Crisis

1. Health and Safety conditions pose a serious risk of immediate harm or death to the individual or others;
2. Loss of Primary Caregiver support or change in caregiver’s status to the extent the caregiver can’t meet needs of the individual; or
3. Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation of the individual.

Priority

1. Individual’s circumstances or conditions necessitate substantial accommodation that cannot be reasonably provided by the individual’s primary caregiver;
2. Person has exhausted both educational and VR benefits or not eligible for VR benefits and have a need for pre-employment or employment services;
3. Individual has been receiving supports from local funding for 3 months or more and services are still needed and the service can be covered by the waiver. Refinancing; or
4. Person living in a non-Medicaid funded RCF chooses to transition to the community and determined capable of residing in a less restrictive environment with access to the PFH waiver.

The participating County Board will prioritize the level of need based on the criteria spelled out in the question #2 above. County Boards that do not provide Targeted Case Management will coordinate the prioritization of enrollment in Partnership for Hope Waiver with the support coordinator.