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~~“The Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) is the state agency responsible for administering services and support to Tennesseans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This is done in several ways, including Medicaid waiver Home and Community Based...

~~“Supporting Strong Transitions for Youth with Disabilities

Welcome to Tennessee’s online home for training and resources on preparing students with disabilities for life after high school. Consider this the “blueprint” to building a comprehensive transition program for your students....

~~“The TN SPDC Tool serves as an easy way for providers to deliver data to their program director.

Data is collected for all individuals receiving DIDD residential, day, and/or employment services regardless of their employment status. However if a person only receives Behavior or...

~~“The Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) is the state department responsible for administration and oversight of community-based services for Tennesseans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The department operates with more than 1,400 state employees...

~~“The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has joined with CVS Health to unveil an innovative program to help individuals with disabilities find jobs in Tennessee’s growing health care industry.

The partnership recently constructed a mock CVS Pharmacy inside the Vocational...

~~“Family & Children’s Service was awarded a statewide 2019 CMS Navigator Cooperative Agreement serving “Left behind” populations—vulnerable and underserved, uninsured and under-insured; LEP; disabled; hourly wage workers (restaurant and retail workers); and those transitioning between...

~~“An individual’s Individual Support Plan may include more than one non-residential habilitation service (SE-IES; Supported Employment-Small Group Employment Supports; Community Participation Supports; Intermittent Employment and Community Integration Wrap-Around Supports; Facility-Based Day...

~~“As part of TennCare’s Beneficiary Support System (BSS), Disability Rights TN contracts with TennCare to help people with long term services and supports (LTSS) or who may qualify for LTSS by
• explaining member rights and responsibilities
• answering questions about TennCare...

~~“The primary purpose of this amendment is to revise the Service Specification for “Employment and Day Services” to separate the service category into distinct employment and day service types with separate service specifications, provider qualifications and reimbursement/rate structures in...

“WHEREAS, Tennesseans with disabilities, including mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders, experience disproportionately high levels of unemployment and underemployment; and

WHEREAS, people with disabilities in Tennessee share with the state's other six million residents the...