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What can a county waiver pay for?
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County waivers can pay for services that help a person with a disability or mental health condition live in the community, such as meals and in-home help. Eligibility starts with a MnCHOICES assessment by the county. No guardian is required.
Key points
- Several waivers exist, including CADI and developmental disability waivers.
- The first assessment often takes two to three hours.
- Support people can attend the assessment.
Katie HestnessEducation Navigator, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota · Guest presenter
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When somebody has a disability or a mental health issue or anything like that, they could qualify for a waiver. There’s brain injury waiver, a developmental disability waiver, CADI waiver, LDD waiver. There’s a variety of them. It’s based through the county, and you would do something called a MnCHOICE assessment through the county. Somebody would come out and meet with the person and any support people that they wanted present at that assessment and review where do you need help? Where do you need that support? Then after that assessment’s complete, and I’d say the first one usually can take two hours, two to three hours I’ve seen them go, and the county then reviews the assessment and decides whether or not this person qualifies for a waiver.
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