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
- Connection to Community Living (nursing home relocation initiative)
- 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 (PDF, 60 KB)
- Waiver Wise
- Webcasts
- Wisconsin Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Wisconsin Functional Screen
- Connection to Community Living (nursing home relocation initiative)
- 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
- Numbered, Info and Fiscal Memos
Last Revised: February 10, 2015
