A Medicaid Waiver Program helps provide services to individuals who would otherwise be in an institution, nursing home, or hospital. The program enables those in need to receive long-term care in their community. Prior to 1991, the Federal Medicaid Program paid for services only for those residing in institutions.

An example includes providing services that allows a participant to:

• Remain and live successfully in their own home
• Function and participate in their community
• Avoid initialization

Generally, the services include activities that help promote independence.
Examples may include assistance with:

• Personal care, meals, shopping, errands, scheduling appointments
• Correspondence and bill paying
• Escorting the participant to appointments and community events
• Supervision and monitoring of the participant

An individual or their guardian may apply for the Medicaid Waiver at their local Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services (BDDS). In Evansville, visit:

• Vanderburgh County Division of Family Resources
  711 John Street, Suite C
  Evansville, IN 47713
• You may also request an application packet online, at IN.gov

Once approved, the individual works with their case manager to select the services they need. This is also the opportunity to select the provider of the services.

There are several compelling reasons to entrust us with caring for you or someone you care about:

We ARE our mission:

• To inspire learning, advance skill-sets, and strengthen the lives of our clients.
• We identified and evaluated the current flaws in the system. We developed a process that is successfully changing the face of the waiver system in our area.
• We believe in taking care of the people that take care of our people. That means we attract—and retain—the most caring professionals in the region. In fact, we have a WAITING LIST of excellent individuals wanting to join our stellar staff.