Become a Community & Employment Support (CES) Waiver Service Provider
Thank you for your interest in becoming a provider for the Community and Employment Support (CES) Waiver program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Please note that current and prospective CES Waiver providers may enroll as a Community Support System Provider (CSSP), which is a provider agency certified to provide home and community-based services for Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) service needs. For additional information, please visit the DHS CSSP webpage.
Current and prospective CES Waiver providers are not required to enroll as a CSSP. If you prefer to enroll as a CES Waiver Service provider, please carefully read the information below and familiarize yourself with the requirements in the attached Certification Standards and Home and Community Based Waiver documents.
Based upon your organization’s capacity and expertise, you should determine which Waiver services you will offer. You may offer services directly by your own staff or through a contractual arrangement with other qualified and certified providers. Additionally, based upon your capacity, you must determine what counties and the maximum number of people you propose to serve. Your application and attachments must describe services as they are explained and defined in the Standards and the Waiver documents.
Please be aware that the application process is how you convey to DDS your understanding of and your ability to provide CES Waiver services. Your policy statements should reflect a clear knowledge of how you will operate your organization in accordance with the regulations contained in the DDS Certification Standards and the Arkansas Waiver document. Your service descriptions should incorporate all of the requirements and describe how your organization will approach provision of services to individuals.
It is through this process that you convince us that you have the expertise and capacity to become a certified CES Waiver provider.
If you do not have a clear understanding of the regulations and requirements, you may want to contact another provider on the Certified CES Waiver Provider List, the Arkansas Waiver Association (AWA), or the Developmental Disabilities Provider Association (DDPA). The links for this information may be found below. The Division of Medical Services, CES Home and Community Based Waiver provider’s manual is a valuable resource. You should review that carefully, as well.
Please be aware that review and approval of your application may take up to 90 days. For additional information, call 870-261-6668.
Return the completed application and all requested documents to:
Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
P.O. Box 1437, Slot N-203
Little Rock, AR 72203-1437
- Waiver Service Provider Application – PDF
- Waiver Service Provider Application Instructions – PDF
- Certification Standards for DDS Waiver Services – PDF
- Certification Policy for Non-Centerbased Services – PDF
- Medicaid Manual – PDF
- Arkansas Waiver Association – WEB
- Developmental Disabilities Provider Association – WEB
- CES Waiver Provider List
