GAPP guides for Georgia parents, written by the team that does the paperwork every day.

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• How to document your child’s daily care for GAPP, so nothing gets left out.

  A parent’s guide to writing down your child’s daily care for a GAPP application: what to count, skilled vs personal care, overnight care, and what to ask the doctor.

• Georgia’s GAPP age-out: a parent’s timeline from 16 to 21.

  What Georgia families should do at 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 so there’s no gap in care when GAPP ends: school, DBHDD, decision-making, Medicaid and adult waivers.

• GAPP renewal in Georgia: how yearly reauthorization works, and how to keep care from lapsing.

  GAPP is renewed every year in Georgia. When the medical form expires, when to start the renewal, what families re-sign, and how to keep care from lapsing.

• What GAPP skilled nursing covers at home in Georgia, and what decides your child's hours.

  What a GAPP nurse does at home for a medically fragile child in Georgia, how skilled nursing differs from personal care, and what really decides your child's hours.

• How long does GAPP approval take in Georgia? Usually 3 to 4 weeks once the packet is complete.

  GAPP review can take up to 30 days once the packet is complete; in Ava's experience it's usually 3 to 4 weeks. What starts the clock and what slows it.

• Can you switch GAPP agencies in Georgia? Yes, and here is how to do it without a gap in care.

  Georgia families can choose or change their GAPP agency, and the current agency must keep serving 30 days during a change. How to switch without a gap.

• Who qualifies for GAPP in Georgia? Four things every approved child has in common.

  GAPP eligibility for Georgia parents: under 21, Georgia Medicaid, medically fragile, and a doctor's order. Plus who GAPP usually isn't a fit for.