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The Pennsylvania Person/Family Directed Support Waiver is designed to help persons with developmental disabilities live more independently in their homes and communities and to provide a variety of services that promote community living, including self-directed service models and traditional, agency-based service models.
Eligibility criteria:
- Be age three and older
- Have a diagnosis of mental retardation
- Require active treatment
- Be recommended for an Intermediate Care Facility/Mental Retardation level of care based on a medical evaluation
- Determined eligible for Medical Assistance
- $2,000 resource limit (does not apply to dependent children under age 21)
- Income limit 300% of the Federal Benefit Rate
- Individual cost limit of $26,000 per person per fiscal year (excluding supports coordination)
- Does not require Office of Developmental Programs licensed community residential services
Services:
- Assistive technology
- Behavior support
- Companion
- Education support
- Home accessibility adaptations
- Home and community habilitation (unlicensed)
- Homemaker/chore
- Licensed day habilitation
- Nursing
- Prevocational
- Respite
- Specialized supplies
- Supported employment
- Supports broker
- Supports coordination
- Therapy (physical, occupational, visual/mobility, behavioral and speech and language)
- Transitional work
- Transportation
- Unlicensed residential habilitation
- Vehicle accessibility adaptations
Note: The list of services and bulletins may change when waiver amendments or waiver renewals are approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Contact your supports coordinator to verify the list of current services.
Waiver:
Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) Waiver Renewal, Effective July 1, 2012
Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) Waiver Renewal CMS Approval Letter
Note: ODP submitted an amendment to CMS for the P/FDS Waiver on March 29, 2013, for approval. To view the source documents of the proposed P/FDS Waiver Amendment that was submitted, click on the link below. If approved by CMS, this waiver amendment will have an effective date of July 1, 2012.
Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) Waiver Amendment, Effective July 1, 2012
