HOME & COMMUNITY-BASED IDD SERVICES
Aba Healthcare Inc. partners with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, families, caregivers, and Texas agencies to provide person-centered support at home and in the community.
Our services
Explore service components available through Texas HCS, TxHmL, and linked Community First Choice benefits. Every plan is shaped by eligibility, authorization, assessed needs, and personal goals.
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Flexible support in a person’s own or family home for daily living skills, personal care, health-related tasks, community participation, and authorized transportation.
HCS Ask about this serviceA shared-home option with individualized support, supervision, help with daily routines, community access, and relationship-centered care.
HCS Ask about this serviceResidential support in a small group setting with staff available according to assessed needs, the service plan, and program requirements.
HCS Ask about this serviceTwenty-four-hour residential support in a small group home, focused on safety, daily routines, health, independence, and community inclusion.
HCS Ask about this serviceOne-to-one assistance and training in the person’s home and community, including daily living skills, personal care, health-related tasks, and authorized transportation.
TxHmL Ask about this serviceHands-on help, supervision, and training with activities of daily living, household tasks, health-related tasks, and independent living skills.
HCS · TxHmL · CFC Ask about this serviceAn authorized electronic response system for eligible people who are alone for significant periods and need a reliable way to request emergency help.
HCS · TxHmL · CFC Ask about this serviceTraining and guidance that can help an eligible person select, manage, and dismiss attendants when this support is included in the person-directed plan.
HCS · TxHmL · CFC Ask about this serviceTransportation tied to an approved person-directed outcome and individual transportation plan under HCS Supported Home Living or TxHmL Community Support.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceShort-term in-home or out-of-home support that maintains health and safety while giving unpaid caregivers a planned break from caregiving responsibilities.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this servicePerson-centered skill building, social participation, and community inclusion delivered at an approved service setting in line with the individual plan.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceGoal-focused support delivered in community locations to build relationships, practical skills, independence, and meaningful participation.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAuthorized skills and socialization support delivered in the home when the individual’s assessed needs and service plan call for an in-home setting.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceIndividualized help identifying employment goals, preparing for work, locating competitive integrated employment, and connecting with potential employers.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceOngoing individualized support that helps a person maintain competitive integrated employment, strengthen job skills, and succeed in the workplace.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceTime-limited, person-centered services that build transferable skills, workplace behaviors, and confidence needed to pursue competitive integrated employment.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAssessment, monitoring, treatment, training, and delegated nursing support aligned with authorized needs and the individual plan of care.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAssessment and positive, person-centered strategies designed to understand behavior, strengthen coping skills, and support safer, more successful routines.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAssessment, treatment, training, and consultation related to hearing and communication needs, coordinated with the person’s broader support plan.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAssessment and therapy that support self-care, sensory-motor skills, functional participation, work, play, and activities of daily living.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAssessment and treatment to maintain or improve mobility, strength, balance, positioning, coordination, and physical function.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAssessment and therapy supporting speech, language, communication, swallowing, and practical communication across everyday settings.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceNutrition assessment, planning, training, and consultation that account for health needs, personal preferences, culture, and everyday routines.
HCS Ask about this serviceAssessment, counseling, training, and resource support for individuals and families navigating change, grief, relationships, and community needs.
HCS Ask about this serviceAuthorized preventive, therapeutic, and emergency dental services for eligible individuals when the service is available under program rules.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAuthorized devices, controls, medical supplies, and appliances that support safety, communication, independence, and activities of daily living.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceAuthorized accessibility and safety adaptations that help a person enter, navigate, and use the home with greater independence.
HCS · TxHmL Ask about this serviceOne-time help with essential household items and setup costs for eligible people moving from an institutional setting into their own or family home.
HCS enrollment Ask about this serviceAssessment and approved accessibility work completed before HCS enrollment when a person needs specific home modifications to transition safely.
HCS enrollment Ask about this serviceProgram labels are a general guide. Services must be authorized on the individual’s plan, and availability through Aba Healthcare depends on the person’s program, assessed need, location, active contract scope, and current capacity.
