ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 92/100
Texas HHSC Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver Comprehensive Provider Open Enrollment — HHS0011235
Texas HHSC is accepting Comprehensive Waiver Provider applications through August 31, 2027 at 5:00 PM CDT for the Medicaid 1915(c) Youth Empowerment Services Waiver, which delivers intensive home- and community-based mental-health services to youth ages 3–18 with severe emotional disturbance.
FundingOpen-enrollment Medicaid provider contract; reimbursement is tied to authorized YES Waiver services rather than a fixed grant award
DeadlineAugust 31, 2027 at 5:00 PM CDT
Last verifiedAugust 31, 2026
Required next actionProspective Comprehensive Waiver Providers should review HHS0011235 and Addendum 4 dated August 20, 2026, verify organizational credentialing and service-array capability, prepare the required application/checklist materials, plan for Medicaid/TMHP enrollment, and document how all directly delivered or subcontracted YES Waiver services will be coordinated. Do not budget N9+ or other clinical technology as reimbursable without a specific authorized-service and medical-necessity basis.
Broad Eligibility
Organizations meeting HHSC credentialing standards for a YES Waiver Comprehensive Waiver Provider and capable of providing or arranging the full required service array for eligible youth. Local Mental Health Authorities and Local Behavioral Health Authorities also serve as CWPs/providers of last resort. Approved providers must complete required Medicaid/TMHP enrollment before billing.
Atlas Analysis
A high-value statewide pediatric behavioral-health contract lane serving youth ages 3–18 with severe emotional disturbance who are at risk of institutionalization or out-of-home placement. Atlas Opportunity Score 92/100. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 35/100 because this is provider/service enrollment, not a standalone technology purchase; any device role must satisfy authorized-service, therapeutic-purpose, medical-necessity and billing requirements.
Open enrollment is active. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting applications under HHS0011235 for Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver Comprehensive Waiver Providers.
Submission deadline: August 31, 2027 at 5:00 PM CDT. HHSC lists the solicitation as revised August 20, 2026 through Addendum 4, so applicants should use the current open-enrollment package and all applicable addenda.
Program purpose: the Medicaid 1915(c) YES Waiver provides short-term, comprehensive home- and community-based mental-health services to youth ages 3 through 18 who are at risk of institutionalization or out-of-home placement because of severe emotional disturbance.
Provider requirements: HHSC describes a Comprehensive Waiver Provider (CWP) as an organization that meets state credentialing standards, enters into a provider agreement, and is responsible for providing or arranging the full YES Waiver service array, either directly or through a managed subcontractor network. Approved CWPs must obtain the required Medicaid provider enrollment/number before billing. Local Mental Health Authorities and Local Behavioral Health Authorities also function as CWPs/providers of last resort under the program.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 92/100. This is a long-running statewide pediatric behavioral-health provider lane with strong value for organizations that can deliver and coordinate intensive community-based services for high-need children and adolescents.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 35/100. The YES Waiver includes authorized service and support categories, including adaptive aids when medically necessary, but HHS0011235 is primarily a provider enrollment and service-delivery procurement. Atlas should not represent N9+ as automatically reimbursable. Any N9+ role would need to be tied to an authorized participant service, therapeutic objective, documented medical necessity, and HHSC/TMHP billing rules.
Official source: Texas HHS Open Enrollment HHS0011235.
Source verificationOfficial government source · resources.hhs.texas.govAtlas last verified this record August 31, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
