Pennsylvania Services
In Pennsylvania, Abound Health provides a range of services to individuals of all ages with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
The Community Living Waiver is designed to support persons of any age with an intellectual disability or autism, children with a developmental disability under age 9 with a high probability of resulting in an intellectual disability or autism and children under age 22 with a developmental disability due to a medically complex condition to live more independently in their homes and communities and to provide a variety of services that promote community living, including participant directed service models and traditional agency-based service models.
The Consolidated Waiver is designed to support persons of any age with an intellectual disability or autism, children with a developmental disability under age 9 with a high probability of resulting in an intellectual disability or autism and children under age 22 with a developmental disability due to a medically complex condition to live more independently in their homes and communities and to provide a variety of services that promote community living, including participant directed service models and traditional agency-based service models
The P/FDS Waiver is designed to support persons of any age with an intellectual disability or autism, children with a developmental disability under age 9 with a high probability of resulting in an intellectual disability or autism and children under age 22 with a developmental disability due to a medically complex condition to live more independently in their homes and communities and to provide a variety of services that promote community living, including participant directed service models and traditional agency-based service models.
Provides opportunities and support for community inclusion and building interest in and developing skills and potential for competitive integrated employment. should result in active, valued participation in a broad range of integrated activities that build on the participant’s interests, preferences, gifts, and strengths while reflecting their desired outcomes related to employment, community involvement and membership. To achieve this, each participant must be offered opportunities and needed support to participate in community activities that are consistent with the participant’s preferences, choices and interests.
-Fading component when appropriate for members 18 and older
-CPS-C can only be provided in integrated settings, non-licensed facilities.
-Staff to member ratios can vary, depending on member need
-Multiple codes are encouraged to cover staffing ratios, community vs location settings, etc.
Companion services are direct services provided to participants age 18 and older who live in private homes for the limited purposes of providing supervision or assistance that is designed to ensure the participant’s health, safety and welfare and to perform incidental activities of daily living for the participant. This service is intended to assist the individual to participate more meaningfully in home and community life.
-Used when rehabilitative services are not applicable, more doing for the member and supervising
-Can be used overnight when the member will need nothing more than supervision, ex. can be used during overnight hours for a participant who lives on their own but does not have the ability to safely evacuate in the event of an emergency or solely needs routine monitoring for conditions other than post-surgical care and convulsive (grand mal) epilepsy.
A direct service provided in home and community settings to assist participants in acquiring, maintaining and improving the skills necessary to live in the community, to live more independently, and to participate meaningfully in community life. To the extent that In-Home and Community Support is provided in community settings, the settings must be inclusive rather than segregated.
-Provided in private home and community
-Overnight staff must remain awake to ensure medical and behavioral stability as needed
Direct and indirect services provided to participants who live in licensed and unlicensed provider owned, rented or leased residential settings. This service is built on the principle that every participant has the capacity to engage in lifelong learning. As such, through the provision of this service, participants will acquire, maintain, or improve skills necessary to live in the community, to live more independently, and to participate meaningfully in community life. To the extent that Residential Habilitation is provided in community settings outside of the residence, the settings must be inclusive rather than segregated.
Services are direct services that are provided to supervise and support participants living in private homes (for definitions of key terms, see Section 19) on a short-term basis for planned or emergency situations, giving the person(s) normally providing care a period of relief.
- Respite services do not cover the care provided to a minor child when the primary caregiver or legally responsible individual is absent due to work.
- Respite services are limited to:-30 units of day respite per participant in a period of one fiscal year-480 units of 15-minute unit respite per participant in a period of one fiscal year (Consolidated)-1440 units of 15-minute unit respite per participant in a period of one fiscal year (Community Living or P/FDS Waiver).
Supported Employment services are direct and indirect services that are provided in a variety of community settings for the purposes of supporting participants in obtaining and sustaining competitive integrated employment. Competitive integrated employment refers to full or part-time work at minimum wage or higher, with wages and benefits similar to workers without disabilities performing the same work, and fully integrated with coworkers without disabilities.
*Career Assessment (authorized up to 6 months): Identifying members’ interests, skills and work/volunteer history. Development of career assessment report
*Job Finding or Development: Interview/job development skills, applying for jobs, making connections, benefits planning, etc
*Job Coaching and Support: Direct job assistance, communicating with employers, identifying transportation to and from work, training of new job skill, retraining of skills, etc. Include a fading plan that the team develops
**Voc Rehab (OVR) ineligibility needed in most cases before SE can be requested as service**