Supports Waiver
New Mexico’s new Supports Waiver (SW) is a Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver that is an option for individuals who are on the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver Wait List . Supports Waiver services are intended to complement unpaid supports that are provided to individuals by family and others.
You keep your place on the Wait List, whether you choose to accept Supports Waiver offer or not. Contact the Intake and Eligibility Bureau for more information about the Wait List.
Guiding Principles
- Decide where and with whom to live.
- Choose their own work or productive activity.
- Choose how to establish community and personal relationships.
- Be respected and supported during the decision-making process and in the decisions made.
- Access natural and generic supports as needed.
- Hire, train schedule, supervise and dismiss service providers.
- Receive training, resources, and information related to the Supports Waiver in a format that meets the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements
- Appeal denials or decisions through the reconsideration and fair hearing processes.
- Transfer to a service delivery model on the Supports Waiver that meets the participants’ needs.
- Receive culturally competent services.
- Be free from restraint, restrictive interventions, seclusion and coercion.
All participants:
- Have value and potential.
- Will be viewed in terms of their abilities.
- Have the right to participate and be fully included in their communities.
- Have the right to live, work, learn, and receive services and supports to meet their individual needs, in the most integrated settings possible in their community.
How to Get Started?
Supports Waiver Services are provided within a $10,000 Annual Budget. A mix of services and supports can be chosen based on personal preferences. Through person-centered planning you will develop your service plan and budget.
Program Updates
Public Input Opportunities
Supports Waiver Renewal with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Supports Waiver (SW) program is on a 5-year approval cycle with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The SW is due to renew approval from CMS on July 1, 2025. DDSD would like to hear from you about the program. If you have any recommendations, questions or comments regarding the SW program, please submit here.
Public Information Sessions( Coming Soon)
PCG Program Review 2021
Numbered Memos
DDSD releases a variety of different types of communications. Please continue reading for more information regarding numbered memos, news alerts, and activities such as public events and webinars.
These numbered memos provide important information to Supports Waiver participants, employers of record, and providers.
- SW Numbered Memo 2024-02 Client Rights, Grievance Process and ANE Reporting Acknowledgment Form
- SW Numbered Memo 2024-01 NM Waiver Training Hub Entry for Participant Directed Participants and Staff
- SW Numbered Memo 2023-04 Electronic Census Requirements in Therap
- SW Numbered Memo 2023-03 Supports Waiver Status and Resuming Offers
- SW Numbered Memo 2023-02 DDSD Annual Report Links 2023
- SW Numbered Memo 2023-01 Master List of Definitions
- SW Numbered Memo 2022-04 Appendix K- Temporary Rate Increases Approved
- SW Numbered Memo 2022-03 DDSD Individual Transition Plan Checklist
- Case Management Mixed Caseloads Across Waivers
- SW Communication Moratorium 03-08-2022
- SW Numbered Memo 2022-02 DDSD Supports Waiver Core Trainings Update
- SW Numbered Memo 2022-01 Time Reconciliation between EVV and Service-Related Contact Notes
- PCG Program Review Announcement 2021
- SW Numbered Memo 2021_03 EVV Joint DD SW EVV Readiness for claims processing changes
- SW Numbered Memo 2021_02 Preservice Responsibilities
- SW Numbered Memo 2021_01 Provider Accreditation
- SW Numbered Memo 2020_01 Supports Waiver Standards
Recent Activity
Publications
Latest
- SW Numbered Memo 2024-02 Client Rights, Grievance Process and ANE Reporting Acknowledgment Form (General)
- Acknowledgement for HCBS Consumer Rights and Freedoms (Form)
- SW Numbered Memo 2024-01 NM Waiver Training Hub Entry for Participant Directed Participants and Staff (General)
Popular
- Supports Waiver Service Standards (Effective 2020-09-01) (General)
- Home and Community Based Services Waiver Program Supports Waiver Fact Sheet (Help)
- Supports Waiver Fact Sheet (General)