Kansas action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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Find your CDDO and start I/DD eligibility

Use the county-linked CDDO route and request a Kansas I/DD program-eligibility determination.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Find the Kansas HCBS entry point for your county

Before you start

  • County of residence, identity and contact details, diagnosis and onset records, school and clinical evaluations, functional evidence, representative documents, and a written list of records already supplied.

Who to contact

Use the official CDDO, KDADS program manager, KanCare Clearinghouse, MCO care coordinator, provider, FMS, Ombudsman, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.

Find the CDDO for your county

Step by step

  1. Use the HCBS Access Guide or CDDO map to identify the CDDO serving the county.
  2. Contact that CDDO and request the program-eligibility intake instructions.
  3. Submit the requested packet and ask for the received date, assigned contact, missing items, and written result.

Expected next

An intake contact, request for records, assessment event, program-eligibility decision, or written next step.

Save this proof

CDDO name, intake instructions, packet, submission proof, contacts, requests, assessments, decision, and next event.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Ask the CDDO eligibility contact or supervisor to confirm receipt, completeness, assigned owner, unresolved criterion, and next event.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Find your CDDO and start I/DD eligibility 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 Start the Kansas I/DD waiver pathway, Find the Kansas HCBS entry point for your county, Review Kansas I/DD program-eligibility policy

Official resources

Limits

CDDO program eligibility is only one layer. It does not establish the Medicaid long-term-care institutional threshold, Medicaid financial eligibility, waiting-list placement, an offer, enrollment, authorization, provider capacity, or service start.

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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