How long does it take to become a Waiver Support Coordinator

There are some things to know about becoming a Waiver Support Coordinator. Most important of all is that it is not an easy or fast things. The amount of paperwork required is very large and there are many steps that are out of your control when filling out and submitting the paperwork.

First you have to submit a Letter of Intent, to indicate that you would like to become a Support Coordinator. This is the very first thing that needs to be done and when it is submitted. once you have submitted this letter you will be allowed to sign into the Clearinghouse to submit your background investigation. Typically you submit the letter of Intent and it takes 3-5 business days to get an answer back and another 3-5 days to be entered into the clearinghouse. You will need to watch your e-mail closely to make sure you follow-up when you can or you will add additional days to your application process. Once you have your information entered you will then need to go get fingerprints to be able to submit for your background check which will take a day. You then need to submit for the background investigation and wait for it to return which could take 7-10 business days.

Once you have completed the background check the other items like getting insurance can take 1-2 Business Days to get the policy then add APD as a Certificate Holder.

If you want to get yourself registered as a Business or File an LLC you will need to write up all the documentation required to submit to the state and once submitted can take as much as 2-3 weeks to process and get your Articles of incorporation.

You also need to write up your Policy and Procedures document which can take a long time and can be done while you are waiting on all the other items to be returned for you to submit them.

Once you have gathered all the required items you also may need to get all the initial training required and you may need to schedule it with APD and could take another 1-2 weeks to get the 24 hours of in-service training.

Already you are at about 47 days.

Once you have all of this information together you then have to submit it to your Regional APD office. They will review all of the documentation and then notify you that your enrollment is complete.

Our personal Experience is currently showing that this process is a waiting game and it personally took over 15 days to even hear anything back about the enrollment.

So from initiation to approval is about 65-80 days which is almost 3 months.

Be prepared to work towards getting everything together and then waiting.