Home attendant services are available for special-needs children, including the developmentally, mentally and physically disabled, by certified, licensed attendants.

A Person with Special Needs CHHA is for Certified Home Health Agency, and it is a type of home health agency that has been certified by the Department of Health to serve a specific targeted demographic or a specific special needs population.

Affected individuals who are eligible for assistance from the Office of Mental Health (OMH) or the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) include the following groups: OPWDD-certified home health agencies provide services to patients in their homes who would otherwise require treatment in a facility or program licensed by the Office of Mental Health or the Office of Public Welfare and Development (OMH).

The following are home health agencies participating in the pilot program: Ten of these organizations are allowed to provide services to a specific population group and to meet the specified unique requirements of that population group, according to federal laws. While submitting their applications to the state, these agencies demonstrated that they were better able than other home health agencies to meet specific needs of a defined population group in the areas of improved continuity of care, increased access to services, cost effectiveness and efficiency, among other things.

The agencies certified in New York for Special Needs populations ore:

Willcare

The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities in the following counties in New York:

  • Dutchess
  • Greene
  • Orange
  • Putnam
  • Sullivan
  • Ulster
  • Westchester

St. Mary’s Home Care

Serving medically complex and fragile children, adolescents, disabled young adults, and adults, and their families in the following counties in New York:

  • Bronx
  • Kings
  • Nassau
  • New York
  • Queens
  • Richmond
  • Rockland
  • Suffolk
  • Westchester

Shining Star Home Health Care

Serving individuals at higher risk for hospitalization due to heart disease, stroke, and diabetes in the following counties in New York:

  • Bronx
  • Kings
  • New York
  • Queens

People, Home Health Services-Certified, Inc

The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities in the following counties in New York:

  • Erie
  • Niagara

Extended Home Care

The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities in the following counties in New York:

  • Bronx
  • Kings
  • Nassau
  • New York
  • Queens
  • Richmond
  • Suffolk

Datahr Home Health Care, Inc.

The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities in the following counties in New York:

  • Dutchess
  • Putnam
  • Westchester

Americare Certified Special Services Inc

Office of Mental Health/The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities in the following counties in New York:

  • Bronx
  • Dutchess
  • Kings
  • Nassau
  • New York
  • Orange
  • Putnam
  • Queens
  • Richmond
  • Rockland
  • Suffolk
  • Sullivan
  • Ulster
  • Westchester

Able Health Care Service Inc

The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities in the following counties in New York:

  • Bronx
  • Kings
  • Nassau
  • New York
  • Queens
  • Richmond
  • Suffolk

Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP)

Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) is a Medicaid program that allows customers to hire their own carers, including family members and friends, to assist them in their daily lives.

Participants in this Medicaid program who are chronically ill or physically challenged and have a medical need for assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) or skilled nursing care are eligible to receive services via the Medicaid program.

Providing personal care assistant (home attendant services), home health aide services, and nursing services are all examples of the kind of services that a personal care aide (home attendant), home health care aide, and nurse may be able to deliver to their respective customers.

Furthermore, people who choose to care for a chronically ill or physically impaired loved one can be reimbursed for their efforts in exchange for the compensation they demand and deserve in exchange for the compensation they require.

Care at Home Medicaid Waiver for Developmentally Disabled Children

Case management,respite, house adaptations, and vehicle modifications are all covered under the Medicaid Care at Home Waiver program, which permits Medicaid to pay for services that would not otherwise be covered under “normal” Medicaid. Children and their families may find that home care is a possibility as a result of these services. Despite the fact that this Medicaid money is limited to the kid, it can be utilized to assist cover the costs of caring for the child in the home setting.

To be eligible for the Care at Home Waiver, the following criteria must be met:

  • The person must be under the age of eighteen.
  • The individual must have a developmental impairment that is a debilitating condition.
  • The person must demonstrate that you have complex health-care requirements.
  • The person must have the ability to receive the degree of care offered by an intermediate care facility or skilled nursing facility (ICF/DD, i.e., a certified nursing home).
  • There is no need for an inpatient stay at a hospital.
  • The individual must not be eligible for Medicaid when the income and resources of the parents are taken into consideration; and must be eligible for Medicaid when the income and resources of the parents are not taken into consideration.

Care at Home (CAH I/II) Program for Physically Disabled Children

It is possible to get community-based services for physically handicapped children who require hospital or skilled nursing home level of care through the Medicaid-waiver CAHI/II program. This program permits the kid to remain at home rather than in an institutional environment. In order to assist families in caring for their impaired kid at home, Medicaid state plan and waiver services are offered. These services include case management, respite, home adaptations, vehicle modification, and palliative care, among other things. When taken as a whole, the cost of care for children enrolled in CAH I/II cannot be more expensive than the cost of care for children enrolled in a skilled nursing facility or hospital.

To be eligible for the Care at Home (CAH I/II) Program for Physically Disabled Children, the following criteria must be met:

  • The person must be under the age of eighteen.
  • Care at the level given by a skilled nursing facility or a hospital is required.
  • It is essential that they can be cared for safely at home.
  • The individual must be eligible for Medicaid based on his or her parents’ income and, if applicable, resources; or he or she must be ineligible for Medicaid due to his or her parents’ excess income and/or resources, but be eligible for Medicaid when his or her parents’ income and/or resources are not taken into consideration.
  • The person must not be married in order to be eligible for Care at Home (CAH).