On January 1, 2018, the Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services (BDDS) implemented a change allowing an individual’s budget allocation approach under the Objective Based Allocation System (OBA) to no longer distribute individual budgets into three categories or ‘buckets’ for individuals receiving services through the Community Integration and Habilitation Waiver (CIH). Individuals will now be able to access their full budget allocation to support identified community integration needs through the person-centered planning process.
As a result of this change, an individual currently being served under Residential Habilitation Services (RHS) Daily may elect to be served by RHS Hourly to best meet their service needs within their CIH budget.
At this time, if an individual receiving RHS Daily service has indicated a need or desire to have residential supports provided through RHS Hourly, for any reason, the individual can request this change of service through their case manager.
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