YES Waiver Services

Reducing out-of-home placements and inpatient psychiatric treatment by all child-serving agencies;
Providing a more complete continuum of community-based services and supports;
Ensuring families have access to parent partners and other flexible non-traditional support services as identified in a family-centered planning process;
Preventing entry into the foster care system and relinquishment of parental custody; and improving the clinical and functional outcomes of children and adolescents.

YES Waiver Eligibility Criteria

To participate in the YES Waiver, the child or adolescent must meet the following criteria:

• Between 3-18 years of age
• Resides in Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lee or Williamson County in which YES Waiver services are available
• Resides in a non-institutional setting with the child’s or adolescent’s Legally Authorized Representative; or in the child’s or adolescent’s own home or apartment, if legally emancipated
• Has serious functional impairment or acute severe psychiatric symptoms as indicated by:
  • • Risk of Self-Harm
    • Disruptive or Aggressive Behavior
    • Lack of Family Resources
    • School Behavior
    • Current Psychiatric Diagnosis

    There is a reasonable expectation that, without YES Waiver services, the child or adolescent would qualify for inpatient care.