(1) Within available resources, home and community services will accept a person into the guardianship and conservatorship assistance program if DSHS determines that the person meets the eligibility requirements, the referral packet is complete, and there is a program slot available at the time of acceptance.

(2) DSHS prioritizes acceptance into the program on a first-come, first-served basis determined by the date DSHS receives a complete referral packet and DSHS completes an eligibility determination for the person.

(3) If there is not an appropriate program slot available for an eligible person, DSHS will put them on the waitlist for the determined tier slot. Placement on the waitlist does not guarantee that a person will be accepted into the program.

(4) Waitlist priority is determined based on a first-come basis utilizing the date DSHS receives a complete referral packet and DSHS completes an eligibility determination for the person.

(5) In the event that a person is found eligible for a tier 2 slot, but at the time of acceptance only a tier 1 slot is available, DSHS will accept the person into the tier 1 slot while simultaneously placing the person on the waitlist for a tier 2 slot. Acceptance into the tier 2 waitlist does not guarantee that a person will be accepted into the program under a tier 2 slot designation.

(6) Once a person is accepted into a program slot, DSHS makes a referral to all program contracted certified professional guardians and conservators for consideration of acceptance of nomination. DSHS has the sole discretion to remove a person from the program if after two months of initial contractor referral, no program contracted certified professional guardian or conservator agrees to accept the case for nomination by the court.

(7) Removal from the guardianship and conservatorship assistance program in no way affects the person's ability to be rereferred and reconsidered for inclusion onto the guardianship and conservatorship assistance program at a future date.