This program is for children under 18 who:
- Have an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD)
or are eligible for Children’s Intensive In-home Services’ (CIIS) medically fragile or medically involved waivers and
- Are in service groups 5m or 5b on their Oregon Needs Assessment.
Parents and guardians must be able to work legally in the United States.
Children in the Healthier Oregon program are not eligible.
Any parent or guardian can add their child to the program's waitlist. Learn more in the waitlist section below.
Children enrolled in the Children’s Extraordinary Needs Program can get up to 20 hours of paid care per week from their parents or guardians.
Within its current budget, the program can serve 230* children at once. So, the program has a long waitlist. As spots in the program open, ODDS will contact the parents or guardians of the next child on the waitlist. The child’s services coordinator will contact the family to discuss options. If a family wants to join the program, ODDS will confirm if they are eligible.
Eligible parents and guardians will get training and a criminal background check. Families will also update their child’s Individual Support Plan.
Paid caregivers have different rules to follow than parents.
Learn more about the program and rules in the
Frequently Asked Questions.
*Starting July 1, 2026, the program will expand to serve 230 children at a time. Learn more in the full announcement:
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This program has a waitlist, because more children qualify than we have available spots. We use the waitlist to fill spots as they open.
How the waitlist works
- We add new children to the end of the existing waitlist the order of their applications.
- Children move up the waitlist as spots in the program open. This means their number will get smaller. When they reach number one, they are first in line.
- As spots open, ODDS will send a letter to the next family on the waitlist. We will also notify these children’s services coordinators. They will directly contact families with next steps.
- We don’t know how fast the waitlist will move.
How to get your child on the waitlist
Any parent or guardian can add their child to the program’s waitlist. Fill out the form linked below to get on the waitlist. If you need help, please ask your child’s services coordinator. They can also submit the form.
To be on the waitlist a child must:
- Live in their family home or could move back to their family home.
- Be assigned to the highest Oregon Needs Assessment (ONA) service group: 5b or 5m. This group is for children with very high medical or very high behavioral support needs.
- Meet intermediate care facilities for individuals with I/DD, hospital, or nursing facility level of care.
To add your child to the waitlist, do one of the following:
Program staff will confirm they received your form.
For families joining the program
ODDS sent you a letter that there is an opening for your child in the Children's Extraordinary Needs Program. Talk to your child’s services coordinator to start the process. If your child is on the Children’s Intensive In-home Services (CIIS) waitlist, their staff will help you.
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Resources for parent providers
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Training for parents and guardians
Parents or guardians must complete the training, “ODDS Children's Extraordinary Needs Program Parent Provider Training,” before becoming paid providers. You’ll learn about federal and state requirements to be a paid provider. Your employer can help you access this training in Workday. If you prefer, you can take training before a provider agency hires you. Complete the training on demand on Workday
Training in English Training in Spanish
Visit the
Workday Learning: Information for Partners and Providers page for help setting up a new Workday Learning account.
Para hispanohablantes - Abra
la Guía de Configuración y siga las instrucciones paso a paso para crear una cuenta de “EE Learner” (en inglés).
If you need this training in another language, please
contact us.
Waiver and K Plan services for children
Parents can use this chart to compare this program with their child’s current services. Children can get services from the K Plan and one waiver at a time. Talk to your child’s services coordinator about this decision.
Contact us
For questions about the Children's Extraordinary Needs Program,
email the program.
To find out your child's place on the waitlist, contact your child’s services coordinator.
If you need more support, contact your child’s services coordinator.