The state of New Jersey has three important Medicaid Waiver Programs to help disabled residents who are in a nursing facility, are in need of a nursing facility, or who are at-risk for needing this type of care. These programs are the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Waiver program, the Community Resources for People with Disabilities (CRPD) Waiver program and the AIDS Community Care Alternatives Program (ACCAP) Waiver program.
Traumatic Brain Injury
This waiver first came into effect in 1993, when it was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It was first renewed in 1996 and is renewable every five years. With 350 slots available, this waiver helps provide ambulatory people with community-based resources. These people must either currently reside in a nursing home or be at risk for placement in a nursing home. They must have also received their brain injury after turning 21 years of age, declared permanently disabled and meet income and resource limits set by the state's Medicaid program. Lastly, they must rate four or above on the Rancho Los Amigos Scale.
Community Resources for People with Disabilities
This waiver is renewable every five years. With 300 slots available, this waiver helps provide those in a nursing home or likely headed for a nursing home with resources they need to remain in or return to the community. Beneficiaries can be of any age, but they must have been declared disabled by the Social Security Administration. When determining a child's eligibility, the parents' income and resources are not counted and when determining an adult's eligibility the spouse's income is not counted.
AIDS Community Care Alternatives
This waiver first came into effect in 1987, when it was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It is renewable every five years. With 750 slots available, this waiver helps provide those who have been diagnosed with AIDS and are institutionalized or who need institutional care with New Jersey Title XIX Medicaid Services, case management services, private-duty nursing services and hospice care. This waiver program accepts those of any age who have been declared disabled by the Social Security Administration and have also been diagnosed with AIDS or those under 13 who have tested HIV positive. When determining a child's eligibility the parents' income and resources are not counted and when determining an adult's eligibility the spouse's income is not counted.
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