·State program
Missouri Consumer Directed Services (CDS)
Missouri Personal Care Assistance Consumer Directed Services (CDS) is a Medicaid state plan HCBS model offered through the Division of Senior and Disability Services. Participants who can self-direct and live independently choose an enrolled CDS provider, and the provider processes payroll for the attendant.
What it offers
Missouri CDS is a state plan consumer-directed personal care model for Medicaid participants age 18+ with a physical disability who can self-direct and meet nursing facility level of care. CDS participants choose an enrolled provider; the provider processes payroll for the individual attendant. Participants can choose who provides services, and the attendant may be a family member, but cannot be the participant's spouse or legal guardian.
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 Missouri?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
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Does your relationship to the person — parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
- 03
What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- 04
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?