·State program
Illinois Home Services Program (HSP) - Self-Directed Option
Illinois Home Services Program (HSP) provides home and community-based services for people with severe disabilities so they can remain at home. The consumer-directed Individual Provider/Personal Assistant option lets HSP customers select, employ, and supervise their own providers; legally responsible individual rules apply. HSP includes Medicaid waiver and state-funded pathways, with no waiting list for the current Persons with Disabilities waiver.
What it offers
Illinois HSP provides home-based services for people with severe disabilities, including the consumer-directed Individual Provider/Personal Assistant option. Customers who use Personal Assistant services select, employ, train, and supervise the individual provider, subject to HSP provider and legally responsible individual rules. IDHS lists 2026 HSP rates including Personal Assistant at $19.50/hour, Homemaker at $30.80/hour, home health agency CNA at $25/hour, LPN nursing at $37.50/hour, RN nursing at $45/hour, adult day care at $16.84/hour, and home-delivered meals at $16/day. HSP eligibility includes disability, Illinois residency, nursing-facility-risk/DON criteria, cost-effectiveness, Medicaid application cooperation, and asset rules; the Medicaid waiver special-income group is modeled as 300% of the 2026 SSI Federal Benefit Rate ($2,982/month for an individual). Adult HSP customers must have less than $17,500 in non-exempt personal assets; customers under age 18 use a $35,000 family-asset threshold.
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 Illinois?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
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Does your relationship to the person — parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
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What are the current income and asset limits, and whose income counts?
Our record lists gross monthly limit around $2,982 for a household of one or an asset limit around $17,500 — limits change, so confirm the current figures.
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What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
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Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
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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?