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All DADS services
- Services for adults and children with medical/physical disabilities
- Services for older adults age 60+ and caregivers
- Services for adults and children with an intellectual and developmental disability
- Additional services
Services for adults and children with medical/physical disabilities
For more information about the services listed below, click here to find your local Community Services Office. Not all services are offered in all areas.
Adult Foster Care (AFC)
Services such as assistance with personal care, activities of daily living and transportation provided in a 24-hour living arrangement with supervision for persons unable to independently function in their own homes. Click here to read more about AFC.
Community Attendant Services (CAS)
Attendant care services provided to persons with a medical diagnosis that results in functional limitations. Click here to read more about CAS.
Community Based Alternatives (CBA)
Services and supports provided to persons in their own home, an assisted living facility or in an adult foster care setting as an alternative to institutional care in a nursing facility. These services may include adaptive aids and medical supplies, adult foster care, assisted living, residential care services, consumer directed services, emergency response services, home delivered meals, minor home modifications, nursing services, occupational therapy, physical therapy, personal assistance services, respite care, speech and/or language pathology services and prescription drugs (if not covered through Medicare). Click here to read more about CBA.
Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS)
Home and community-based services and supports, such as habilitation, adaptive aids, dental treatment, minor home modifications, nursing, skilled and specialized therapies, behavioral support, respite, case management, support/continued family services and transition assistance services available to individuals diagnosed with a developmental disability classified as a related condition other than an intellectual disability as an alternative to institutional placement. Additional information can be obtained by calling 1-877-438-5658 (toll free). Click here to read more about CLASS.
Client Managed Personal Attendant Services (CMPAS)
Personal assistance services provided to persons with physical disabilities who can supervise their attendants or delegate the supervision. Services are available in the Lubbock, Dallas, Nacogdoches, Harris, Travis, Bexar and El Paso county areas and all of the lower 19 counties of south Texas. Click here to read more about CMPAS.
Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS)
Daytime services provided Monday through Friday to address physical, medical and social needs in a congregate setting. Click here to read more about DAHS.
Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD)
Home and community-based services for individuals diagnosed with legal blindness; a chronic, severe hearing impairment; or a condition that leads to deaf-blindness and a third disability that results in impairment to independent functioning. This program is an alternative to institutional care and offers services such as habilitation, orientation and mobility, and assisted living. Additional information can be obtained by calling 1-877-438-5658 (toll free). Click here to read more about DBMD.
Emergency Response Services (ERS)
An electronic monitoring system for emergency assistance available for persons who spend significant time alone and have a functional impairment. Click here to read more about ERS.
Family Care Services (FCS)
Non-skilled attendant care services, such as home management or personal care services, available to persons with functional limitations to assist with activities of daily living. Click here to read more about FCS.
Home Delivered Meals (HDM)
Delivery of a nutritious meal to a person's home to ensure at least one healthy meal per day. Click here to read more about HDM.
Hospice Services
A program of palliative care consisting of medical, social and support services provided to persons with a terminal illness and a physician's prognosis of six months or less to live. Additional information can be obtained by calling 512-438-3519. Click here to read more about Hospice.
In-Home and Family Support Program (IHFSP)
Grants to persons age four and older who have physical disabilities, to purchase disability-related services, minor home modifications and equipment that are not available under any other program. Click here to read more about IHFSP.
Medically Dependent Children Program (MDCP)
Services and supports to families caring for a medically dependent child in their home who is less than 21 years of age. These services may include adaptive aids, adjunct support services (such as those that support independent living, participation in child care and participation in post-secondary education), minor home modifications, respite and transition assistance services. Click here to read more about MDCP.
Primary Home Care (PHC)
Attendant care services provided to persons with a medical diagnosis that results in functional limitations. Click here to read more about PHC.
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
Comprehensive community-based services and supports, such as any and all health-related services, social services, in-home care, meals, transportation, day activity and housing assistance, for frail elderly persons as an alternative to nursing facility care. These services are currently available in the Amarillo, Lubbock and El Paso areas. Additional information can be obtained by calling 512-438-2013. Click here to read more about PACE.
Residential Care (RC)
Access to 24-hour assistance, including personal care, home management and social and recreational services, for persons who do not require daily nursing intervention. Click here to read more about RC.
Special Services to Persons with Disabilities (SSPD)
Services provided in a variety of settings designed to assist persons in developing the skills needed to live in the community as independently as possible. Services are available in the Dallas, Tyler and Houston areas. Additional information can be obtained by calling 512-438-3740. Click here to read more about SSPD.
Special Services to Persons with Disabilities/24-Hour Shared Attendant Care (SSPD-SAC)
Attendant care available 24 hours a day for persons living independently in a clustered living environment to achieve habilitative or rehabilitative goals. Services are only available in Houston. Additional information can be obtained by calling 512-438-3740. Click here to read more about SSPD-SAC.
