Medicaid Waiver Program & Supports

Gulf Coast Center IDD Services

Gulf Coast Center offers an array of services to individuals who meet the eligibility criteria for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and strives to ensure they are connected to the resources they need to live meaningful and healthy lives.

Intellectual disability (formerly referred to as mental retardation) is characterized by significant limitations in intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and adaptive behavior (practical and social skills).

IDD Crisis Services

Our crisis intervention specialists work with individuals with IDD that are experiencing a crisis or are at risk of crisis to offer de-escalation services or referrals for respite.

Individuals and families can choose between out-of-home respite services or in-home respite services as temporary relief for the duration of the timeframe the individual in crisis reaches stabilization.

Continuity of Services

This service is provided to individuals residing in a State Supported Living Center that have or plan to transition to the community or those residing in an ICF/IDD to help maintain placement or explore other options, if desired. Our liaison works with families and individuals to seek alternate placement while exploring all options for those who may need a different environment due to behavioral challenges or other extenuating circumstances.

Service Coordination

Gulf Coast Center provides service coordination for individuals currently enrolled in a program or those who receive a slot and are eligible for a specific program.

The following programs include service coordination:

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Texas Medicaid Waivers

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• Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS): gives home and community-based supports to children and adults with related conditions. There are over 200 related conditions, like cerebral palsy and spina bifida. The related condition must have occurred before the child was age 22.
• Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD): gives services for children and adults who are deaf-blind or have a related condition that leads to deaf-blindness, and who have another disability.
• Home and Community-based Services (HCS): gives services and supports to children and adults with an intellectual disability (ID) or a related condition who live with their families, in their own homes, or in small group homes with no more than 4 people.
• Medically Dependent Children Program (MDCP): gives services to children and adults who are 20 and younger who are medically fragile as an alternative to receiving services in a nursing facility.
• STAR+PLUS Home and Community-based Services (HCBS): gives services to adults over the age of 21  to keep them in their community  and not in a nursing home facility.
• Texas Home Living (TxHmL): gives services to children and adults with an intellectual disability (ID) or a related condition who live in their own home or their family’s home.
• Youth Empowerment Services (YES): gives home and community-based services to children under the age of 19 who otherwise would need psychiatric inpatient care or whose parents would turn to state custody for care.