Home Modifications and Repairs

Interested in making sensory-friendly modifications to your home environment? Whether considering installing hardwood floors or windows, adding a room, raising or removing shelves and other barriers, soundproofing, designating spaces with visual cues, or pursuing other safety measures, enhancing an individual’s physical environment can improve behavior, foster independence, and ease control and relaxation. 

Medicaid offers Environmental Modifications (EM) as a home and community-based service (HCBS) through the Commonwealth Coordinated Care (CCC) Plus Waiver and the Developmental Disability (DD) Waivers. These modifications are physical adaptations to a primary residence or vehicle, like installing ramps or widening doorways, to improve an individual’s health, safety, and independence. To receive this service, you must be enrolled in a waiver program, have a demonstrated need for the modification, and follow the specific process for the waiver you are in to be assessed and approved. View this Medicaid Member Guide to learn more.