A result, plan, or notice arrived
Confirm every Tennessee service layer
Separate self-referral, Medicaid, I/DD, group, level of care, priority, funding, enrollment, plan, authorization, provider or worker readiness, and start.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Review ECF CHOICES groups, eligibility, and servicesBefore you start
- All referrals, applications, notices, assessments, priority and list records, enrollment records, plans, authorizations, provider or worker responses, schedules, and dates.
Who to contact
Use the official TennCare, MCO, DDA regional intake, LTSS Help Desk, Beneficiary Support System, crisis, or protective-reporting route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Mark each layer favorable, pending, adverse, or unknown and name its owner.
- Ask the support coordinator or intake owner to reconcile every open dependency.
- Do not mark service complete until operational readiness, schedule, and actual start are confirmed.
Expected next
A reconciled status, named dependency, plan event, authorization, operational step, or actual start.
Save this proof
Every determination, assessment, list, enrollment, plan, authorization, response, schedule, and date.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the MCO or LTSS Help Desk to identify the exact open layer, owner, required evidence, and next event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Confirm every Tennessee service layer 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 Use Tennessee ECF CHOICES application help, Review ECF CHOICES groups, eligibility, and services, Review the current ECF CHOICES brochure
Official resources
Limits
No self-referral, Medicaid approval, I/DD finding, group screen, priority, referral-list entry, slot, enrollment, plan, directory listing, rate, authorization, provider response, worker step, or schedule proves another layer.
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.