HCBS Participant Planning

• Charting the LifeCourse - Resources to help you with your person-centered plan. Choose a tool and complete it before your meeting to help your team focus on YOU.
• ​Using CtLC in My Own Life - video introducing CtLC to participants​
• Integrated Supports Star​ - use the tool
• Integrated Supports Star Webpage​ - all about how to use this tool to guide thinking about supports
  
• Tip Sheet - overview on how and why to use this tool
  
• ​Video on Using the Integrated Supports Star to Plan (2 mins)
  
• Life Trajectory 
• Tip Sheet - overview on using the trajectory principle
  
• Trajectory for Exploring - use the tool
  
• Trajectory for Planning - use the tool
  
• Video on Using Trajectory​ (2 mins) 
  

YOU choose who you want to support you. 

Your team must include you, your Service Coordinator, and any Medicaid HCBS service providers who work with you. When you have a guardian, they are on your team. You can invite other family, friends, or organizations.

When choosing a team, it may be helpful to think about:

• ​Who are your cheerleaders?
  
• Who keeps you grounded?
  
• Who is an expert in something you enjoy or want to do?​​​

Your meetings are with your team. You choose your team! Your meetings are person-centered for YOU.​

There are at least two meetings held each year. Before your meetings, your Service Coordinator talks with you about your needs and available services. Your team will discuss your progress toward goals. When services do not meet your needs, any team member can request a meeting.​

​Enable accounts are offer checking, savings, and investment accounts for people with disabilities. This gives participants the ability to save money without it affecting their benefits (up to $100,000). 

• Enable Website
  
• Enable Summary Brochures:
  
• For the ISP team
  
• For the IEP team​
  
• Learn More:
  
• Eligibility Graphic
• Enable Plan ​Information Guide​​​

You do NOT need a guardian in order to have services; however, many participants d​​o have guardians. If you have a guardian, this is some information they need to know about the guardianship process and their responsibilities. 

• Supported Decision-Making and Guardianship - Nebraska resource from UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute, the Nebraska Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Disability Rights Nebraska.
• State of Nebraska Judicial Branch, Office of The Public Guardian resources:
• The Court Appointment Process  
• Guardian and Conservator Education - The Course "Becoming a Guardian and/or Conservator" is required by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2627 (D). 
• Frequently Asked Questions about Guardianship
  
• Resources based on age/need:
• Aging and Adult
  
• Child and Family
  
• Developmental Disabilities 
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln Extension "NebFact" resources:
• Alternatives to Guardianship
  
• Decision Making as a Guardian
  
• Guardianship Responsibilities to the Ward
  
• Guardianship Responsibilities to the Court
  
• Guardianship/Conservatorship Financial Responsibilities
  
• What is Guardianship?
  

HCBS Waivers are Medicaid services. Learn more about Medicaid and what else may be available to you.

• ​​Medicaid Services​ - covered items
  
• Medically Needy and Share of Cost ​
  
• ​Share of Cost Brochure​ - understanding your share​
• ​Copayments - standard amounts when you have a responsibility to pay​
• State Unit on Aging​ - information for those age 65 and older
  

​DDD partners with Nebraska VR for employment services. For more information:

• Nebraska VR Website
  
• Nebraska VR Brochures:
  
• ​Prepare for, Find, and Keep a Job - includes office addresses across Nebraska
  
• Pathway to Employment
  

Participants and guardians can access Therap, the web-based case management system.

• Therap Website - Login to your account.
  
• Therap Access Release - Fill out and submit to request a username and password.
• Access for Guardians and Participants - Information about Therap access.
  
• Authorization for Disclosure of Protected Health Information - Fill out and submit with the Therap access form, as a participant or guardian requesting Therap​ access for someone else.