Request Information About Transitioning to Live in the Community
What can Transition Services do for me?
- Help you determine if transition to a community-based setting is possible
- Help coordinate your transition into a community-based setting
- Enhance and improve your quality of life
- Improve your access to an array of Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)
- Increase housing options for people with all types of disabilities
Note: Referral to Transition Services does not guarantee transition into a community-based setting
Who Qualifies?
- You must be a Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) member
- You must be 18 years of age or older
- You must qualify for an HCBS waiver
- You must reside in a qualified institution, which is:
- a nursing home, or
- an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities
- You may also receive expanded HCBS services if you reside in the community and have a qualifying life event
Benefits and Services
View Transition Services Flyer - Updated April 2024
View Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) General Brochure
HCBS Services
These HCBS services on the following waivers are available to you:
- Brain Injury (BI) Waiver
- Community Mental Health Supports (CMHS) Waiver
- Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) Waiver
- Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver
- Elderly, Blind and Disabled (EBD) Waiver
- Supported Living Services (SLS) Waiver
Expanded Home and Community-Based Services
As of 2019, the following home and community-based services are available to you:
Community to Community Transition Fact Sheet - August 2022
How do I get started?
Referrals to options counseling can be made by:
- Long-Term Care Facility staff
- Family members
- Friends
- Community members
- Self
Contact the Local Contact Agencies for Options Counseling in your area to make a referral for yourself or someone else who may desire to learn about community living options.
Program Contacts
Contact the Local Contact Agencies for Options Counseling in your area to make a referral for yourself or someone else who may desire to learn about community living options.
Provider and Case Manager Support Resources
- Transition Services Flyer - November 2023
- Provider Rates Fee Schedule
- Gainwell Technologies (Billing) training
- Gainwell Technologies at 1-844-235-2387
- Billing manuals
- Other general provider resources
- CCM Help Desk for Case Management: CCMhelpdesk@dxc.com
Department Contacts
Matt Bohanan - Access Unit Supervisor
Contact for programmatic questions
Matthew.Bohanan@state.co.us
303-866-5331
Nora Brahe - Transitions Administrator
Contact for community transition information or with questions about the member transition process
Nora.Brahe@state.co.us
303-866-3566
Courtney Thomason - Colorado Department of Local Affairs - Division of Housing
Contact for Transitions Services related housing questions, and housing voucher process and administration
Courtney.Thomason@state.co.us
303-864-7831
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Questions? Contact hcpf_accessunit@state.co.us