Persons with Disabilities 

Control Number: (0142.90.R3)

Operating State Agency:

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

Eligible Population:

• Individuals with physical disabilities from the ages of 0 to 59 (including ventilator dependent adults) who would otherwise be institutionalized in a nursing facility. Also those 60 or older who began services before age 60, may choose to remain in this waiver.

Level of Care:

• Nursing Facility

Services:

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

Service Settings:

• Individual homes and adult day care sites

Maximum Waiver Capacity:

• 27,870 (WY'06)*
• Numbers are based on an initial report. They are not final.

*Waiver Year (WY) 2006 - 10/01/05 through 09/30/06.

Unduplicated Waiver Recipients:

• 18,813 (WY'06)

Initial Approval Date:

• October 1, 1983
• Renewed: October 2004 - September 2009

State Expenditures (for 1915(c) Waiver):

• $186,445,430 (WY'06)

Federal Reimbursement (for 1915(c) Waiver):

• $93,222,715 (WY'06)

Contact Information:

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