Community Mental Health Supports Waiver (CMHS)

What can the CMHS Waiver provide?

• Adult Day Services

• Alternative Care Facilities

• Consumer Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS).

• Home Delivered Meals

• Home Modifications

• Homemaker Services (with Remote Supports options)

• Life Skills Training

• Medication Reminder

• Non-Medical Transportation

• Peer Mentorship

• Personal Care (with Remote Supports options)

• Personal Emergency Response System (PERS).

• Respite

• Transition Set

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Who is eligible for services?

To be eligible for the CMHS waiver, you must:

• Be a person experiencing severe and persistent mental health needs that require assistance with one or more Activities of Daily Living (ADL),

  • 18 years of age or older with a severe and persistent mental health need,

  • Currently has or at any time during the past year leading up to assessment has a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria specified within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), and

  • Has a disorder that is episodic, recurrent, or has persistent features, but may vary in terms of severity and disabling effects, and

  • Has resulted in functional impairment which substantially interferes with or limits one or more major activities. 

• Have a severe and persistent mental health need does not include:

  • Intellectual or developmental disorders, or

  • Substance use disorder without a co-occurring diagnosis of a severe and persistent mental health need.

• Require long-term support services at a level comparable to services typically provided in a nursing facility.

• Have an income less than three times the current Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) limit per month. 

  • For a single person, your countable resources must be less than $2,000.

  • For a couple, the countable resources must be less than $3,000.

  • If you do not meet these financial requirements, you may be eligible through the Health First Colorado Buy-In Program for Working Adults with Disabilities.

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How can I learn more or apply?

If you are currently enrolled with A&I Avenues, you can reach out to your case manager. Otherwise, you can do one of the following:

• Fill out the intake application by clicking on the following link: Intake Application

  • Please note that this begins the process, but there are steps to follow should you be determined eligible. ​

• Call the Intake Navigator at (303) 439-7011

• Send us a message through our contact form by clicking on the following link: Contact Us

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