Support where life happens
At home, at work, and in the community, we focus on useful skills, meaningful choice, safety, and the confidence to participate more fully.
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Why Aba Healthcare
We believe people with IDD should have real choices about where they live, how they spend their time, the people who support them, and the goals they pursue. Our role is to make those choices easier to act on.
Life in the community
Learning new skills, building relationships, preparing for work, and participating in the community all start with support that respects the person’s interests, pace, and goals.
Getting started
We work with individuals, families, legally authorized representatives, service coordinators, and agency partners.
Tell us about the person’s goals, preferences, approved services, daily routines, and the support that would make the biggest difference.
If you are new to publicly funded IDD services, your local IDD authority can help with eligibility and access to HCS or TxHmL programs.
We coordinate with the individual, legally authorized representative, service coordinator, and applicable agency partners.
Support is organized around choice, dignity, safety, independence, and outcomes that matter in everyday life.
The care team starts services, communicates clearly, monitors progress, and updates support as needs and goals evolve.
A good life is not a program. It is having choices, relationships, purpose, and the right support to take part.
The principle behind our person-centered approach
Helpful information
Texas uses local IDD authorities as the point of entry for publicly funded IDD programs. If you are unsure about eligibility or program access, your local authority can help you understand the next step.
Texas LIDDA informationWe support eligible Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and related conditions, working in partnership with individuals, families, caregivers, legally authorized representatives, service coordinators, LIDDAs, and applicable state agencies.
Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) are Texas Medicaid waiver programs that provide approved services and supports to eligible people with IDD in home and community settings.
Yes. Families, legally authorized representatives, service coordinators, LIDDAs, and agency partners may call 281-857-9675 or email info@abahealthcare.org to discuss needs, referrals, authorized services, and availability.
Your local intellectual and developmental disability authority (LIDDA) is the usual point of entry for publicly funded IDD services in Texas. The LIDDA can explain eligibility, complete or arrange required assessments, and help you understand interest-list and enrollment steps.
Individuals and legally authorized representatives have provider-choice rights. Your service coordinator or LIDDA can explain the current selection or transfer process, help compare available providers, and coordinate required paperwork.
No. Services depend on eligibility, authorization, assessed needs, personal goals, preferences, program requirements, and the individual service plan.
Individualized Skills and Socialization is the current Texas service that replaced day habilitation. It can support skill development, social participation, community inclusion, and personal goals in approved on-site, off-site, or in-home settings.
HCS may authorize Supported Home Living in a person’s own or family home, Host Home/Companion Care, Supervised Living, or Residential Support Services. TxHmL does not include group residential services and is designed for people living in their own or family home.
Community First Choice (CFC) is a Medicaid benefit that may add Personal Assistance Services/Habilitation, Emergency Response Services, and Support Management for eligible people in HCS or TxHmL who live in their own or family home. The planning team determines what is needed and authorized.
Yes, when authorized. Employment Assistance helps a person explore and obtain competitive integrated employment; Supported Employment provides ongoing help to maintain it; Employment Readiness builds transferable skills needed to pursue work.
Some HCS and TxHmL services may be available through the Consumer Directed Services option, which gives the individual or legally authorized representative more responsibility for recruiting and managing service workers. Your service coordinator can explain eligible services and responsibilities.
You can begin with basic contact information and the services you want to discuss. If available, it is also helpful to know the individual’s program, service coordinator, approved services, and preferred start timeline.
Timing depends on confirmed eligibility and authorization, provider selection or transfer steps, staffing, location, required assessments, and the approved start date. We can review the situation and explain what must happen before service begins.
Contact the service coordinator and the care team. The person-centered plan can be reviewed, and authorized services may be revised when assessments, health needs, living arrangements, goals, or preferences change.
We communicate with the individual, family or legally authorized representative, service coordinator, LIDDA, managed care or state partners as applicable, and authorized clinicians so responsibilities, documentation, health and safety needs, and person-centered outcomes stay aligned.
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