Topic:
Disabled Children’s Home Care
A Presenter:
Vermont Health Connect & Expanded Kristen Bigelow-Talbert, Quality
Improvement Facilitator, Bi-State Primary
Medicaid – 10 minutes
Care Association
Disabled Children’s Home Care
AKA Katie Beckett - 15 minutes
Betty Morse, Health Services Training and
Technical Assistance Specialist/CSHN
Refugee and Immigrant Access
Terry Fitzgerald, Central Vermont
Eligibility Supervisor/ESD
– 15 minutes
Diapers & Durable Medical Equipment Aaron French, Deputy Commissioner,
– 20 minutes
Health Services & Managed Care Division
& Daljit Clark, Clinical Operations
Director/DVHA
Care Coordination & Medical Home
Debra Forrett, Medical Social
Worker/CSHN
– 20 minutes
Facilitated by Kristen Bigelow-Talbert & Betty Morse
AKA “Katie Beckett,” “Katie Beckett Program,”
or “Katie Beckett Waiver”
Vermont Family Network Conference 4/8/15
What is CSHN?
 A public health program for families, health care
providers, and communities.
 Supports Vermont children and youth with special
health needs by ensuring comprehensive, communitybased and family-centered services.
Betty Morse
Health Services Training & Technical Assistance Specialist
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1. Children with Special Health
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Needs in Vermont
Dr. Dynasaur versus DCHC
Eligibility
How do I apply?
Process
Follow up
What if I need help?
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Children with Special Health
Needs in Vermont
State %
National %
17.1
15.1
Estimated number of CSHCN:
21,790
The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Chartbook 2009-10 (HRSA)
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Dr. Dynasaur?
Disabled Children’s Home Care?
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Disabled Children’s Home Care is a Green Mountain
Care Program that allows certain children under the age of
19 who have long term disabilities, or complex medical
needs that require a high level of care, to become eligible
for Medicaid insurance even though their families’ income is
above the eligibility level for Dr. Dynasaur. With DCHC, only
the child’s income and resources are used to determine
eligibility – not the family income.
Having Medicaid enables children to be cared for by their
families at home, even if they need the level of care that
could be provided in a hospital or residential
center. Vermont supports DCHC because we know that
children thrive best in the care of their families and
communities.
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The Disabled Children’s Home Care application
is part of a Medicaid paper application packet
for the Aged, Blind, & Disabled (MABD) that is
processed through the Agency of Human
Services Economic Services Division.
 1-800-250-8427
 http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf
/esd/202MED.pdf
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What about my child?
 Vermont resident
 Under 19 years of age
 Not over $2000.00 in
resources
 Qualify under (SSA)
definition of disability
 Require “Institutional
level of care”
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Filling Out the Application
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Application Process
 Application & Document Processing Center
 Economic Services Division
 Disability Determination Services (DDS)
 Economic Services Division
 Reviewed for approval or denial
 Letter sent to applicant/family
 Entered in Medicaid Monitoring & Information
System (MMIS)
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What if I need help?
 Your local Economic Services
District Office
BARRE
5 Perry Street, Suite 150
Barre, VT 05641-4270
MORRISVILLE
63 Professional Drive, Suite 4
Morrisville, VT 05661
BENNINGTON
NEWPORT
200 Veteran's Memorial Drive, 100 Main Street, Suite 240
Suite 6
Newport, VT 05855
Bennington, VT 05201-1918
BRATTLEBORO
RUTLAND
232 Main Street, Second Floor 320 Asa Bloomer Building
Brattleboro, VT 05302
Rutland, VT 05701
BURLINGTON
119 Pearl Street
John Zampieri State Office
Building
Burlington, VT 05401-4405
SPRINGFIELD
100 Mineral Street, Suite 201
Springfield, VT 05156
HARTFORD
224 Holiday Drive, Suite A
White River Junction, VT
05001-2097
ST. ALBANS
27 Federal Street, Suite 400St.
Albans, VT 05478
MIDDLEBURY
ST. JOHNSBURY
156 South Village Green, Suite 67 Eastern Avenue, Suite 7
201
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Middlebury, VT 05753
 Green Mountain Care Health
Access Member Services
1-800-250-8427
 Vermont Family Network
(VFN)
1-800-800-4005
 Your CSHN Medical Social
Worker
1-800-660-4427
• Your Social Worker/Nurse
• Your Case Manager
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