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Individuals
with mental retardation who reside in the State of Alabama, and who
meet the criteria for admission to a developmental center, will be
admitted for evaluation for services (or as required by a Court
Order), or may be admitted for short-term respite services or crisis
stabilization services.
Admission Criteria:
Individuals who meet the following specific
criteria may be eligible for residence
in the developmental center/Intermediate Care Facility for Persons
with Mental
Retardation (ICF/MR) for the provision of identified services and
supports:
§
significantly
sub-average general intellectual functioning (IQ lower than 70 on
a standardized intelligence test), existing concurrently with
§
deficits in adaptive
behavior that manifested in the developmental period (before the
age of 18 years, for mental retardation).
·
Community-based
services, both generic and specialized, do not afford the person
adequate services for habilitation.
·
Residence in a
state-operated developmental center is the least restrictive
environment adequate for the person’s habilitation at the time.
·
The individual must
be determined to require (for eligibility for federal
Medicaid Financial participation)
specialized or generic training, treatment, health and related
services in three or more of the following areas of life
activity: Self-care, Receptive and Expressive Language, Learning,
Self Direction, Mobility, Capacity for Independent Living, and
training to self-control challenging behaviors. These services are
directed towards: (a) the acquisition of behaviors necessary for
the individual to function with as much self-determination and
independence as capable and/or (b) the prevention of regression or
loss of current optimal functional status.
Crisis Stabilization Admission
A temporary, short-term admission
of an individual who is experiencing difficulties in social
adjustment, or is in behavioral and/or medical crisis, when there
is no alternative option for residential and treatment supports
and
interventions otherwise available
at the time in their current setting. If the
projected length of stay is beyond
30 days, the individual will be placed on
30-day evaluation status.
Respite Care Admission
A temporary, short-term (less than
30-45 days) admission of an individual,
who meets service criteria, from a
family home to provide the caregiver a
period of rest from their
responsibilities.
HOW TO APPLY
FOR HOME- OR COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES
OR
FOR ADMISSION TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTER
CONTACT THE REGIONAL MR COMMUNITY
SERVICES OFFICE THAT SERVES YOUR COUNTY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION,
ASSISTANCE AND REFERRAL (See list of offices herein)
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