This program is intended to provide goods and/or services in a flexible manner to eligible survivors of traumatic head and/or spinal cord injuries in order to enable them to return to a reasonable level of functioning and independent living in their communities.
- Individuals who are disabled by traumatic head and spinal cord injuries. Person must be a resident of Louisiana and injury must have occurred in the state of Louisiana.
- Evaluations
- Post-acute medical care rehabilitation
- Therapy
- Medications
- Personal Care Attendant
- Equipment necessary for activities of daily living
Requirements:
- Must meet the definition of spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury as defined
- Must be a resident of Louisiana, citizen of the United States , officially domiciled in the state of Louisiana at the time of injury and during the provision services
- Must have exhausted all other governmental and private sources
- Must have a reasonable expectation to achieve a predictable level of outcome, to achieve improvement in quality of life, and/or functional outcome
- Must provide proof of denial from other sources.
- Must be willing to accept services from an advisory-board-approved facility/program
- Must be medically stable
How to enroll in the program
Persons interested in being added to the Request for Services Registry
for this Waiver should call the LRS toll-free number at
1-888-891-9441.
This application process does not begin until a slot
is available.
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