South Dakota
Home and Community-Based Options and Person-Centered Excellence (HOPE) waiver
About the Program
South Dakota’s Home and Community-Based Options and Person-Centered Excellence (HOPE) Waiver is a program that provides a range of services to individuals who require a nursing home level of care but prefer to live at home or in a community-based setting.
The waiver gives access to a variety of personalized services for people over 18 with certain disabilities and to people over 65 who may need the level of care typically provided by a nursing home.
The program aims at promoting independence and an enhanced quality of life for the recipients.
Services
The services we proved that are covered under the HOPE Waiver are:
- Structured Family Caregiving (SFC)
- In-Home Services:
- Adult Companionship
- Homemaking and Chores
- Personal Care
Eligibility
To qualify for the HOPE Waiver, one must meet the following requirements:
- Be a resident of South Dakota
- Be age 65 and older or age 18 and older with a qualifying disability
- Meet a nursing facility level of care
- Participate in an assessment of needs
- Not be a resident of a hospital, nursing facility, or an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF)
- Have an assessed need for one or more waiver services at least once per month
- Meet financial eligibility as decided by Economic Assistance