Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled Persons and Family Support · About this organization
What you get
Help with home changes, care, equipment, therapy, supplies, and medical travel for severe disability.
How to start
Ask the agency about the disability assessment and application documents.
Good to know
- Cancer alone is not enough to meet the disability rule.
The details, as published
For a severe chronic medically determinable disability, DPFS can authorize capped home modifications, care, equipment, therapies, supplies, and medical travel; cancer alone is insufficient.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Disabled Persons and Family Support — practical items and home help
For a severe chronic medically determinable disability, DPFS can authorize capped home modifications, care, equipment, therapies, supplies, and medical travel; cancer alone is insufficient.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A Nebraska child with B-ALL may qualify when the separate program-specific criteria 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: NE.
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.
- Use the official program route and contact Nebraska DHHS for current eligibility screening, forms, and authorization.
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 | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Cancer alone may not satisfy disability, SSI, Medicaid, developmental, caregiver, or level-of-care requirements; individual authorization and capacity rules apply.
- Confirm current individual eligibility, capacity, benefit limits, and application processing.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Disabled Persons and Family Support · checked Aug 24, 2026