Initiative Description
A team from Georgia Tools for Life has been working since July of 2022 with the GA Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) on the addition of Assistive Technology products and services to the COMP and NOW waivers in Georgia. The addition of AT services was approved by the Dept. of Community Health in the fall of 2022. Tools for Life worked with DBHDD to implement the addition of AT services to these two waiver programs in 2023. Our team helped DBHDD craft the waiver regulations and procedures for AT services. AT Services will be available to NOW and COMP waiver participants in Georgia in 2024. We are currently producing a series of training webinars to help DBHDD personnel implement the new services. We are providing detailed information about AT products and ways AT can help waiver participants live more independently. We will begin presenting the webinars in January of 2024. The TFL team members are also serving as a Technical Assistance Group to help provide guidance to support coordinators and field office staff on questions related to AT requests.
AT Services are part of the Georgia Dept. Community Handbook for both NOW waiver (Part III, chapter 3500) and COMP Waiver (Part III, Chapter 3700).