Students with Medicaid Waivers May Also Apply for INESA Funding

INDIANA EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT

Learn Where INESA and Medicaid Waivers Overlap

Students with Medicaid waivers may also apply for INESA funding

Hoosier parents of K-12 students with disabilities who have a Medicaid waiver can also apply for the Indiana Education Scholarship Account program.

While INESA covers qualified education expenses like non-public school fees, extracurricular, vocational, and camp programs, the Medicaid waiver may cover expenses like adult day services, live-in care, and case management.

Yet there are also services that may overlap, which Medicaid may cover in part and INESA dollars can help to fill in the gaps. Those services may include behavioral support services, therapies outlined in your child’s special-education plan, and transportation.

Parents of K-12 children with disabilities who qualify for a Medicaid waiver and INESA, should check with their INESA coordinator and Medicaid case manager to determine which services are covered.

For questions about how to apply for INESA if your child has a Medicaid waiver, please contact us at esa@tos.in.gov

Got the Medicaid Waiver? No Problem!

The Medicaid waiver does NOT negatively impact the INESA, nor does the INESA negatively impact the Medicaid waiver. Here’s a sample list* of what each program covers, and where they may work together to help parents afford other accommodations for their child with disabilities.

INESA Covers

Tuition and fees at a qualified school
Fees for assessments/examinations
Fees for individual classes, extracurricular activities, and vocational programs
Tuition and fees at a camp or program focusing on vocational, academic, life, soft job skills, or independence

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Potential Overlap

Behavioral support services
Therapies (outlined in IEP/ISP)
Transportation
Speech & language pathology (ABA, OT/PT, art/music therapy)

Medicaid Covers

Adult day services
Case management
Respite
Personal emergency response systems, live-in care, family/caregiver training
Home/vehicle modification

*This list is not exhaustive.

PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT

INESA funding can be used to hire services of local education providers, enabling Hoosier students to access a variety of programs and services not typically available through traditional education. This helps families design flexible and more effective paths forward for their students. To find a provider near you, please see our statewide provider map.

Today’s provider spotlight is on LittleStar Centers

LittleStar Centers throughout Indiana serve individuals and families by inspiring, serving and guiding all those touched by autism to achieve a better reality. LittleStar has five centers in Indiana, located in Bloomington, Carmel, Clarksville, Newburgh, and West Lafayette.

Their Indiana applied behavior analysis (ABA) centers are staffed and operated by professionals experienced in providing ABA therapy for children, teens, and young adults.

LittleStar operates as a non-profit entity, with a board of directors that supports efforts to raise funds that create a financial safety net for families, if insurance challenges arise. LittleStar also has a dedicated national advisory board that includes some of the foremost experts in the field of autism and ABA.

To learn more about LittleStar Centers throughout Indiana, visit: www.littlestaraba.org

Become an INESA provider

Interested in becoming an INESA educational-services provider? Please see our Provider page on the INESA website.