·State program
Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders
Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders provides home and community-based services including homemaker, personal care, companion services, meals on wheels, adult day care, mental health counseling, and care management to eligible seniors.
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in Connecticut?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
What are the current income and asset limits, and whose income counts?
Our record lists gross monthly limit around $2,199 for a household of one — limits change, so confirm the current figures.
- 03
Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (65–null)?
- 04
What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- 05
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 06
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 07
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.
- 08
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 09
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Income and asset limits
“All of the Medicaid waivers have a gross income limit of 300% of the base Supplemental Security Income (SSI) rate. The 300% amount of SSI, effective January 1, 2015, is $2,199 a month for a single individual.”
portal.ct.gov →Age of the person receiving care
“elders (65 years of age and older)”
portal.ct.gov →Disability of the person receiving care
“who are either at risk of institutionalization or meet nursing home level of care”
portal.ct.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
How to apply
- 01
Apply faster online at connect.ct.gov, or by mailing the W-1LTSS Application for Long-Term Services and Supports to the Greater Hartford Community Options Applications Unit (for community homecare) or the appropriate DSS office. Contact the CHCPE line at 800-445-5394 (Referrals option 4, Financial Eligibility option 2, Katie Beckett Model Waiver option 3, General Information press 0#), or www.ct.gov/dss/chcpe / www.ct.gov/dss/apply.
Our record lists a decision timeline around 45 days — confirm the current timeline with the program.