·State program
1915(i) Home and Community-Based Services
1915(i) Home and Community-Based Services provides in-home personal care, community transportation, home-delivered meals, housing support, transition services, and pest eradication to adults ages 21 and over with serious and persistent mental illness with income not exceeding 150% of the Federal Poverty Line.
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in Oregon?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
What are the current income and asset limits, and whose income counts?
Our record lists 150% of the federal poverty level — limits change, so confirm the current figures.
- 03
Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (21–null)?
- 04
What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- 05
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 06
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 07
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.
- 08
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 09
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Income and asset limits
“have income that does not exceed 150% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL)”
oregon.gov →Age of the person receiving care
“available for adults ages 21 and over”
oregon.gov →Disability of the person receiving care
“for persons with a Serious and Persistent Mental Illness (SMI)”
oregon.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
How to apply
- 01
The IQA receives requests for HCBS 1915(i) service authorization eligibility determinations for individuals who are potentially eligible for 1915(i) HCBS services from a referrer