What is the 1915(i)?
The 1915(i) is a Medicaid program that allows individuals with behavioral health conditions to access supportive home and community-based services.
For more information on 1915(i), and the steps to apply for it, please visit the main 1915i webpage.
Services Available through 1915(i)
The care coordinator develops a person-centered plan of care and assists in gaining access to needed 1915i services such as:
- Training and Support for Unpaid Caregivers - help for your caregiver to learn ways to support you
- Community Transition Services - money to help move into your own home after living in a group home, treatment center, or nursing home
- Benefits Planning - help to learn about your benefits and how things change when you get a job in your community
- Non-Medical Transportation - For specific, person-centered goal related rides to activities in your community, or to non-medical appointments.
- Respite - short term help for you while your caregiver runs errands or takes care of other needs
- Pre-Vocational Training - help for a short time so you can learn work or volunteer skills
- Supported Education - help so you can work on your educational goals
- Supported Employment - help getting and keeping a job in your community
- Housing Support - help so you can move into and/or stay in your own home
- Family Peer Support - help for your caregivers by having them work with a peer support
- Peer Support - help for you from other people who also live with challenges