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Indiana's Medicaid Waiver Program

Indiana's Medicaid waiver program allows Medicaid to fund home and community-based services for children and adults with disabilities in their own homes or neighborhoods instead of in Medicaid funded facilities. 

An Introduction to Indiana's Medicaid Waiver Program for Home and Community Based Services. 
Family and Consumer Guide to Objective Based Allocations
Natural Supports & Community Connections Guide

Types
Indiana has two types of Medicaid waivers:

• Medicaid waivers for children and adults with medical needs. 
  Apply at your local Area Agency on Aging. Call: 800-986-3505.
  • Aged and Disabled Waiver (A&D)
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver (TBI)
    
    
• Medicaid waivers for children and adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
  Apply at your local Bureau of Developmental Disability Services. Call: 800-545-7763.
  • Autism Waiver
  • Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver
  • Support Services (SS) Waiver

Eligibility
You can qualify for more than one waiver, so it is important to apply for all of the waivers that you might be eligible for. To be eligible for a Medicaid waiver:

• You must qualify for Indiana Medicaid's disability and financial eligibility requirements.
  • Family income and assets are NOT counted to determine Medicaid financial eligibility for children under 18. For those older than 18, only the individual's income and assets are counted.
    
    
• You must require the type of care that would be provided in a Medicaid-funded facility, such as a nursing home, large residential facility or group home.

Waiting Lists
There are long waiting lists to get services from a Medicaid waiver. It is important to apply as soon as possible and get on the waiting list. View a report from FSSA showing waiting lists by county for the DD, Autism and Support Services Waivers as of April 1, 2011.  The report also shows the number of people being served by these waivers by county.

Priority Waivers
There is a priority for some people to receive Medicaid waiver services without having to be on a waiting list, subject to availability of state and federal funds. This includes:

• People age 80 and older still caring for a loved one with a developmental disability.
• Young adults leaving high school special education programs.
• People in a crisis or emergency situations, including the death or incapacitation of a primary caregiver.
• People with developmental disabilities who want to move out of a nursing facility.

Remember, even if you do not need services right away, you may need them by the time your name comes up on the waiting list. Do not wait to apply!