This list contains all of the Medicaid waivers and other programs, regardless of type, available for children in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. The list can display up to 100 programs and is sortable by state, program type, ages served, level of care, population served, and income waiver. Click on the state name to access detailed information about that state and its programs. Paid parent caregiving info is not in this table but can be found compiled in our Paid Parent Caregiver List.
- Program Type information can be found in our About section.
- Level of Care denotes what type of institution the child would require if not in the program, and can be a Hospital, Nursing Facility, or Intermediate Care Facility.
- Income Waiver specifies whether or not the parents’ income is waived when applying to the program. A question mark means we are unsure.
Abbreviations
- 1915(c) = Home and Community Based Waiver
- TEFRA = TEFRA or Katie Beckett Option Program
- 1115 = 1115 Demonstration Waiver
- State = State-Run Program
- Hosp = Hospital
- NF = Nursing Facility
- ICF = Institutional Care Facility
- PRCF = Psychiatric Facility
- Yes = only the child’s income is counted; parent income is not counted
- No = parent income is counted
- ? = unknown
- PD = Physical or Other Health Disability
- MF = Medically Fragile or Technology Dependent
- ID/DD = Intellectual Disability and/or Developmental Disability and/or Autism
- Autism = Autism-Only Waiver
- BI = Brain Injury and/or Spinal Cord Injury
- SED = Serious Emotional Disturbance or Mental Illness
- HIV – HIV/AIDS
- All = All Populations
State | Program Name | Program Type | Ages Served | Level of Care | Income Waiver | Population(s) |
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Alabama | Home and Community Based Waiver for Persons with Intellectual Disability | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Alabama | Community Care Waiver | 1915(c) and 1115 | 3+ | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Alabama | HCBS Living at Home Waiver for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Alabama | Alabama Community Transition Waiver | 1915(c) | All | NF | Yes | PD |
Alabama | Home and Community-Based Waiver for the Elderly and Disabled | 1915(c) | All | NF | Yes | PD |
Alaska | TEFRA | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Alaska | Children w/Complex Medical Conditions | 1915(c) | 0-21 | NF | ? | MF |
Alaska | People w/Intellectual and DD | 1915(c) | All | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Alaska | Individualized Supports Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes? | ID/DD |
Arizona | Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System | 1115 | All | All | Yes | All |
Arkansas | Arkansas TEFRA-like | 1115 | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Arkansas | Community and Employment Support | 1915(c) | All | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Arkansas | Autism | 1915(c) | 1-7 | ICF | Yes | Autism |
California | HCBS Waiver for Californians with Developmental Disabilities | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
California | Self-Determination Program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
California | Home and Community Based Alternatives Waiver | 1915(c) | All | All | Yes | MF |
California | Medi-Cal Waiver Program | 1915(c) | All | Hosp NF | Yes | HIV |
Colorado | Persons with Brain Injury (HCBS-BI) Waiver | 1915(c) | 16+ | Hosp NF | No | BI |
Colorado | Children's Home and Community Based Services (CHCBS) Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-17 | Hosp NF | Yes | MF |
Colorado | Children's Habilitation Residential Program | 1915(c) | 0-20 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Colorado | Children's Extensive Support (CES) Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-17 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Colorado | HCBS Waiver for Children with Life-Limiting Illness | 1915(c) | 0-18 | Hosp | Yes | MF |
Connecticut | Employment and Day Supports | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Connecticut | Individual and Family Support | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Connecticut | Home and Community Supports Waiver for Persons with Autism | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | ? | Autism |
Connecticut | Comprehensive Supports | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Connecticut | Katie Beckett | 1915(c) | 0-22 | All | Yes | PD |
Delaware | Children's Community Alternative Disability Program | TEFRA-like | 0-18 | All | Yes | MF |
Delaware | DDDS Lifespan Waiver | 1915(c) | 12+ | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Delaware | Delaware Diamond State Health Plan (DSHP) | 1115 | All | All | Yes | All |
District of Columbia | TEFRA/Katie Beckett | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Florida | Project AIDS Care | 1915(c) | All | Hosp NF | ? | HIV |
Florida | Developmental Disabilities Individual Budgeting | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | Yes? | ID/DD |
