Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver
The DD Waiver pays for home and community-based services for children and adults with a developmental disability or related condition who need the level of care an Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ICF/DD) provides.
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Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver
Last checked August 7, 2026
Summary
Summary
In one sentence
The DD Waiver pays for home and community-based services for children and adults with a developmental disability or related condition who need the level of care an Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ICF/DD) provides. The state says it helps a person live as independently as possible instead of in an institution. Screening through the county or tribal agency determines eligibility.
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Your next step
Contact the county agency or tribal nation where you live to begin the screening process.
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What we have confirmed
Only fields this listing has published appear here. A missing field means we have not confirmed it, never that the answer is no.
- Category
- Medicaid waiver
What this means for your family
Written from the official pages cited at the bottom of this page. Where the official page is silent, so are we.
- What is this?
- A Medicaid waiver funding home and community-based services as an alternative to ICF/DD placement for people with developmental disabilities.
- Why does it matter?
- It supports a child's ability to live at home or in a family-type setting with the daily habilitation and supports they need.
- What should I do next?
- Contact the county agency or tribal nation where you live to begin the screening process.
- How does this connect to the rest of the manual?
- It requires Medical Assistance eligibility first, then adds services beyond the MA state plan.
Who it is for, as published
- Be determined to have a developmental disability or related condition
- Be determined to require the level of care provided to people in an ICF/DD
- Be eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) based on a disability or other eligibility status
- Be certified disabled by Social Security or the State Medical Review Team (SMRT) process
- Make an informed choice requesting home and community-based services instead of ICF/DD services
- Require daily interventions, daily service needs and a 24-hour plan of care specified in the support plan
- Have an assessed need for habilitation, included in the support plan
- Have an assessed need for supports and services beyond those available through the MA state plan
What it can cover, as published
- Home and community-based services delivered in a person's own home, family home, relative's home, family foster care home, or corporate residential home
- Who runs it
- Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Where you apply
- Your local county agency or tribal nation
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