The state has two waivers covering assisted living. One waiver covers a broad range of services and has 30 slots for assisted living residents who are relocating from nursing homes. Fifteen facilities contract with Medicaid and serve 60 beneficiaries. Income supplementation is not pennitted. Nursing home residents receive case management to assist with relocation to the community.
Case managers use community resources to address transitional expenses.
A second waiver covers case management and 200 assisted living slots for elderly and adults with physical disabilities. The Department of Elderly Affairs worked with the Rhode Island Housing Mortgage and Finance Agency to develop affordable projects. Two awards were made in Phase I. One site is operating and will serve 35 HCBS beneficiaries. A second site will serve 65 beneficiaries. A second phase will award projects to licensed facilities that meet specified criteria being developed by the state agencies.