Not started or approaching school exit
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 countyBefore 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.
Step by step
- Use the HCBS Access Guide or CDDO map to identify the CDDO serving the county.
- Contact that CDDO and request the program-eligibility intake instructions.
- 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.