The preview of the new budget tool is out! You can learn more about it by reading the Service Mix Packet and watching the first and second videos from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare about it. You can see more documents about it, including the SIS score ranges for the budget levels, on our Documents page. Be sure to also check the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s My Choice Matters website for updates as they come out.
The deadline to give your feedback about the preview is Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 5:00 pm!
Send your feedback to HCBSWaivers@dhw.idaho.gov. Good feedback is specific and clear. Explain the reasons for your suggestions.
There will be two online meetings to learn more and give feedback.
Department of Health and Welfare online meeting:
Monday, March 1, 2021
1:30 pm to 4:30 pm MT / 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm PT
People with Idaho Medicaid will be at this meeting to get feedback about the budget tool preview. Please read the Service Mix Packet and watch the first and second videos from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare about it before coming to the meeting. If you have done a SIS assessment already, you can also review the SIS score ranges for the budget levels to give better feedback.
Anyone can join this meeting.
To join:
Link to join March 1 meeting
Or you can call in to 1-415-655-0003
Event number: 133 259 6365
Event password: 1234
This meeting will be in English only.
ACLU online meeting:
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm MT / 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm PT
This meeting is ONLY OPEN to
· adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities on Idaho Medicaid
and
· the closest family member or friend of one of those adults.
At this meeting, the lawyers who represent everyone in Idaho’s adult DD Medicaid program in the K.W. v. Armstrong class action lawsuit will give updates and answer questions. You can also give feedback at this meeting.
Please read the Service Mix Packet and watch the first and second videos from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare about it before coming to the meeting. If you have done a SIS assessment already, you can also review the SIS score ranges for the budget levels to give better feedback.
You must register for this meeting in advance: link to register.
This meeting will be in English and Spanish. There will be English captions. If you need accommodations to participate, please contact us.