How to Enroll for CMH Waiver Services
If you are a family interested in enrolling to receive Iowa CMH Waiver services, your first point of contact should be with an Income Maintenance (IM) Worker in the county where the youth needing services resides.  IM workers can provide you with the best information regarding eligibility and availability of services offered by the Iowa Department of Human Services.  First:

• determine the county of residence where the youth resides

• go to the DHS web page for County Offices and DHS Institutions, where you will find contact information for that county DHS office.  

CMH Service Providers
To locate service providers for the Children's Mental Health (CMH) Waiver, visit the DHS website to find providers in your area.

If you know of other agencies you would like to see offer CMH Waiver services, direct them to the Getting Started with CMH and Provider Services contact information within this web.

Targeted Case Managers
Targeted Case Managers provide leadership and coordination of a child's services under the CMH Waiver.  They work with a child's Inter-Disciplinary Team (IDT) to develop the case plan, then - through assessing, arranging, and monitoring those services - stay current with the child's progress, making referrals where needed to keep services appropriate to the child and family's needs.

• Contact info for Case Managers

 

Advocacy and Supports
There are a number of advocacy and support groups in Iowa for caregivers of children with SEDs, however we are just beginning to gather that information.  If you know of others, please contact us so we may consider adding them to our list.

• Local advocacy groups
• Legislators
• Web-Based Resources

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This page last updated: 3/7/2008

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