Choosing programs, providers, payment, or a start
Compare waiver and service models
Compare the Community Supports and ID/RD lanes and available provider-managed or participant-directed options for the authorized plan.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Current South Carolina Medicaid waiversBefore you start
- Eligibility, Medicaid and level-of-care state, capacity or offer, assessed needs, desired home and community outcomes, services, provider or worker preferences, schedule, control, risks, transportation, and backups.
Who to contact
Start with the official BHDD-OIDD intake line or the assigned intake, autism eligibility, or case-management contact. Use the complete notice for reconsideration or appeal and the setting-specific protective-report route for abuse.
Step by step
- Compare the exact eligibility, capacity, service, residential, budget or limit, and participant-direction features of the current applicable lanes.
- Ask what the person or representative controls and what case management, OIDD, SCDHHS, providers, or workers control.
- Document the selected lane and every remaining enrollment, plan, authorization, provider, staffing, and start step.
Expected next
A documented program or delivery-model choice, enrollment event, referral, worker or provider action, or written constraint.
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Comparison, program materials, choice, plan, referrals, responses, onboarding, and dates.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask case management for the lawful options tied to the person's current status and a written explanation of any constraint.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Compare waiver and service models 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 Autism services overview, Current South Carolina Medicaid waivers, Current approved ID/RD Waiver, Community Supports Waiver, Person-centered planning and HCBS setting rights
Official resources
Limits
Program comparison does not establish eligibility, level of care, capacity, enrollment, authorization, provider acceptance, staffing, or 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.