Florida | Familial Dysautonomia Waiver | 1915(c) | 3-64 | Hosp | Yes | MF |
Florida | Model Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-20 | Hosp NF | Yes | MF |
Georgia | TEFRA/Katie Beckett | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Georgia | Elderly and Disabled | 1915(c) | All | NF | Yes | PD |
Georgia | New Options Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Georgia | Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program | 1915(c) | 5+ | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Hawaii | Hawaii QUEST | 1115 | All | All | Partial | All |
Hawaii | HCBS for People w/DD | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Idaho | Katie Beckett - TEFRA | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Illinois | HCBS Waiver for Persons with Brain Injury | 1915(c) | All | NF | No | BI |
Illinois | HCBS Waiver for Children that are Medically Fragile, Technology Dependent | 1915(c) | 0-20 | Hosp NF | Yes | MF |
Illinois | HCBS Waiver for Persons with HIV or AIDS | 1915(c) | All | NF | No | HIV |
Illinois | Persons with Disabilities | 1915(c) | 0-59 | NF | No | PD |
Illinois | Support Waiver for Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities | 1915(c) | 3-21 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Illinois | Residential Waiver for Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities | 1915(c) | 3-21 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Indiana | Traumatic Brain Injury | 1915(c) | All | NF ICF | Yes | BI |
Indiana | Health and Wellness Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-59 | NF | Yes | PD |
Indiana | Community Integration and Habilitation | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Indiana | Family Supports | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Iowa | Home and Community Based Services - Health and Disability (HD) Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-64 | NF ICF | Yes | PD |
Iowa | Children's Mental Health | 1915(c) | 0-17 | Hosp | ? | SED |
Iowa | Home and Community Based Services - Intellectual Disabilities (ID) Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Iowa | HCBS AIDS/HIV | 1915(c) | All | Hosp NF | ? | HIV |
Iowa | Home and Community Based Services - Brain Injury (BI) | 1915(c) | All | NF ICF | ? | BI |
Kansas | Technology Assisted Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-21 | Hosp | Yes | MF |
Kansas | HCBS Brain Injury | 1915(c) | 16-64 | Hosp | Yes | BI |
Kansas | HCBS Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Waiver | 1915(c) | 5+ | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Kansas | Physical Disability Waiver | 1915(c) | 16-64 | NF | Yes | PD |
Kansas | Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) Waiver | 1915(c) | 4-18 | Hosp | Yes | SED |
Kansas | Autism Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-5 | Hosp | Yes | Autism |
Kentucky | Supports for Community Living | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Kentucky | Model Waiver II | 1915(c) | All | NF | ? | MF |
Kentucky | Michelle P | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Kentucky | Home and Community Based Waiver | 1915(c) | All | NF | Yes | PD |
Louisiana | Children's Medicaid Option | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Louisiana | Residential Options Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Louisiana | Children's Choice Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-20 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Louisiana | New Opportunities Waiver | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | Partial | ID/DD |
Louisiana | Coordinated System of Care (CSoC) Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) Children's Waiver | 1915(c) | 5-20 | Hosp NF | Yes | SED |
Maine | Katie Beckett Waiver | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Maryland | Model Waiver for Fragile Children | 1915(c) | All | Hosp NF | Yes | MF |
Maryland | Waivers for Children w/Autism Spectrum Disorder | 1915(c) | 1-21 | ICF | Yes | Autism |
Maryland | Family Supports Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-21 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Maryland | Medical Day Care Services | 1915(c) | 16+ | NF | No | PD |
Massachusetts | Kaileigh Mulligan TEFRA Waiver | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Massachusetts | MA Children's Autism Spectrum Disorder | 1915(c) | 0-8 | ICF | No (usually) | ID/DD |
Massachusetts | MassHealth CommonHealth | State-based | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Michigan | Home Care Children's/TEFRA Program | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Michigan | Waiver for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances | 1915(c) | 0-21 | Hosp | Yes | SED |
Michigan | Children's Waiver Program | 1915(c) | 0-17 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Michigan | Habilitation Supports Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | No | ID/DD |
