DDDS Lifespan Waiver or Diamond State Health Plan Plus – Choose the best Waiver Program for your needs

The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS) offers Home and Community Based Services through both the Lifespan Waiver and Diamond State Health Plan Plus, the State Medicaid managed care plan. Review both program options to decide what services will be best for you right now in your life. If you meet the criteria to get services from both programs, you must choose the one you want. You cannot get services from both at the same time.

PROGRAM COMPARISON – DIAMOND STATE HEALTH PLAN (DSHP) PLUS and DDDS HCBS LIFESPAN WAIVER

	DSHP Plus	DDDS WAIVER
Case Management	✓ MCO Case Manager	✓ Community Navigator or DDDS Support Coordinator
Living Setting Options (Other Than Your Own Home)
Nursing Facility	✓
Assisted Living Facility	✓
• Neighborhood Group Home • Community Living Arrangement (i.e. staffed apartment) • Shared Living		✓
Other Services and Supports
Personal Care Services/Attendant Care Services	✓	✓ *limit of $2,700 per year (combined with respite benefit)
Supported Living (in a setting owned or leased by the individual)		✓ *up to 40 hours per week
Respite	✓ *up to 14 days/yr, in the home or in Nursing/Assisted Living Facilities	✓ *up to $2,700/yr, (combined withpersonal care benefit) in home, respite camp, shared living, ICFIID
Support for Consumer Direction of Personal Care/Attendant Services	✓	✓
Adult Day Services	✓
Day Habilitation for People with Acquired Brain Injury	✓
Day Habilitation for People with Intellectual/Developmental Disability		&check
Pre-vocational Service		✓
Personal Care Services/Attendant Care Services	✓	✓ *limit of $2,700 per year (combined with respite benefit)
Supported Employment		✓
Cognitive Services for Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury	✓
Behavioral Consultation		✓
Nurse Consultation		✓
Minor Home Modifications	✓ *$6,000 per project; $10,000 per year; $20,000 lifetime	✓ *$6,000 every five years (combined with vehicle modifications)
Vehicle Adaptations		✓ *$6,000 every five years (combined with home modifications)
Emergency Response System	✓
Home-delivered Meals	✓
Specialized Durable Medical Equipment	✓	✓
Assistive Technology Services		✓*$500 maximum
Community Transition Services	✓ *Up to $2,500 for each move	✓ Up to $4,000 every 10 years

In addition to the enhanced benefits available to individuals enrolled in DSHP Plus or the DDDS
Lifespan Waiver, enrollees are also eligible for all other Medicaid State Plan Services such as
physician and hospital services.

For more information please refer to the full document “Choosing the Program That’s Best for You”.

Revised 7/11/18