Texas: Health & Disability Programs

Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services Services for adults and children with medical or physical disabilities include adult foster care, community attendant services, community based alternatives, community living assistance and support services, consumer managed personal attendant services, day activity and health services, deaf-blind services (home and community-based services for people who have legal blindness, […]

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Tennessee: Health & Disability Programs

Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability Programs include caregiving support; home and community based services including case management, homemaker services, personal care services, minor home modifications, Personal Emergency Response Systems, home delivered meals, respite care, assistive technology, pest control, personal care assistance/attendant, adult day care, and coverage for an assisted living facility; nutrition services; Long-Term […]

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South Dakota: Health & Disability Programs

South Dakota Department of Health’s Children’s Special Health Services – Health KiCC This program provides financial assistance for medical appointments, procedures, treatments, medication and travel for eligible children with certain chronic health conditions.  Care coordination is also available upon request based on need; a care coordinator can provide assistance in explaining the services a child […]

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Rhode Island: Health & Disability Programs

Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare’s Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) DDD provides residential services; day/employment services, which includes assistance to an individual in obtaining and/or maintaining employment, and with transportation or job training; and family supports that are provided in the home or in the community to assist the […]

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Pennsylvania: Health & Disability Programs

Pennsylvania Department of Aging This department provides various home and community based services, including home health care; personal care; health support services such as housekeeping, shopping assistance, laundry and mending and other routine household chores; respite care (caregiver relief); transportation; home-delivered meals; Family Caregiver Support Program; Older Adult Day Services Center; the Options Program, which […]

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Oklahoma: Health & Disability Programs

Oklahoma Department of Health’s Children with Special Health Care Needs This program provides specialty services to children with special needs and their families, including neonatal services, specialty services for children diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, formula for children with PKU, outreach clinics in rural areas, and respite care services. 2400 Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105 (405) 521-3679 […]

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Ohio: Health & Disability Programs

Ohio Department of Aging Featured services include the Golden Buckeye Card Program, which extends savings to eligible Ohioans (age 60 or older, as well as adults age 18-59 who have disabilities as defined by Social Security) and includes the Ohio’s Best Rx prescription drug discount program; the Assisted Living Waiver Program, which provides another option […]

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New Mexico: Health & Disability Programs

New Mexico Governor’s Commission on Disability-NM Technology Assistance Program The New Mexico Technology Assistance Program (NMTAP) is a program under The New Mexico Governor’s Commission on Disability (GCD). NMTAP offers free services to New Mexicans with disabilities to help them get the assistive technology (AT) services they need. NMTAP is a statewide program designed to […]

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New Jersey: Health & Disability Programs

New Jersey Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) Division of Child Behavioral Health Services DCF provides families with one point of contact that registers, tracks and coordinates care for children who are screened into its Children’s Behavioral Health Service System of Care; DCF contracts with PerformCare, a private entity that administers this service system that includes  […]

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New Hampshire: Health & Disability Programs

New Hampshire Department of Education’s Vocational Rehabilitation, Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Services for Blind and Visually Impaired provides needed services (mostly free) to help people with visual loss to enter, re-enter, or maintain employment.  Rehabilitation services can include: consultation on the Americans with Disabilities Act, job and task analysis; reasonable job accommodation; counseling […]

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