State: KS Waiver name: Frail Elderly Description: This waiver allows persons aged 65+ who meet Medicaid Long Term Care threshold requirements to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: adult day care, sleep cycle support, wellness monitoring, and respite care. Contact Information: (785) 296-3959 State waiver website: Frail Elderly website Program Data:
Frail Elderly 2004 participant data
Frail Elderly 2004 expenditure data
State: KS Waiver name: Children with Severe Emotional Disturbance Description: This waiver allows children aged 18 and younger (or those between the ages of 18 and 21 if they had received at least 12 months of intensive services between the ages of 16 and 18 and services have continued after age 18) who meet the definition of severely emotionally disabled and meet the admission criteria for a state mental health hospital to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: wraparound facilitation/support, independent living/skill building services, parent support and training, and respite care. Contact Information: (785) 296-3471 State waiver website: Children with Severe Emotional Disturbance website Program Data:
Children with Severe Emotional Disturbance 2004 participant data
Children with Severe Emotional Disturbance 2004 expenditure data
State: KS Waiver name: Technology Assisted Children Description: This waiver allows medically fragile children aged 18 and younger who are dependent upon mechanical ventilators or intravenous administration of nutritional substances or drugs who meet the hospital level of care, but would otherwise be ineligible for Medicaid, to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: respite care, medical equipment and supplies, and case management. Contact Information: (785) 296-3561 State waiver website: Technology Assisted Children website Program Data:
Technology Assisted Children 2004 participant data
Technology Assisted Children 2004 expenditure data
Source: All information presented in these
tables were derived from public sources including state websites and the latest
available CMS Form 372, an annual report which includes waiver participants
and expenditures.
