Summary
The NC Community Alternatives Program for Children (CAP/C) Waiver provides home and community-based services to medically fragile and complex children under 20 years old in North Carolina. Managed by North Carolina Medicaid, the waiver offers a range of services including assistive technology, nursing care, care coordination, and home adaptations. The goal is to help children remain integrated in their communities and avoid institutional care. The waiver operates under the authority of 1915(c) and is designed to meet the unique needs of children with complex medical conditions.
Eligibility Requirements
- Medically fragile and medically complex children who are age 0 through 20 years of age.
- Is determined to require a level of institutional care under the North Carolina Medicaid State Plan.
- Need at least one or more CAP/C home-and community-based services based on a reasonable indication of need assessment that must be coordinated by a CAP/C case manager.
Services
Assistive technology
Attendant nurse care
CAP/C in-home aide (IHA) services
Care coordination
Community integration services
Community transition services
Coordinated caregiving
Financial management services