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If you are elderly and/or functionally impaired or have disabilities, a waiver program such as a Community Care Services Program (CCSP) may help you return to the community from a nursing home or remain in your own home or community, or the home of a caregiver, as long as possible.

Waiver programs help people who are elderly or have disabilities and need help to live in their home or community instead of an institution such as a nursing home or ICFMR.

Sometimes people may meet the criteria to receive Medicaid services under a waiver program, but may not receive services immediately. Funding for the programs is limited, and only a certain number of people can receive services based on available funds.

In specified areas of the state, a program called SOURCE, links primary medical care with many long-term health services in a person’s home or community to prevent hospital and nursing home care or speed the return to the community from a nursing home or hospital.

SOURCE serves frail elderly and disabled Georgians who are eligible for SSI/Medicaid (Supplemental Security Income). People under the age of 65 are eligible if they have a significant disability and are receiving SSI/Medicaid. An assessment helps to determine how much care a participant needs. An individual care plan is designed based on the need for medical monitoring and assistance with functional tasks. Family members and other informal caregivers as well as staff from support agencies participate in care plans. In addition to the core services, SOURCE offers home delivered meals, adult day health care, personal care home and 24-hour medical access. The program is currently available in the Albany, Atlanta, Augusta, Baxley/Hinesville, Blue Ridge, Columbus, Gainesville, Sandersville, Savannah and Waycross areas, and participants must be a resident of one of the 117 counties served by the program. There is no waiting list for the SOURCE program.

To apply for SOURCE, call the number listed below for the program serving your county:

Albany - Albany ARC Counties: Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Worth Counties	404-728-4973
Atlanta - Atlanta SOURCE DeKalb, Fulton Counties	404-728-4973
Blue Ridge - United Health System - Pruitt Butts, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Henry, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Towns, Union Counties	706-632-9263
Butler - SOURCE Care Management Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Columbia, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Harris, Houston, Jefferson, Johnson, Lauren, Lincoln, McDuffie, Macon, Marion, Peach, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Richmond, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor, Twiggs, Upson, Warren, Washington, Webster, Wilkes, Wilkinson Counties	478-862-5886
Columbus-Columbus Regional Healthcare System Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee Counties	706-660-6345
Gainesville-Legacy Link, Inc. Banks, Dawson, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Stephens, White Counties	770-538-2650
Savannah-Candler Health System Appling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall, Toombs	912-234-2186
Waycross-Diversified Resources, Inc. Atkinson, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Glynn, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, Ware, Wilcox	912-285-3089

If you’re not sure what Medicaid covers, ask your provider or call the Georgia Health Partnership at 770-570-3373 (Metro Atlanta) or 866-211-0950 (Statewide).