Eligibility

• Age 18 or older

• Moving from an eligible setting to his/her own home

• Moving to a setting where these items and expenses are not normally furnished

• Not able to access transitional services from other funding sources (e.g., community nonprofit organizations).

A person must also:

• Be enrolled on the BI, CAC, CADI or DD waiver or be reasonably expected to enroll within 180 days

• Remain enrolled on the waiver for no less than 180 days after moving from the eligible setting to his/her own home.

Eligible settings

A person can use transitional services to move to his/her own home from any of the following eligible settings:

• Adult foster care homes (corporate and family)

• Hospitals

• Institution for mental diseases (IMD)

• Intensive rehabilitation treatment and Rule 36 settings

• Intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities (ICDs/DD)

• Nursing facilities

• Registered housing with services establishments

• Unlicensed settings.

Own home

A person’s own home is a setting that he or she owns, rents or leases that is not operated, owned or leased by a provider of services or supports.

Transitional services cover:

• Essential furniture (e.g., bed frames, box spring and mattress, dining table and chairs, dressers, lamps, sofas)

• Lease or rental deposits

• Household supplies (e.g., cleaning supplies, dishes, drinking glasses, flatware, pots and pans, sheets, towels)

• Moving expenses (e.g., moving vehicle rental, packing, unpacking)

• Pest and allergen treatment of the home

• Utility set-up fees and deposits

• Window coverings.

Per person, transitional services cover a maximum of:

• $3,000 per transition

• One transition every three years.

The cost of essential furniture may not exceed $1,000 of the $3,000.

The cost of household supplies may not exceed $300 of the $3,000.

RESOURCES

• Transitional Service - Program Information