The Northern Health Care Management (NHCM) MI Choice Waiver program is a division of Northern Lakes Community Mental Health which provides home and community based services for people who are elderly and/or disabled in 10 counties: Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee and Wexford.

Through this program, eligible adults who meet income and asset criteria may receive Medicaid covered services, like those provided by nursing homes, in their own homes or another residential setting. MI Choice Waiver program staff can provide assessment, care management, and purchase services in the community using Medicaid dollars. These services can be provided in people’s own homes, adult foster care homes, and homes for the aged.

How to refer someone to the MI Choice Waiver program?

* Call us. You will be asked to provide some identifying information to determine eligibility.

* There is currently a waiting list for MI Choice Waiver services. If someone is coming directly from a nursing home, the waiting list requirements may not apply. Also, it may be possible to get an exception to the waiting list requirement for someone who is at imminent risk of nursing home placement.

Please call us at: 1-800-640-7478 or 231-933-4917

MI Choice Waiver services are also available through the Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan at 1-800-442-1713 or 231-947-8920.