ETB 24: In this episode I talk with Heather Burdeaux, a former guest from episode ETB 4 Paying Attention to Behavior Changes, Expectation Management & Maintaining Friendships.

As a  case manager Heather shares about Community First Choice (CFC), a program in Texas that provides certain services and supports to individuals living in the community who are enrolled in the Medicaid program and meet CFC eligibility requirements. Services and supports may include:

• activities of daily living (eating, toileting, and grooming), activities related to living independently in the community, and health-related tasks (personal assistance services);
• acquisition, maintenance, and enhancement of skills necessary for the individuals to care for themselves and to live independently in the community (habilitation);
• providing a backup system or ways to ensure continuity of services and supports (emergency response services); and
• training people how to select, manage and dismiss their own attendants (support management).

Medicaid Buy In for Children: https://texasmedicaidwaivers.com/medicaid/medicaid-buy-in-programs/medicaid-buy-in-for-children/

Community First Choice: https://texasmedicaidwaivers.com/medicaid/benefits-of-medicaid/community-first-choice/

CLASS Form 3596 PAS/Habilitation Plan: https://www.hhs.texas.gov/handbooks/community-living-assistance-support-services-provider-manual/forms

HCS Form 8510 HCS/TxHmL CFC PAS/HAB Assessment: https://www.hhs.texas.gov/handbooks/home-community-based-services-handbook/forms

Paths to Medicaid: https://texasmedicaidwaivers.com/medicaid/

Disability Rights Texas: https://www.disabilityrightstx.org/en/home/

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Heather Burdeaux: [email protected]

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