·State program
Money Follows the Person
Money Follows the Person is a federal demonstration program that helps eligible individuals age 60 and older or adults with disabilities 18 and older currently living in long-term care facilities transition to community settings, with services capped at the cost of nursing home care.
What you get
Services, as recorded:
- Capped at the cost of the person's current nursing home care
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 District of Columbia?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (18–null)?
- 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.
Age of the person receiving care
“60 years of age and older; an adult with disabilities 18 years and older”
dacl.dc.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
State residency
“District of Columbia resident age 60 and older or an adult with disabilities 18 years and older”
dacl.dc.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Call DACL Information & Referral/Assistance Unit at (202) 724-5626 or email dacl@dc.gov to make a referral