California Department of Health Care Services
Home and Community-Based Alternatives Waiver · About this organization
What you get
Care and services at home or in the community as an alternative to care in an institution.
How to start
Check the program page for its application and follow the instructions to send your request.
Good to know
- Program-specific eligibility, capacity, benefit limits, and documents should be confirmed.
The details, as published
Home- and community-based alternatives to institutional care; the current program is active but enrollment is capacity-limited/waitlisted.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Home and Community-Based Alternatives Waiver — practical items and home help
Home- and community-based alternatives to institutional care; the current program is active but enrollment is capacity-limited/waitlisted.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. This program can serve a U.S. child with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia when all program-specific rules are met.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
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: CA.
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 the current official program details and contact the organization, plan, county office, or treating team as directed.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Waitlist |
| Funding or space | Capacity Reached |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- DHCS states the waiver reached maximum capacity and has maintained a waiting list since July 12, 2023; applications remain encouraged for waitlist placement.
- The waiver is at maximum capacity; new applicants may apply to the assigned Waiver Agency for placement on the waiting list. Applicants under age 21 are among the published Reserve Capacity priority groups when a slot becomes available.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Program-specific eligibility, capacity, benefit limits, and documents should be confirmed.
- Confirm current intake and all unpublished program-specific rules.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- California Children's Services · checked Aug 24, 2026