Services for adults age 60+ and caregivers
For more information about the services listed below, call 1-800-252-9240 and you will be routed to the area agency on aging (AAA) nearest you. Not all services are offered in all areas.
Access and Assistance Services
Access and assistance services are designed to provide access to information and assistance in identifying, supporting and meeting the needs of individuals who are older and their family caregivers. Access and assistance services include information, referral and assistance, care coordination, caregiver support and coordination, benefits counseling and awareness and advocacy for residents of long term care facilities through the Ombudsman program. Click here to read more about AAA services.
Caregiver Support Services
Caregiver support services are services for families to assist them in maintaining their caregiver roles. A caregiver is an adult family member or another individual who provides in-home and community care to an individual who is older or to an individual with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder with neurological and organic brain dysfunction. Additionally, a grandparent or individual who is older who is a relative caregiver, who lives with the child, is the primary caregiver based on certain circumstances, and has a legal relationship to the child, or is raising the child informally, may be eligible for services when the child is 18 years of age or younger or has severe disabilities regardless of age. Services provided under this program include caregiver support coordination, caregiver information services, caregiver education and training, caregiver respite care-in-home, institutional and non-residential (such as the caregiver's day out program) support. Click here to read more about AAA services.
In-Home Support Services
In-home and community services are designed to assist individuals who are older in avoiding institutionalization, assist individuals who are older in long-term care institutions who are able to return to their communities and assist individuals who are older in living independently in a home environment. In-home and community services include homemaker and personal assistance services, chore maintenance, adult day care, residential repair, health screening, monitoring and maintenance, emergency response, instruction, training, transportation, hospice services and services provided in a senior center. Click here to read more about AAA services.
Nutrition Services
Nutrition programs are designed to reduce hunger and food insecurity, promote socialization of individuals who are older. Programs are also designed to promote the health and well-being of individuals who are older by assisting such individuals to gain access to nutrition and other disease prevention and health promotion services to delay the onset of adverse health conditions resulting from poor nutritional health or sedentary behavior. Nutrition programs provide meals and educational services to ensure individuals who are older have access to appropriate nutrition and access to socialization. Services include congregate and home delivered meals, nutrition education and nutrition counseling. Click here to read more about AAA services.
Services for adults and children with an intellectual and developmental disability (IDD)
For more information about the services listed below, click here to find your local authority.
Home and Community-based Services (HCS)
Services and supports available to individuals diagnosed with an intellectual disability or a related condition, who are living with their family, in their own home or in other community settings, such as small group homes. Services include residential assistance (supported home living, foster/companion care, supervised living, residential support), adaptive aids, dental treatment, minor home modifications, skilled therapies, behavioral support, nursing, day habilitation, employment assistance, supported employment and respite. Click here to read more about HCS.
Intermediate Care Facility for Persons Intellectual Disability (ICF/ID)
24-hour residential and habilitation services provided in homes for groups ranging in size from six to more than 100 people. Click here to read more about ICF/ID.
IDD Community Services (Local Authority Services)
Services and supports, such as day habilitation, employment assistance and respite provided to assist persons to live in the community. Click here to read more about local authorities.
State Supported Living Center (SSLC)
State-operated centers that provide 24-hour residential and habilitation services for people with severe or profound intellectual disability, or those people with an intellectual disability who are medically fragile or have behavioral problems. Click here to read more about living centers.
Texas Home Living Program (TxHmL)
Services and supports available to people diagnosed with an intellectual disability or a related condition, who live in their family homes or their own homes. Services include community support, adaptive aids, dental treatment, minor home modifications, skilled therapies, behavioral support, nursing, day habilitation, employment assistance, supported employment and respite. Click here to read more about TxHmL.
Additional services
Relocation Assistance
Assistance available to individuals living in a nursing facility to transition back to their own homes or community setting. For more information, click here to find your DADS local office.
Texas Health Steps
Available through the Texas Department of State Health Services, this program provides periodic preventive medical checkups, diagnosis and treatment, including the activities that promote and support preventive health care, for Medicaid enrolled children through age 20. An expanded portion of the Texas Health Steps program, called the Comprehensive Care Program, includes treatment in freestanding psychiatric hospitals, developmental speech therapy, developmental occupational therapy, augmentative communication devises/systems and private duty nursing. For more information, call 1-877-847-8377.
STAR+PLUS Program
A Texas Medicaid program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission that provides services through a managed care system. STAR+PLUS serves specific areas of the state and provides an alternative to nursing facility placement. Covered services include doctor and hospital visits, prescription medication, adult day services, foster care, assisted living, personal attendant services (meal preparation, bathing, dressing, toileting, household chores, etc.), nursing services, therapies, medical supplies and minor home modifications.
Updated: March 16, 2012