Connecticut Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Program / Community First Choice

What it offers

Connecticut CFC provides self-directed personal attendant care and other home and community supports for active Medicaid members who can self-direct and meet institutional level of care. Services can include help with ADLs, IADLs, household tasks, community activities, education to manage in-home staff, and related supports. Participants may hire certain family members or friends, with exclusions discussed by the care manager; CFC materials identify spouses and people serving as health care representative, conservator, or guardian as excluded. The separate PCA Medicaid Waiver pays for personal care attendant support for adults ages 18-64 with long-term needs who can supervise the attendant or have a conservator; the 2025 DSS flyer notes that waiver has a waiting list.

Questions that decide eligibility

GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:

1. 01

   Does the person receiving care live in Connecticut?

   Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.

2. 02

   Does your relationship to the person — parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?

3. 03

   What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?

4. 04

   Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?

5. 05

   Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?

6. 06

   Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.

   Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.

7. 07

   What documents do you need from us to start an application?

8. 08

   Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?