Overview of BHDD-OIDD’s Intellectual & Development Disability Services
BHDD-OIDD strives to serve all South Carolinians who are eligible for services and to ensure that services meet high standards. The populations served by BHDD-OIDD include individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Related Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, and Similar Disabilities (disabilities affecting the brain or spinal cord which are not associated with the process of a progressive degenerative illness or disease, dementia, or a neurological disorder related to aging), and High-Risk Infants.
Upon being determined eligible for BHDD-OIDD services, a case manager can coordinate some limited services immediately, and developmentally delayed children (ages 3-6) can obtain immediate Early Intervention services. However, the most important services to meet an individual’s lifelong needs are obtained through entrance into a Medicaid service program. The BHDD-OIDD public service delivery system relies predominately on Medicaid programs to leverage state funding to maximize services available to the individuals served by BHDD-OIDD. As a result, individuals will need to obtain Medicaid eligibility to access the vast majority of services offered through BHDD-OIDD.
The BHDD OIDD Medicaid Programs include both Home and Community-Based (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF). HCBS Programs are the Community Supports (CS) Waiver, Intellectual Disability and Related Disabilities (ID/RD) Waiver, and the Head and Spinal Cord Injury (HASCI) Waiver (see “Medicaid Home and Community Based Waivers”).
