Fulton County, Georgia, BHDDD Proposal To Implement A Self-Pay Option For Community Access Group & Pre-Vocational Services Offered At The North, Central & South Training Centers

On February 3, 2016, the Fulton County, Georgia, Commissioners approved a proposal to allow adults with developmental disabilities not receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) to pay for the same set of services on a fee-for-service basis. Through the self-pay option, starting March 1, 2016, these consumers (or their families) will be able to pay $12.40 per hour for services five days a week at six hours daily to receive Community Access Group and Prevocational Services within the Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) program. The approval allows DBHDD to . . .