Persons with Brain Injury (BI) 

Control Number: (0329.90.R1.04)

Operating State Agency:

• Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Rehabilitation Services

Eligible Population:

• Persons with BI of any age who would otherwise be institutionalized in a nursing facility.

Level of Care:

• Nursing Facility

Services:

• Homemaker
• Personal care (Personal Assistant)
• Adult day care
• Day habilitation
• Prevocational services
• Supported employment services
• Environmental accessibility adaptations
• Personal emergency response system
• Behavioral services
• Physical, occupational and speech therapies
• Specialized medical equipment and supplies
• Skilled nursing and home health aide
• Respite
• Home delivered meals

Service Settings:

• Individual homes

Maximum Waiver Capacity:

• 5,400 (WY'06)*
• Numbers are based on an initial report. They are not final.

*Waiver Year (WY) 2006 - 07/01/05 through 06/30/06.

Unduplicated Waiver Recipients:

• 3,554 (WY''06)

Initial Approval Date:

• July 1, 1999 Renewed: July 2007 - June 2012

State Expenditures (for 1915(c) Waiver):

• $42,407,594 (WY'06)

Federal Reimbursement (for 1915(c) Waiver):

• $21,203,797 (WY'06)

Contact Information:

• Bureau of Interagency Coordination
  1320 South Second Street, Second Floor
  Springfield, IL 62704
  Phone: 217-557-1868
• E-mail: HCBS