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Supports Waiver

What is the Supports Waiver?

The Supports Waiver (SW) program provides services in the home and in the community to individuals 18 years of age or older, who are eligible to receive OCDD waiver services.


This program is not intended to provide 24 hours a day support.

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  • Individuals who are 18-21 years of age may access Early Periodic Screening and Diagnostic Treatment (EPSDTJ services

  • Individuals 21 years of age or older who receive the SW may also receive Long Term­ Personal Care Services. (L T-PCSJ)

Who can qualify?

Individuals who:

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  • Meet Louisiana Medicaid eligibility AND

  • Meet the Louisiana definition for developmental disability which manifested prior to age 22 (Revised Statute 28:451.2, Paragraph (11 )) AND

  • Have an OCDD Statement of Approval AND

  • Meet Intermediate Care Facility-Intellectual Disability (ICF-ID) Level of Care Criteria AND

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Individuals should contact their Local Governing Entity (LGEJ in order to go through the eligibility determination process.

If I qualify, what services may I receive?

  • Support Coordination

  • Supported Employment (individual or group) and transportation

  • Day Habilitation/Community Life Engagement and Transportation

  • Prevocational/Community Career Planning and transportation

  • Habilitation

  • Respite (center-based or in home)

  • Permanent Supportive Housing Stabilization and Transition

  • Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)

  • Expanded Dental Services for Adult Waiver Beneficiaries

  • Community Life Engagement Development

For more information on each service, please refer to the Supports Waiver website.

How can I request an OCDD waiver?

Individuals who have a need for services should contact their Local Governing Entity (LGE) in order to go through the eligibility determination process. Once a person is eligible for OCDD waiver services, they may ask to be placed on the Developmental Disability Request for Services Registry (RFSR).


Home and community-based waiver opportunities are provided based on the individual's prioritized need for support, which is identified in their Request for Services Registry Screening for Urgency of Need. Individuals with the most emergent and urgent need for support will have priority.


For more information on this process, please contact your LGE.

Additional resources and contact information for the Supports Waiver

Supports Waiver Website: https://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/page/1828


OCDD Resources Website: https://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/page/138 


Local Governing Entity (LGE) map: http://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/page/134


OCDD State Office: 1-866-783-5553 or email at OCDD-hcbs@la.gov


Early Periodic Screening and Diagnostic Treatment (EPSDT) services:
https:/ /Id h. la .gov/index.cfm/page/334


Long Term-Personal Care Services (LT-PCS): https://ldh.la.gov/page/234


Permanent Supportive Housing Services: https://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/page/1732


OCDD Employment First Initiative: https://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/page/1847

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