Services

When you apply for 1915(i), you will be matched to the right services based on your needs and goals.

1. Respite Care

Gives caregivers a break, while knowing that their loved one is cared for. Care for the member could be provided in or out of the home.

• Overnight care
• Weekend care
• Emergency care

This service helps caregivers caring for people with:

• Serious emotional disturbance (SED), substance use disorder (SUD); ages 3-20
• Intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), traumatic brain injury (TBI); ages 3 or older

2. Community Transition

Get up to $5,000 in credit to help you move from an institution or approved setting to your own home. Approved settings can be a state-operated health care facility, a foster or group home, a psychiatric residential treatment facility, a community intermediate care facility (ICF-IID) and more.

• Security deposit for an apartment or house
• Essential home furnishings, like furniture, kitchen utensils and linens
• Moving expenses
• Set-up fees for utilities (like phone, internet, gas)

This service helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), substance use disorder (SUD), serious mental illness (SMI), severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI); it is available for people of all ages.

3. Supported Employment / Individual Placement and Support Services

Learn skills to find, get and keep a job that’s right for you.

• Career planning and discovery
• Résumé assistance
• Job interview practice
• Support with assigned job tasks
• Transportation services

The “Supported Employment” service helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), traumatic brain injury (TBI); ages 16 or older

The “Individual Placement and Support Services” service helps people with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI), serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED); ages 16 or older

4. Community Living and Support

Learn skills to help you live independently at home and participate in the community.

• Manage eating, bathing, dressing, personal care, hygiene and other daily activities
• Life skills such as shopping and banking
• Extra support for health and safety

This service helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), traumatic brain injury (TBI); it is available for people of all ages.

5. Individual and Transitional Support

Get personalized support for your recovery from mental health issues or substance use disorders.

• Participate and guide your recovery process
• Access transportation
• Find housing
• Manage your finances
• Continue your education

This service helps people with:

• substance use disorder (SUD); ages 16 or older
• serious mental illness (SMI), severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI); ages 18 or older
• serious emotional disturbance (SED); ages 16-21

If you get these services through the “1915(b)(3) waiver” program, they are now moving to the 1915(i) waiver. To keep getting those services after June 30, 2024, you might need to do an assessment. Contact your LME/MCO health plan, like Alliance, Partners, Trillium or Vaya Total Care, to make sure your services continue.

Eligibility

You must have an NC Medicaid health plan managed by an LME/MCO (Alliance, Partners, Trillium, Vaya Total Care) like:

• NC Medicaid Direct
• Tailored Plans
• EBCI Tribal Option
• The Children & Families Specialty Plan (upon launch)

These groups are not eligible for 1915(i):

• Standard Plan members (WellCare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, HealthyBlue, AmeriHealth Caritas, Carolina Complete Health)
• NC Innovations Waiver enrollees*
• TBI Waiver enrollees*