Eligibility

You can use CDCS if you are enrolled in one of these programs:

• Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver

• Community Alternatives for Disabled Individuals (CADI) Waiver

• Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver

• Brain Injury (BI) Waiver

• Elderly Waiver (EW)

• Alternative Care (AC)

• Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO)

Who to contact

Contact your county case manager, certified assessor, tribal nation, or health plan representative and let them know you’d like to see if you qualify for the CDCS waiver.

If you choose to use CDCS you will:

• Be told how much money you have to spend on the supports and services you need. This is your budget for one year.

• Write a plan to meet your needs. Your county or tribe must approve the plan.

• Choose a fiscal management service to pay for the supports and services in your plan.

• Hire the supports and services you need.

• Manage your plan and budget.

Writing your plan

You must create a plan for how to spend your budget amount to meet your unique needs. You may use a plan template or write your own as long as it includes all of the same information.

A CDCS community support plan includes:

• Supports and services you need and plan to use

• Costs of each support or service

• Plans to monitor your services or supports

• Qualifications of the people or agencies who will provide your services or supports

• Training you would like for the people who will provide your supports

If you need help to develop your support plan, you can hire a trained support planner to help you.