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Kentucky Consumer Directed Option (CDO) / Supports for Community Living

Kentucky offers a Consumer Directed Option (CDO) under its Home and Community Based (HCB) waivers, allowing Medicaid-eligible individuals to hire and manage their own attendants. The program covers multiple waiver populations including Acquired Brain Injury, the Michelle P. Waiver, and the HCB Waiver, providing flexibility for individuals with various disabilities and care needs.

Kentucky CDO provides consumer-directed personal care and attendant services with pay rates of approximately $12-$15/hr. Available under multiple HCB waivers including Acquired Brain Injury, Michelle P. Waiver, and HCB Waiver. Family members and spouses can be hired as paid attendants. Waitlists are typical for waiver services.

Some details for this program are still being verified. Check the official source for the most current information.

Eligibility

  • Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
  • Relationship: spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, non relative

Services

Kentucky CDO provides consumer-directed personal care and attendant services with pay rates of approximately $12-$15/hr. Available under multiple HCB waivers including Acquired Brain Injury, Michelle P. Waiver, and HCB Waiver. Family members and spouses can be hired as paid attendants. Waitlists are typical for waiver services.