Community Alternatives Program (CAP)

The CAP programs are Medicaid home- and community-based services waivers granted by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).

The CAP programs allow North Carolina to use Medicaid funds to provide home- and community-based services to Medicaid recipients who require institutional care (placement in a nursing facility), but for whom care can be provided cost-effectively and safely in the community with CAP services. CAP participants must meet all Medicaid eligibility requirements.

North Carolina has CAP waivers to provide services to a limited number of persons in specific groups within the state:

• CAP for children (CAP/C)
• CAP for disabled adults (CAP/DA)
• CAP for the mentally retarded/developmentally disabled (CAP/MR-DD)

For information, call 919-212-7541.