The customized living exception to the licensing moratorium will expire on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.

Providers interested in converting their customized living (CL) setting to a corporate foster care/community residential setting under the exception must work with their corporate foster care moratorium liaison to verify exception eligibility in a timely manner so they can submit the final request to the Department of Human Services (DHS) before the Dec. 31 deadline.

A CL setting meets the setting eligibility criteria for the exception if all the following statements are true:

• The CL setting serves four or fewer people on the Brain Injury Waiver, Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver, or Elderly Waiver
• The CL setting is a single-family home
• The CL setting was operational on or before June 30, 2021

CL provider actions

You must act if you are a CL provider who:

• Meets the three CL setting requirements listed above
• Wants to convert your CL setting to a corporate foster care/CRS under the CL moratorium exception
• Has not yet contacted the lead agency where the setting is located

In this situation, you should immediately:

• Contact the lead agency where the setting is located to start the CL exception verification process
• Notify the case managers of the people living in the CL setting to let them know you want to convert the CL setting to a corporate foster care/CRS setting

For more information, visit CBSM – Moratorium on corporate foster care and community residential setting development.

For moratorium liaison contact information, go to CBSM – Corporate foster care moratorium liaison contact list.