COP Guidelines

Basic COP Information

County & Tribal COP Contacts

Eligibility & Rates

Medicaid HCB Waivers Manual

Waiver Wise

Training Events

Community Options Program

The Community Options Program (COP) and the Community Options Program Waiver (COP-W) help people get the long-term support they need to remain in their own homes and communities..

History and Principles

• Basic Information About COP
• History of COP
• Principles Guiding COP
• Web cast: Community Options Program: Medicaid Home and Community Based Waivers
• COP Guidelines and Procedures

Information for Consumers

• Basic Information About COP
• Community Relocation Initiative for Nursing Home Residents (PDF, 32 KB)
  • Community Relocation Initiative Brochure (PDF, 610 KB)
• County and Tribal Contacts
• A List of COP and Medicaid Home and Community-based Waivers Managed by Wisconsin Counties
• Spousal Impoverishment
• Divestment
• Estate Recovery
• Money Follows the Person Demonstration Grant

Information for Care Managers

• COP (100% State Program) Financial Eligibility and Cost-share Worksheet Guide  
• Financial Eligibility and Rates for Long-term Support
• Home and Community-Based Waivers Manual
• Overview of CIP II and COP-W (Waiver Basics)
• Model Forms for COP and COP-W
• Technical Assistance
  • Training and Conference Calendar
  • Waiver Wise
  • Webcasts
• Wisconsin Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Wisconsin Functional Screen
• Community Relocation Initiative, Questions and Answers (PDF, 126 KB) 
• Community Relocation Initiative, (both forms are fillable) 
       Application Form in PDF (PDF, 57 KB)
       Application Form in Word (Word, 57 KB) 
• Participant Outcomes(PDF, 74 KB) 

Reports and Publications

• Relocation Report (FY 2010) (PDF, 1 MB)
  As required by section 51.06 (8) Wisconsin Act 386
• Relocation Report (FY 2009)  (PDF, 1.5 MB)
  As required by section 51.06 (8) Wisconsin Act 386
• Relocation Report (FY 2008) (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  As required by section 51.06 (8) Wisconsin Act 386
• COP and Waiver Legislative Report
• COP and Waiver waiting list report
  • Cover Memo (COP Information Bulletin #161)  (PDF, 24 KB)
  • Applicants Waiting for COP and Waiver Services  (PDF, 141 KB)
• Elder Choice  (PDF, 190 KB) 
• Nursing Home Resident Relocations in 2001  (PDF, 52 KB)
• Numbered, Info and Fiscal Memos

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Last Revised: December 29, 2010