·State program
National Family Caregiver Support Program
The National Family Caregiver Support Program provides in-home and community care support services to informal caregivers including adult family members aged 18 and older caring for individuals 60 years and older, and older relatives aged 55 and older caring for children or adults with disabilities.
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
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Does the person receiving care live in Georgia?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
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Does your relationship to the person — parent, child, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
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Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
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Do you need to live with the person receiving care, and how is that verified?
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Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
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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.
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What documents do you need from us to start an application?
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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.
Applicant age
“Adult family members or other informal caregivers aged 18 and older providing care to individuals 60 years of age and older”
pamms.dhs.ga.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Living with the person receiving care
“A caregiver who is age 55 or older and lives with, is the informal provider of in-home and community care to, and is the primary caregiver for:”
pamms.dhs.ga.gov →Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“the term “family caregiver” does not include individuals whose primary relationship with the older adult is based on a financial or professional agreement”
pamms.dhs.ga.gov →
How to apply
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The AAA will refer applicants to provider organizations or other resources; place them on a waiting list for services; or initiate service delivery as determined by the screening and assessment process. To find the nearest AAA for your area, call 1-866-552-4464, and press 2.