Physical Disabilities and Independent Living

Physical Disabilities 

• SOURCE Medicaid Waiver (Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment): A primary care management program, available to frail, elderly, and disabled Georgians. It links beneficiaries’ primary medical care with community services, allowing people to receive nursing home-level care while in their own homes or communities. For some very low-income participants, this program can also provide non-medical personal care, in addition to the normal medical services.
• CCSP Medicaid Waiver (Community Care Services Program): Provides community-based support services to eligible individuals, in place of institutional placement in a nursing home. Individuals can contact the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for an assessment. The toll-free, statewide phone number is 866-55-AGING (866-552-4464). If the individual is eligible for CCSP, a care coordinator will work with the person to develop a comprehensive care plan and arrange services.
• ICWP Medicaid Waiver (Independent Care Waiver Program): Helps adult Medicaid recipients with physical disabilities, as well as people with traumatic brain injuries, to live in their own homes or communities, instead of a hospital or nursing home. To begin the application process, call the Georgia Medical Care Foundation (GMCF) at 888-669-7195.
• Georgia Project for Assistive Technology (GPAT): GPAT is a Georgia DOE program that supports local schools in providing devices and technology to assist students with disabilities.
• Tools for Life: Tools for Life is a Georgia Tech program dedicated to providing Georgians of any age or disability with the tools and technology they need to succeed in life.

Disability Independent Living Organizations

• Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia (SILC): SILC is Georgia's non-profit organization that works to remove barriers to independent living for people with disabilities and to increase necessary support services. It is a part of the National Council on Independent Living.
• Georgia Centers for Independent Living:  These are the non-profit organizations that are run by people with disabilities on behalf of people with disabilities advocating for independent living.
• disABILITY LINK: disABILITY LINK is a metro Atlanta Center for Independent Living that advocates for self-determination and individual choice, aiding individuals with disabilities to live as they choose.
• Disability Connections: Disability Connections is a Center for Independent Living in middle Georgia that assists people with disabilities in finding independent living arrangements in the community.
• Access2Independence:  Access 2 Independence is the Center for Independent Living for 9 counties in West Central Georgia.
• Bainbridge Advocacy Individual Network (BAIN):  Southwest Georgia Center for Independent Living.
• Disability Resource Center:  Northeast Georgia Center for Independent Living.
• Northwest Georgia Center for Independent Living:  Center for Independent Living for Northwest Georgia.
• Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE):  Center for Independent Living for Southeast Georgia.
• Multiple Choices:  Center for Independent Living in Northeast Georgia.
• Walton Options for Independent Living:  Center for Independent Living in East Georgia.