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Medical Services – Appendix W, ARChoices in Homecare and Living Choices Assisted Living Facility (ALF) Waiver Application Tracking and Release Procedures 10/17/18 Appendix W Page 6 of 6 available, your approval will be submitted for services to begin and you will receive notification. Once services begin, both financial and functional eligibility will be determined annually.” 4. The DAABH Central Office will regularly monitor the Tracking and Release List. Open waiver program slots will be determined twice per month, on the 1st and 15th or, if this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the first business day thereafter. 5. When a slot is available, the DAABH Central Office will notify the appropriate DHS RN viae-mail. 6. Upon notification from Central Office, the DHS RN will send a DHS-3330 and the DHS-0704, if not previously sent, to the LTSS eligibility worker advising that the applicant may now be approved for services and to request a Medicaid identification number and waiver eligibility date. 7. Upon notification from DAABH that a slot is available, the LTSS eligibility worker will approve the application according to normal procedures.  NOTE: For either waiver program, ARChoices or ALF category, under the waiting list process, the waiver eligibility date is the date the County Office approves the application in ANSWER. 8. The LTSS eligibility worker will return the DHS-3330 to the DHS RN providing the waiver eligibility date and the Medicaid number. 9. Upon receipt of the eligibility date and Medicaid number, the DHS RN will forward the email from DAABH Central Office with the eligibility date and Medicaid number entered on the blank lines in the email to the ArPath folder: DHS.DAAS.ArPath@arkansas.gov. 10. DAABH Central Office will enter the eligibility date to the appropriate field on the Tracking and Release List to move the applicant to the Archive List. 11. The applicant will be notified by the LTSS eligibility worker via the system generated approval process that services will begin. 12. The application will be processed under normal practices by the DHS RN. The provider packets (plan of care, start of care form, claim forms, etc.) will be mailed.