# OPWDD Guide

- Type: informational
- URL: https://ameliahomecareny.com/children-special-needs-opwdd/opwdd-support/
- Updated: 2026-07-14T12:16:59+00:00

## Sections
- The agency that funds most special-needs services.
- From first call to services at home.
- Eligibility — proving the disability qualifies
- Front Door — the intake meeting
- CCO enrollment — picking your coordinator
- CANS assessment — the level of services
- HCBS Medicaid Waiver — the funding
- Services begin — care in the home
- See if your family qualifies — in one conversation.
- Things most families get wrong.
- My income disqualifies my child
- We were denied, that's final

## Related
- [Pediatric Home Care](https://ameliahomecareny.com/children-special-needs-opwdd/pediatric-home-care/)