EDWP case management in Cherokee County, Georgia
Apple Community Health Services provides Traditional and Enhanced EDWP case management to residents of Cherokee County, including Canton.
noindex until ACHS confirms
that Cherokee County is in the service area.
What the waiver pays for in Cherokee County
Georgia's Elderly and Disabled Waiver Program is statewide, so what it covers in Cherokee County is what it covers everywhere in Georgia: personal support at home, home-delivered meals, adult day health, respite for a family caregiver, intermittent skilled nursing, an emergency response system, and home modifications where they let someone stay put. The full list of covered services.
Case management is how those pieces get arranged and kept running. Medicaid pays the case management agency directly — no bill for case management reaches you or your family.
Who screens you in Cherokee County
The front door is the Aging and Disability Resource Connection. For Cherokee County that runs through the Atlanta Regional Commission, the Area Agency on Aging for the metro region, whose public service is Empowerline. They screen, they are independent of any provider, and they are the right first call. What happens on that call.
Choosing an agency in Cherokee County
Under §1896 the person screening you must tell you which case management agencies serve Cherokee County and let you choose among them. Under §1894 you can change later. Your right to choose, in full.
Starting from Canton or anywhere in the county
The process is the same wherever in Cherokee County you live: a screening, a level-of-care assessment, financial eligibility, then a care plan. The whole path, start to finish, and how long it honestly takes.