Important Agencies

To Register for Medicaid Waiver Programs "Interest Lists" (HCS, Tx Home Living, etc.):  (Please note - if you move, please call the agency and update your information so that they agency can find you when a slot becomes available)

MHMRA of Harris County   713-970-7000, 1-866-970-4770 (24 hr Crisis line)

7011 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX  77074

Texana (serving Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Waller & Wharton Counties) 

281-239-1300, 281-239-1363, 1-800-633-5686 (Crisis Line)

Various locations depending on your county.

Tri-County Services (serving Montgomery, Liberty, and Walker Counties)

936-521-6200, 281-432-3076, 936-291-5800, or 1-800-659-6994 (24 hr Crisis line)

Gulf Coast Center (serving Brazoria and Galveston Counties)

1-800-643-0967 (intake for MR services), 1-877-226-8780 (intake for MH services), 1-86-729-3848 (24 hour Crisis line)

For all other Home and Community based programs & Medicaid Waivers (CLASS, MDCP, CBA, DBMD, etc.), please call the Department of Aging and Disability Services - to find the office closest to you - http://www.dads.state.tx.us/services/contact.cfm or call 1-877-438-5658.

For more information on Personal Care Services - Please call 888-276-0702

To Learn more about the various medicaid waivers - Please go to

Imagine Enterprises - Which Waiver Does What?

or

UT Center For Disability Studies - Family Resource Guide

Comprendiendo el Apoyo Familiar y Abriendo Puertas para el Futuro

Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services - http://www.dars.state.tx.us/  1-800-628-5115

     Early Childhood Intervention

     Blind Services

     Deaf/Hard of Hearing Services

     Rehabilitative Services (helping with work)

Other Agencies that Provide Parent Training and/or Support:

Partners Resource Network - TEAM Project

(This is our local statewide Parent Training & Information Center)

5005 W. 34th St., Suite 207A, Houston, TX 77092
(713)-524-2147, Toll Free (877)-832-8945, Fax (713)-942-7135
Email: prnteam@sbcglobal.net

Disability Rights Texas

(This is local Protection and Advocacy agency - they have established priority areas that they focus on)

1500 McGowen, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77004

(713) 974-7691 (Voice/TDD), Fax (713) 974-7695
Intake:(800) 880-0821 (Voice/TDD)

Texas Parent to Parent

(This statewide agency provides training, but also matches parents with other parents for support)

3710 Cedar St, Box 12, Austin, TX 78705

866-896-6001 (toll free)

512-458-8600

For those Families/Persons with Disabilities

Who Use MDCP/CBA/HCS/CLASS medicaid waiver services:

DID YOU KNOW?

There are major service cuts being made to plans of care beginning Dec. 1, 2011

Do You Need To Know More?

Do You Need to Know Your Rights?

DISABILITY RIGHTS, TX has Two PDFs available for review

Service Cuts in Medicaid Waivers: Who will Be Affected;How will Cuts be Implemented; and What Are Your Rights?

and

Justifying Your Services: How to Explain Your Service Needs 

TOP TIPS:

Parents need to:

1) Ensure that if their provider says a service is not available - Request that a Exception Request Form be completed and submitted

2) Ask for copies of your budgets and request regular reports on how your money is being spent

3) Do not sign anything you do not agree to 

4) Get everything in writing

WHAT IF I DISAGREE WITH MY SERVICE PLANNING TEAM (pdf)