Individual & Family Developmental Disabilities Support (DD) Waiver

600 East Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: (804) 225-4222

• Adult companion services (8 hours maximum a day)
• Assistive technology ($5,000 maximum a year)
• Crisis stabilization (60 days maximum a year)
• Day support (780 units maximum a year)
• Environmental modifications ($5,000 a maximum year)
• Family/caregiver training (80 hours maximum a year)
• In-home residential support Personal assistance services
• Personal Emergency Response System
• Respite care (consumer-directed & agency; 720 hours maximum a year)
• Skilled nursing
• Supported employment
• Therapeutic consultation

Eligibility: Diagnosis of autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or any other developmental disability before age 22 that results in substantial limitation in three of more of these areas: self-care, communication (verbal and non-verbal), learning, mobility, self-direction, or capacity for independent living, (NOTE: Any diagnosis of Mental Retardation (MR) disallows eligibility for the DD Waiver), income limits, and must meet the criteria for eligibility for placement in an Intermediate Care Facility for Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR).

Intake: Fill out a screening form (available at http://www.dmas.virginia.gov/downloads/forms/DMAS-305.pdf) and fax to DMAS at 804-371-4986. A Local Services Coordinator serves those in Planning District 10 and can help you get the form and answer any questions you may have about the process: Care Works, Ms. Kathryn Korbon, 930 Gillums Ridge Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, Phone: (434) 984-6237, Fax: (434) 295-2504