Indiana action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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Choose case management and build the Indiana plan

Use the current effective-date instruction to choose a CMO and build the person-centered plan.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Follow Indiana's August 2026 case-management transition

Before you start

  • Complete transition or enrollment letter, effective date, current and desired CMO, assessed needs, strengths, goals, services, risks, safeguards, providers, backups, schedule, and disagreements.

Who to contact

Use the local BDS office, BDS Help, Division of Family Resources, case-management organization, provider, waiver ombudsman, notice-specific appeal route, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.

Find the local BDS office or application route

Step by step

  1. Apply the case-management list that is effective for the relevant date; five statewide CMOs become effective August 1, 2026.
  2. Confirm the CMO selection or assignment and assigned case manager.
  3. Build and retain the submitted and approved person-centered plan, budgets, authorizations, notices, referrals, and next schedule.

Expected next

CMO confirmation, case-manager assignment, planning meeting, plan submission, authorization, notice, referral, or written next step.

Save this proof

Transition letter, selection proof, contacts, assessments, plan versions, authorizations, notices, and next event.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Contact BDS Help and the current or incoming CMO to reconcile the assignment and effective date.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Choose case management and build the Indiana plan checklist

A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.

  • Owner and program
  • Date started
  • Documents supplied
  • Written result or confirmation
  • Current open dependency
  • Next event and date
  • Escalation contact

Derived from Apply for Indiana BDS services and review the I/DD waivers, Follow Indiana's August 2026 case-management transition, Open current Indiana BDS policies

Official resources

Limits

The five-CMO arrangement is effective August 1, 2026. The broader adult Waiver Reset targeted for 2028 remains future and cannot control current services. A plan does not prove authorization, provider acceptance, staffing, or first service.

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.

Checked sources

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