Minnesota | MA-TEFRA | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Minnesota | Brain Injury (BI) Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-64 | Hosp NF | Yes | BI |
Minnesota | Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-64 | Hosp | Yes | PD |
Minnesota | Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-64 | NF | Yes | PD |
Minnesota | Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Mississippi | Disabled Children Living at Home | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Mississippi | Independent Living Waiver | 1915(c) | 16+ | NF | Yes | PD |
Mississippi | Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD) Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Mississippi | Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver | 1915(c) | All | NF | Yes | BI |
Missouri | Children with Developmental Disabilities (MOCDD) Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-17 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Missouri | Partnership for Hope Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | No | ID/DD |
Missouri | Developmental Disabilities (DD) Comprehensive Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | No | ID/DD |
Missouri | Division of Developmental Disabilities (DD) Community Support Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | No | ID/DD |
Montana | Montana Big Sky | 1915(c) | All | NF | Yes | PD |
Montana | Home and Community-Based Waiver for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Nebraska | Katie Beckett Program | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Nebraska | HCBS Waiver for Aged, Adults, and Children with Disabilities | 1915(c) | All | NF | Yes | PD |
Nebraska | Comprehensive Developmental Disabilities Services Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Nevada | Katie Beckett Program | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Nevada | Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for Persons with Physical Disabilities | 1915(c) | All | NF | No | PD |
Nevada | HCBS Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | 1915(c) | All | ICF | No | ID/DD |
New Hampshire | Home Care for Children with Severe Disabilities | TEFRA-like | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
New Hampshire | Developmental Disabilities Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
New Hampshire | In Home Supports for Children with Developmental Disabilities | 1915(c) | 0-21 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
New Jersey | New Jersey Comprehensive Waiver | 1115 | All | All | Yes | All |
New Mexico | Centennial Care 2.0 | 1115 | All | NF | Yes | All |
New Mexico | Developmental Disabilities Waiver Program | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
New Mexico | Mi Via-ICF/IDD Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
New Mexico | Medically Fragile Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | MF |
New Mexico | Supports Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
New York | Children's Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-20 | Hosp NF ICF | Yes | All |
New York | OMRDD Comprehensive | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
North Carolina | Comprehensive Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
North Carolina | Supports Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
North Carolina | Community Alternatives Program for Children | 1915(c) | 0-20 | Hosp NF | Yes | MF |
North Carolina | Innovations | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
North Dakota | Children's Hospice Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-21 | NF | Yes | MF |
North Dakota | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Birth through Fifteen Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-15 | ICF | Yes | Autism |
North Dakota | Traditional Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities HCBS Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
North Dakota | Medicaid Waiver for Medically Fragile Children | 1915(c) | 3-17 | NF | Yes | MF |
Ohio | Home Care | 1915(c) | 0-59 | Hosp NF | Yes | PD |
Ohio | Individual Options | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Ohio | Self Empowered Life Funding (SELF) | 1915(c) | All | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Ohio | Level One | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Ohio | OhioRISE | 1915(c) | 0-20 | Hosp | No? | SED |
Oklahoma | TEFRA Children | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Oklahoma | Community | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | No | ID/DD |
Oklahoma | In-Home Supports Waiver for Children | 1915(c) | 3-17 | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Oregon | Medically Involved Children's Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-17 | NF | Yes | PD |
Oregon | Children's HCBS | 1915(c) | 0-17 | ICF | ? | ID/DD |
Oregon | Medically Fragile (Hospital) Model | 1915(c) | 0-17 | Hosp | Yes | MF |
