·State program
Connecticut Veterans Directed Care Program
Connecticut Veterans Directed Care Program allows eligible Connecticut veterans to receive home and community-based services and to direct and employ their own personal care assistants, including family members.
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
Does your relationship to the person — other relative — count for this program?
- 03
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 04
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 05
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.
- 06
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 07
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.
Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“veterans employ their own PCAs, who can be family members”
portal.ct.gov →State residency
“Reside in Connecticut”
portal.ct.gov →
How to apply
- 01
All clients must first be referred by and then pre-screened by the Veteran's Medical Center (VAMC), which refers appropriate veterans to the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for further assessment and service coordination. Veterans not yet connected must first register with the Veterans CT Healthcare System.