Adults

BI

Persons with Brain Injury Waiver

Allows youth (16 and older) and adults with a brain injury to receive home and community-based care as an alternative to care in a hospital or nursing facility setting. 

CMHS

Community Mental Health Supports Waiver

Allows adults (18 and older) with mental illness to receive long-term supports in a home or community-based setting. 

CIH

Complementary and Integrative Health Waiver

Allows adults (18 and older) who are living with a spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, or a brain injury and the inability for independent ambulation to receive home or community-based supports. (Formerly known as SCI Waiver)

DD

Persons with Developmental Disabilities Waiver

Allows adults (18 and older) with an intellectual or developmental disability to continue living in a community setting while accessing services and supports that are available 24-hours a day, seven days a week. 

EBD

Persons who are Elderly, Blind, and Disabled Waiver

Allows adults (65 and older) who are blind or have a functional impairment or adults (18 to 64 years old) who are blind, physically disabled, or have a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS to receive home and community-based care as an alternative to care in a nursing facility.

SLS

Supported Living Services Waiver

Allows adults (18 and older) with an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD) who live independently or with family to receive supported living services in the person’s home or community. 

Non-Medicaid Waiver Programs

PACE

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

Allows adults (55 and older) to receive comprehensive health care services while continuing to live in the community as long as is medically and socially feasible. 

SNF

Skilled Nursing Facility Referrals and Admissions

Allows individuals of all ages to receive 24-hour skilled nursing or medical care, rehabilitation, or health related services in an institutional setting. 

LTHH

Long-Term Home Health

Allows Health First Colorado members of all ages to receive services from a licensed Home Health Agency on an acute/short-term or long-term basis.