Increasing Budget Flexibility for CIH Waiver
To: Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services, Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services
participants, providers, families and stakeholders
From: Cathy Robinson, Director, Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services
Re: Increasing budget flexibility for individuals receiving services through the Community
Integration and Habilitation Waiver (CIH)
Date: November 22, 2017
Effective January 1, 2018, an individual’s budget allocation under the Objective Based Allocation System (OBA) will no longer be distributed into three categories for individuals receiving services through the Community Integration and Habilitation Waiver (CIH).
Individuals will be able to use their full budget allocation to support identified community integration needs through the person-centered planning process. This change will enable individuals to have more flexibility in their person-centered planning process in combining their natural supports, community resources, and their overall budget allocation to support their community integration needs. This change will occur automatically, no action is required. Unless the Individual Support Team determines a change is needed, this change does not affect an individual’s current service plan or budget allocation. Services authorized outside the OBA are not impacted by this change.
Effective January 1, 2018, an individual’s budget allocation under the Objective Based Allocation System (OBA) will no longer be distributed into three categories for individuals receiving services through the Community Integration and Habilitation Waiver (CIH).
Individuals will be able to use their full budget allocation to support identified community integration needs through the person-centered planning process. This change will enable individuals to have more flexibility in their person-centered planning process in combining their natural supports, community resources, and their overall budget allocation to support their community integration needs. This change will occur automatically, no action is required. Unless the Individual Support Team determines a change is needed, this change does not affect an individual’s current service plan or budget allocation. Services authorized outside the OBA are not impacted by this change.
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