·State program
Colorado Consumer Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS)
Colorado Consumer Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) provides participants with a monthly budget to hire and manage their own attendants, including family members and spouses. Colorado implemented Community First Choice (1915k) with self-direction options. CDASS is available under multiple waivers including the Elderly Blind and Disabled (EBD) waiver.
What it offers
Colorado Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) allows Health First Colorado (Medicaid) members to hire, train, and manage their own attendants—including family members, friends, and others (with some restrictions)—to provide personal care, homemaker, and health maintenance services.
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
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Does the person receiving care live in Colorado?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
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Does your relationship to the person — spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
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What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
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Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
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Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
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Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
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What documents do you need from us to start an application?
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Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?