Iowa Health and Human Services
Health and Disability Waiver · About this organization
What you get
Care at home, such as nursing, personal care, respite, counseling, meals, and home or vehicle changes for disability needs.
How to start
Start with a Medicaid application and ask for the Health and Disability waiver. Prepare for a disability and care-needs review and a signed service plan.
The details, as published
Blind or disabled Iowa applicants under 65 who meet Medicaid and waiver requirements may receive in-home supports such as personal care, nursing, respite, counseling, delivered meals, emergency response, and home or vehicle modification; a waiting list may apply.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Health and Disability Waiver — practical items and home help
Blind or disabled Iowa applicants under 65 who meet Medicaid and waiver requirements may receive in-home supports such as personal care, nursing, respite, counseling, delivered meals, emergency response, and home or vehicle modification; a waiting list may apply.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
Not a B-ALL match. Cancer alone does not establish the independent disability or developmental criterion.
Age
Age 0 to age 64, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: IA.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
- Review current official eligibility and timing.
- Use the state portal, form, provider, school, clinic, local office, or Community Action Agency identified by the program.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Annual figures, local capacity, and program transitions can change; confirm before relying on this record.
- Confirm current annual limits, local capacity, processing time, and transition status.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Health and Disability Waiver · checked Aug 24, 2026