Money Follows the Person

What you get

Services, as recorded:

• Helps locate a place to live and arrange funding for medical, rehabilitation, home health, and other community services

Questions that decide eligibility

GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:

1. 01

   Does the person receiving care live in Indiana?

   Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.

2. 02

   What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?

3. 03

   Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?

4. 04

   Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?

5. 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.

6. 06

   What documents do you need from us to start an application?

7. 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.

• Disability of the person receiving care

  “A qualifying institution is defined as a nursing facility or Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) institutions, which include an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) or Comprehensive Rehabilitative Management Needs Facility (CRMNF).”

  in.gov →

• Minimum VA disability rating

  Minimum VA disability rating: null%.

• Work hours

  Minimum work hours: null.

• State residency

  “They must be an Indiana Medicaid eligible recipient at least one day prior to discharge from the institution”

  in.gov →

How to apply

1. 01

   A transition nurse and transition specialist work with the applicant while still in the institution to identify needs and supports before discharge