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Document Missouri DDD eligibility
Build the record around diagnosis or condition, onset, expected duration, two substantial functional limitations, and habilitative need.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Review Missouri DDD eligibility criteriaBefore you start
- Medical, psychological, school, employment, and historical records showing the disability, onset before the controlling age, expected indefinite duration, serious impairment in at least two official life areas, and need for coordinated specialized or habilitative support.
Who to contact
Use the official Regional Office, TCM or Support Coordinator, MO HealthNet, provider-relations, hearing, Constituent Services, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Index records to each current eligibility element.
- Complete the MAAS when a recent valid adaptive assessment is unavailable.
- Ask intake to identify every missing or disputed element in writing.
Expected next
Records acceptance, MAAS appointment or result, eligibility determination, referral for services, or denial notice.
Save this proof
Evidence index, records, adaptive assessment, submissions, contacts, and decision.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the Regional Office which exact diagnosis, onset, duration, functional, or habilitative element remains unsupported.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Document Missouri DDD 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 Missouri DDD referral and application, Review Missouri DDD eligibility criteria
Official resources
Limits
Autism is listed as a possible cause of developmental disability, but autism alone does not prove onset, indefinite duration, two substantial functional limitations, habilitative need, waiver criteria, 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.