Service Name: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES - ASSISTED LIVING WAIVER

Organization Name: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES

• Description: Designed to assist Medi-Cal beneficiaries to remain in their community as an alternative to residing in a licensed health care facility. Facilitate a safe and timely transition of Medi-Cal eligible seniors and persons with disabilities from a nursing facility to a community home-like setting in a Residential Care Facility (RCF), an Adult Residential Care Facility (ARF), or public subsidized housing, utilizing ALW services Offer eligible seniors and persons with disabilities, who reside in the community, but are at risk of being institutionalized, the option of utilizing ALW services to develop a program that will safely meet his/her care needs while continuing to reside in a RCF, ARF, or public subsidized housing.
• Website: http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/ltc/Pages/AssistedLivingWaiver.aspx
• Phone(s):
• Hours: Website: Seven days a week, 24-hours
• Eligibility: Individual must meet all of the following ALW eligibility criteria:. Age 21 or older. Have full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility with zero share of cost. Have care needs equal to those of Medi-Cal-funded residents living and receiving care in Nursing Facilities. Willing to live in an assisted living setting as an alternative to a Nursing Facility. Able to reside safely in an assisted living facility or public subsidized housing. Willing to live in an assisted living setting located in one of the following counties providing ALW services: Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Sonoma counties.
• Requirements: Medi-Cal card.
• Areas Served:
  • United States
• Categories:
  • Home/Community Based Care Waiver Programs
  • Senior Housing Information and Referral
  • Housing Search Assistance
  • Housing Search Assistance