Contact Info and Descriptions for all California Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers

The following is a list of all California 1915(c) Waivers by name - complete with a description, contact information and web link.

Waiver target group: MR/DD

State: CA
Waiver name: Developmentally Disabled
Description: This waiver allows persons with MR/DD who meet the ICF/MR level of care to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: transportation, adult residential care, day habilitation, and respite services.
Contact Information:
(916) 552-9105
State waiver website:
Developmentally Disabled website
Program Data:
Developmentally Disabled 2004 participant data
Developmentally Disabled 2004 expenditure data

Waiver target group: Aged/Disabled

State: CA
Waiver name: Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP)
Description: This waiver allows persons aged 65+ who are medically fragile to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: adult day care, housing assistance, chore and personal care assistance, respite, meal services, and transportation.
Contact Information:
Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) contact information
State waiver website:
Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) website
Program Data:
Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) 2004 participant data
Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) 2004 expenditure data

State: CA
Waiver name: In-Home Medical Care
Description: This waiver allows physically disabled individuals who meet the acute level of care for a minimum of 90 days to remain living at home and in the community as an alternative to hospitalization. Persons in this waiver typically have a catastrophic illness or injury and are dependent on medical technology to replace or supplant major organ systems. Services offered by this waiver include: private duty nursing, certified home health aide services, minor home modifications, and therapies.
Contact Information:
(916) 552-9105 in Sacramento; (213) 897-6774 in Los Angeles
State waiver website:
In-Home Medical Care website
Program Data:
In-Home Medical Care 2004 participant data
In-Home Medical Care 2004 expenditure data

State: CA
Waiver name: Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital (NF/AH)
Description: The purpose of the HCBS NF/AH Waiver is to provide Medi-Cal beneficiaries with long-term medical conditions, who meet the acute hospital, adult or pediatric subacute nursing facility, distinct-part nursing facility, adult or pediatric Level B (skilled) nursing facility, or Level A (intermediate) nursing facility (NF) LOC with the option of returning to and/or remaining in his/her home or home-like setting in the community in lieu of institutionalization.
Contact Information:
(916) 552-9105 in Sacramento; (213) 897-6774 in Los Angeles
State waiver website:
Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital (NF/AH) website
Program Data:
Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital (NF/AH) 2004 participant data
Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital (NF/AH) 2004 expenditure data

Waiver target group: HIV/AIDS

State: CA
Waiver name: AIDS
Description: This waiver allows persons who are cognitively and functionally impaired with symptomatic HIV disease or AIDS to remain living at home and in the community as an alternative to institutional care. Services offered under this waiver include: medical case management, attendant care, homemaker services, and transportation.
Contact Information:
(916) 449-5900
State waiver website:
AIDS website
Program Data:
AIDS 2004 participant data
AIDS 2004 expenditure data