Long-Term Services and Supports Programs
This is a central page to connect you to all benefits, programs and projects relating to long-term services and supports programs
for people with disabilities and older adults in Colorado.
Learn About Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)!
Download LTSS Brochure
HCBS Waivers
Facility Based Services
Programs and Projects
HCBS Public Comment Opportunities
Stakeholder Engagement Meetings
OCL Communications and Resources
Contact Us
Learn about Transitioning out of a Nursing Facility
Helpful Links
Find HCBS Providers (Select HCBS Provider Type)
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Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers
A waiver is an extra set of Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program) benefits that you could qualify for in certain cases. These benefits can help you remain in your home and community. Waivers have extra program rules and some programs may have waitlists.
- Brain Injury Waiver (BI)
- Community Mental Health Supports Waiver (CMHS)
- Complementary and Integrative Health Waiver (CIH)
- Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD)
- Elderly, Blind and Disabled Waiver (EBD)
- Supported Living Services Waiver (SLS)
- Children With Life-Limiting Illness Waiver (CLLI)
- Children's Extensive Support Waiver (CES)
- Children's Habilitation Residential Program Waiver (CHRP)
- Children's Home and Community Based Services Waiver (CHCBS)
Waiver Charts - side-by-side comparison of waiver benefits
Waiver Flow Charts - decision tree-type flow chart showing waiver options
Case Management Agencies
- Case Management Agency Directory
- My HCBS Case Management
- Care and Case Management Page
Facility-Based Services and Resources
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Resources
- ALL Facilities by Type
- Program Approved Service Agencies
- Hospital Back Up (HBU)
- Nursing Facility Advisory Council
- Nursing Facility Application Review
- Nursing Facility Billing Training
- Nursing Facility Pay for Performance
- Nursing Facility PETI
- Nursing Facility Provider Fee
- Nursing Facility Supplemental Behavioral Services
- Legislation and Studies
- Resources
Programs
- Community First Choice Option
- Family Support Services Program
- HCBS Dental Services
- Health First Colorado Buy-In Programs Page
- Buy-In for Working Adults with Disabilities
- Buy-In for Children with Disabilities
- Participant direction empowers each program participant to expand his or her degree of choice and control over decisions made about his or her long-term services and supports in a highly personalized manner.
- Consumer Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS)
- In-Home Support Services (IHSS)
- Consumer Direct Colorado - Training and Support Vendor
- Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative
- IHSS Provider List Page
- Money Follows the Person (MFP)
Projects
- ACC Phase II - Member Messaging Resource Center
- Regional Field Representatives
- Conflict Free Case Management
- Direct Care Base Wage
- Direct Care Spotlight
- EVV Program Manual
- EVV Frequently Asked Questions Page
- Electronic Visit Verification Stakeholder Workgroup
- Person-Centered Budget Algorithm (PCBA)
Office of Community Living (OCL) Communications
- HCPF Memo Series Communications
- Sign up to receive Office of Community Living Communications
Resources
- Resources for HCBS Providers
- Direct Care Labor webpage (CO Dept. of Labor and Employment)
- Alliance
- The ARC of Colorado
- Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
- Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council
- Disability Law Colorado
- University of Colorado School of Medicine JFK Partners
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