible for a waiver, you must meet the financial criteria of Medicaid eligibility as determined by the Summit County Department of Job and Family Services (JFS).
If you would like to learn more about waivers, please contact your Service & Support Administrator at Summit DD.
Service and support administration shall be provided in accordance with rules adopted under section 5123 of the Ohio Administrative Code.