ADULT FAMILY HOMES, DHHS, ADMIN
Description
ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. LOCAL DHHS OFFICES CAN CERTIFY AN ADULT FAMILY HOME. THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL LIVING UNIT WHICH PROVIDES FULL-TIME RESIDENCE WITH MINIMAL SUPERVISION AND GUIDANCE TO NOT MORE THAN THREE INDIVIDUALS AGE 18 OR OLDER. THIS INCLUDES BOARD AND ROOM WITH HOUSEHOLD FACILITIES TO ENSURE CLIENT COMFORT. THE INDIVIDUALS MUST BE ABLE TO SELF ADMINISTER MEDICATIONS, AND THEY MUST NOT REQUIRE ONGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT. FOR DHHS TO PAY THE FULL COST, THE INDIVIDUAL MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. IF AN INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO PAY PRIVATELY, A COST IS NEGOTIATED.
Contact Information
Address:
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
301 CENTENNIAL MALL SOUTH, 5TH FLOOR
Lincoln
NE
68509-5044
Hours of Operation:
8:00 TO 5:00 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.dhhs.ne.gov
Main Phone:
Phone
402-471-9282
Other Phone(s):
Phone
800.383.4278
TDD
402-471-9570
Fax
402-471-3652
Main Contact(s):
TIFFANY GREEN
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
Other Email(s):
General Information
Agency ID: 1100
List of Provided Services:
Administrative: Administrative
Counties Served: Adams, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York, Arthur, Antelope
Written material:
Eligibility: 18 YEARS OR OLDER AND CAN ADMINISTER OWN MEDS AND DO NOT REQUIRE ONGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT. MUST ALSO BE A NEED FOR SUPERVISION AND GUIDANCE.
Ages Served: Ages 18 and Up
Disabilities Served: Alcohol/Drug, BIMI (Behavioral Impairment/Mental Illness), Brain Injury/Head Injury, DD (Developmental Disability including ID), Hearing Impairment, LD (Learning Disability), OHI - Other Health Impairment, Orthopedic, Speech Disability, Visual Disability
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees:
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision: APPEAL EITHER VERBALLY OR IN WRITING TO THE LOCAL OFFICE HANDLING THE CASE OR TO THE STATE OFFICE IN LINCOLN
Languages with interpreters on staff: