Criteria to Receive BHDDH-Developmental Disabilities funded Services:

There are 2 requirements to receive BHDDH-funded services. You must:

• Be found eligible for DD-BHDDH services by meeting the eligibility criteria below.

• Be found eligible for Medicaid either through SSI or the Department of Human Services.

It is necessary to be found both clinically and financially (Medicaid) eligible BEFORE services can begin.  Please click here to view the Medicaid Long Term Care eligibility application forms.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for supports funded through the Division of Developmental Disabilities, individuals must meet the following definition of developmental disability, as stated in RI State Law: § 40.1-21-4.3

The term "Developmentally disabled adult" means a person, eighteen (18) years old or older and not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Children, Youth and Families who is either an intellectually/ developmentally disabled adult or is a person with a severe, chronic disability that:

• Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;

• Is manifested before the person attains age twenty-two (22);

• Is likely to continue indefinitely;

• Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas of major life activity:

  • Self-care;

  • Receptive and expressive language;

  • Learning;

  • Mobility;

  • Self-direction;

  • Capacity for independent living;

  • Economic self-sufficiency; and

  • Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. For purposes of funding, it is understood that students enrolled in school will continue to receive education from their local education authority in accordance with § 16-24-1 et seq.