Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities 

Control Number: (0473)

Operating State Agency:

• Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Developmental Disabilities Services

Eligible Population:

• Children and young adults with mental retardation or developmental disabilities; ages 3 through 21 who are at a risk of placement in an Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR).

Level of Care:

• Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR)

Services:

• Residential Habilitation, including Child Group Homes for ten or fewer persons
• Assistive Technology
• Behavior Intervention and Treatment
• Adaptive Equipment

Service Settings:

• Child Group Homes

Maximum Waiver Capacity:

• 175 (WY'08)

Approval Date:

• July 1, 2007

Limits on Amount, Frequency, or Duration of Services:

• A $15,000 maximum per participant per five-year period for any combination of adaptive equipment and assistive technology. Annual State fiscal year maximum of 66 hours of Behavior Intervention and Treatment. Adaptive Equipment and Assistive Technology not available under the State plan, that is necessary to address participant functional limitations.

Contact Information:

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