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Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services
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About Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services
Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services provides services for individuals with developmental disabilities that enable them to live as independently as possible in their communities. BDDS assists individuals in receiving community supports and residential services using a person-centered plan to help determine which services are needed and who can best provide them. BDDS also monitors the quality of care and the facilities of those who are approved to provide these services in Indiana.
Services and service information
BDDS provides an array of services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To explore the types of services that BDDS offers, service descriptions have been provided below or you may contact your local BDDS field services office. To apply for services or to determine if you may qualify for services, please contact the local BDDS field services office near you.
- Directions to nearest BDDS office
- Locations and maps: BDDS district field services locations and maps
Home- and Community-Based Medicaid Waivers
Community Integration and Habilitation Waiver: This waiver provides Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services to participants in a range of community settings as an alternative to care in an intermediate care facility for individuals with developmental disabilities or related conditions. The waiver serves persons with a developmental disability, intellectual disability or autism and who have substantial functional limitations, as defined under the paragraph for “Persons with related conditions” in 42 CFR 435.1010. Participants may choose to live in their own home, family home or community setting appropriate to their needs. Participants develop an Individualized Support Plan using a person-centered planning process guided by an Individualized Support Team. The goal of the CIH Waiver is to provide access to meaningful and necessary home- and community-based services and supports, seeks to implement services and supports in a manner that respects the participant’s personal beliefs and customs, ensures that services are cost-effective, facilitates the participant’s involvement in the community where he/she lives and works, facilitates the participant’s development of social relationships in his/her home and work communities, and facilitates the participant's independent living.
Family Supports Waiver: This waiver provides Medicaid HCBS waiver services to participants in a range of community settings as an alternative to care in an intermediate care facility individuals with developmental disabilities or related conditions. The waiver serves persons with a developmental disability, intellectual disability or autism and who have substantial functional limitations, as defined under “Persons with related conditions” in 42 CFR 435.1010. Participants may choose to live in their own home, family home or community setting appropriate to their needs. Participants develop an Individualized Support Plan using a person-centered planning process guided by an Individual Support Team. The IST includes the participant, their case manager and anyone else of the participant’s choosing but typically family and/or friends. The participant, with the team, selects services, identifies service providers of their choice and develops a plan of care and is subject to an annual waiver services cap of $17,300. The FSW provides access to meaningful and necessary home- and community-based services and supports, implements services and supports in a manner that respects the participant’s personal beliefs and customs, ensures that services are cost-effective, facilitates the participant’s involvement in the community where he/she lives and works, facilitates the participant’s development of social relationships in his/her home and work communities, and facilitates the participant’s independent living.
Supervised Group Living: A group home, or Supervised Group Living, is a residential option and alternative to waiver placements for eligible individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities needing services. There are almost 500 SGL homes in the State of Indiana with a capacity to serve over 3,000 individuals. Homes are licensed and governed by state and federal regulations and have an annual recertification which includes Life Safety (e.g., two annual Indiana State Department of Health recertification surveys; one is related to care of individuals residing in the home and the other is Life Safety).
BDDS Fact Sheets
- About the Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services
BDDS resources
- Webinar: Waiver notice and public comment process
- BDDS waitlist web portal
- BDDS district field services locations and maps
- Developmental disability eligibility IC 12-7-2-61
- DDRS HCBS waivers provider reference module (July 2019)
Webinars
- Budget Modification Request/Budget Review Questionnaire training
- BMR training PowerPoint (10/31/2017)
- Planning Indiana's future - PowerPoint (04/28/2015)