Oregon | Children’s Extraordinary Needs Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-17 | Hosp NF ICF | ? | MF ID/DD |
Oregon | Behavioral (ICF/IDD) Model | 1915(c) | 0-17 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Pennsylvania | PH-95 Children | state-based | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Pennsylvania | Consolidated Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Pennsylvania | Person/Family Directed Support | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Pennsylvania | Community Living Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Pennsylvania | Medicaid Waiver for Infants, Toddlers and Families | 1915(c) | 0-2 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Rhode Island | Katie Beckett Program | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Rhode Island | Comprehensive Demonstration | 1115 | All | All | Via TEFRA | All |
South Carolina | Katie Beckett TEFRA Children | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
South Carolina | Community Supports (CS) Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
South Carolina | Medically Complex Children Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-21 | Hosp | Yes | MF |
South Carolina | Head and Spinal Cord Injury (HASCI) Waiver | 1915(c) | All | NF ICF | Yes | BI |
South Carolina | Intellectual Disability and Related Disabilities (ID/RD) Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
South Carolina | HIV/AIDS Waiver | 1915(c) | All | Hosp | Yes | HIV |
South Carolina | Palmetto Coordinated System of Care for Children (PCSC) Home and Community Based Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-21 | Hosp | Yes | SED |
South Dakota | Disabled Children's Program | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
South Dakota | Family Support 360 Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
South Dakota | CHOICES Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Tennessee | Employment and Community First CHOICES | 1115 | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Tennessee | Katie Beckett | 1115 | 0-18 | Hosp NF ICF | Yes | All |
Texas | Medically Dependent Children Program (MDCP) Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-20 | Hosp NF | Yes | MF |
Texas | Youth Empowerment Services (YES) | 1915(c) | 3-18 | Hosp | Yes | SED |
Texas | Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) Program Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Texas | Community Living Assistance & Support Services (CLASS) Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Texas | Deaf Blind w/Multiple Disabilities | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Texas | Home Living Program (TXHML) Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | No | ID/DD |
Utah | Waiver for Technology Dependent, Medically Fragile Individuals | 1915(c) | 0-20 | NF | Yes | MF |
Utah | Medically Complex Children's Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-19 | NF | Yes | MF |
Utah | UT Community Supports Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Other Related Conditions | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Utah | Limited Supports Waiver | 1915(c) | All | NF ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Utah | Community Transitions Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Utah | Autism Waiver | 1915(c) | 2-6 | ICF | Yes | Autism |
Vermont | Disabled Children's Home Care - Katie Beckett Program | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Vermont | Global Commitment to Health | 1115 | All | All | Via TEFRA | All |
Virginia | Community Living Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Virginia | Family and Individual Supports Waiver (DD) | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Virginia | Coordinated Community Care Plus | 1915(c)/1915(b) | All | Hosp NF | Yes | MF PD |
Washington | Children's Intensive In-Home Behavioral Support | 1915(c) | 8-20 | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Washington | Core Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Washington | Basic Plus Waiver | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Washington | Individual and Family Services | 1915(c) | All | ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
West Virginia | Children with Disabilities Community Service Program | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
West Virginia | Intellectual/Developmental Disability Waiver | 1915(c) | 3+ | ICF | No | ID/DD |
West Virginia | Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Waiver | 1915(c) | 3+ | NF | No? | BI |
West Virginia | Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance Waiver | 1915(c) | 3-21 | Hosp | unknown | SED |
Wisconsin | Katie Beckett Program | TEFRA | 0-18 | All | Yes | All |
Wisconsin | Children's Long Term Support Waiver | 1915(c) | 0-21 | Hosp NF ICF | Yes | All |
Wyoming | Children's Mental Health Waiver | 1915(c) | 4-21 | Hosp | Yes | SED |
Wyoming | Supports Waiver | 1915(c) | All | NF ICF | Yes | ID/DD |
Wyoming | Comprehensive Waiver | 1915(c) | All | NF ICF | Yes | ID/DD |