Not started or approaching school exit
Build the Arkansas CES eligibility record
Map records to the current CES diagnosis, duration, level-of-care, and functional criteria.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Review the Arkansas CES WaiverBefore you start
- Diagnosis and prognosis, developmental-period and current evaluations, adaptive and functional records, examples across major life activities, medical and school records, residence evidence, and representative documents.
Who to contact
Use the correct DDS, Medicaid, PASSE care coordinator, provider, notice-specific appeal route, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Map records to the current CES clinical and functional criteria.
- Supply the records requested by DDS and preserve submission proof.
- Ask for a written missing-item list, clinical-review result, waitlist status, or decision.
Expected next
Records request, clinical review, level-of-care decision, waitlist action, or written result.
Save this proof
Evidence map, evaluations, records, submissions, contacts, and decisions.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask DDS to name the unresolved criterion and the evidence it will accept.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Build the Arkansas CES eligibility record checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result
- Open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Start with Arkansas DDS Intake and Referral, Review the Arkansas CES Waiver
Official resources
Limits
A diagnosis, score, school classification, or intake request alone does not prove CES clinical eligibility, Medicaid, independent-assessment tier, PASSE enrollment, waiver slot, authorization, or services.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.