Community Living Assistance and Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS)Support Services (CLASS)

• Our mission is to provide the best health Our mission is to provide the best health care services at the highest quality level. care services at the highest quality level. At Helping Hands, we promote wellness At Helping Hands, we promote wellness and sound quality of life. We feel our and sound quality of life. We feel our clients are the most important people in clients are the most important people in our business and we understand our our business and we understand our clients have choices, and for the ones that clients have choices, and for the ones that choose us as the provider, we will do choose us as the provider, we will do everything possible to honor their choices everything possible to honor their choices and provide the best services possible to and provide the best services possible to them.them.

• Our home health agency provides the Our home health agency provides the highest quality, most efficient and cost highest quality, most efficient and cost effective services to Medicaid, State effective services to Medicaid, State Contrast Programs, Private Insurance, Contrast Programs, Private Insurance, Private Pay Clients of all age groups from Private Pay Clients of all age groups from newborn to seniors. We have RN’s, LVN’s, newborn to seniors. We have RN’s, LVN’s, Physical Therapists, Aquatic Therapists, Physical Therapists, Aquatic Therapists, Vision Therapists, Dieticians, Licensed Vision Therapists, Dieticians, Licensed Psychologists, Social Workers, Case Psychologists, Social Workers, Case Managers, and Home health aids available Managers, and Home health aids available to take care of our clients.to take care of our clients.

• Our team will work with determining your Our team will work with determining your eligibility and submit required paperworkeligibility and submit required paperwork

• A service, which provides temporary relief A service, which provides temporary relief from care giving to the primary caregiver from care giving to the primary caregiver of a waiver participant during times when of a waiver participant during times when the participant’s primary caregiver would the participant’s primary caregiver would normally provide care.normally provide care.

• Are devices necessary to treat, Are devices necessary to treat, rehabilitate, prevent, or compensate for rehabilitate, prevent, or compensate for conditions resulting in disability or loss of conditions resulting in disability or loss of function. Adaptive aids enable people to function. Adaptive aids enable people to perform the activities of daily living (ADL) perform the activities of daily living (ADL) or control the environment in which they or control the environment in which they live.live.

• covered adaptive aids must be necessary covered adaptive aids must be necessary to prevent the institutionalization or to prevent the institutionalization or support the deinstitutionalization of a support the deinstitutionalization of a participant, and may include vehicle lifts participant, and may include vehicle lifts with tie-downs and other items that assist with tie-downs and other items that assist in the performance of activities of daily in the performance of activities of daily living, or help the participant control living, or help the participant control his/her environment, and are not covered his/her environment, and are not covered by other sourcesby other sources

• There is no age limit; however, the onset There is no age limit; however, the onset of the disability must have been before of the disability must have been before age 22age 22

• Have a DADS-approved initial individual Have a DADS-approved initial individual service plan that does not exceed the service plan that does not exceed the programs cost ceilingprograms cost ceiling

• Meet ICF/MR level of care criteriaMeet ICF/MR level of care criteria

• An example of a device, which would An example of a device, which would allow the environment control unit—a allow the environment control unit—a computer or other device that allows its computer or other device that allows its user to operate the phone, television, user to operate the phone, television, lights, and ect.lights, and ect.

• Have a demonstrated need for ongoing Have a demonstrated need for ongoing habilitation serviceshabilitation services

• Reside in a geographic catchment area Reside in a geographic catchment area where CLASS services are providedwhere CLASS services are provided

• Have chosen the CLASS program over the Have chosen the CLASS program over the ICF/MR program.ICF/MR program.

• Financial eligibility is determined by the Financial eligibility is determined by the Texas Health and Human Services Texas Health and Human Services CommissionCommission

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We provide services throughout the State We provide services throughout the State of Texasof Texas

OTHER PROGRAMSOTHER PROGRAMS

We cover the following:We cover the following:Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath,

Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Johnson, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervall, Tarrant, and Wise. Rockwall, Somervall, Tarrant, and Wise.