EDWP case management in Fulton County, Georgia
Apple Community Health Services provides Traditional and Enhanced EDWP case management to residents of Fulton County, including Atlanta.
noindex until ACHS confirms
that Fulton County is in the service area.
What the waiver pays for in Fulton County
Georgia's Elderly and Disabled Waiver Program is statewide, so what it covers in Fulton 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 Fulton County
The front door is the Aging and Disability Resource Connection. For Fulton 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 Fulton County
Under §1896 the person screening you must tell you which case management agencies serve Fulton County and let you choose among them. Under §1894 you can change later. Your right to choose, in full.
Starting from Atlanta or anywhere in the county
The process is the same wherever in Fulton 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.