Community
Based Intellectual and Developmental Disability services are provided to adults
aged 18 and older with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities so they can remain in
the communities of their choice. Services include:
-Personal care: assistance with activity of daily living
skills;
-Habilitation: services
to assist the individual in retaining, acquiring, and
improving the self-help, socialization, and adaptive
skills necessary to reside and participate successfully in the
community;
-Supported
employment: supporting
people to seek and gain work and providing the support they need
maintain employment in a competitive and integrated setting;
-Residential
services: supporting individuals living in licensed homes and supported living settings;
-Respite
services: a
short-term/periodic relief or break for caregivers; and
-Education
and supportive services for families.
The services are accessed through Local Management Entities -Managed Care Organizations (LME-MCOs), which are local agencies responsible for overseeing and managing publicly funded mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse services; and through providers that contract with LME-MCOs throughout the state.