·State program
Live-In Caregiver Supports
Live-In Caregiver Supports provides Medicaid reimbursement for rent and food costs of live-in personal caregivers in home and community-based settings for eligible participants.
What you get
Cash Stipend, Services, as recorded:
- $20,000 annual Unit Price Limit (procedure code W5877); rent portion capped at HUD Fair Market Rent for the jurisdiction, food portion capped at USDA Monthly Food Plan Cost at the 2-person moderate level
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 Maryland?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse, parent, or other relative — count for this program?
- 03
What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- 04
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 05
Do you need to live with the person receiving care, and how is that verified?
- 06
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 07
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.
- 08
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 09
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
“Which waivers can I use to access this service?”
health.maryland.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Living with the person receiving care
“A live-in caregiver is defined as someone who is residing in the same household with a participant”
health.maryland.gov →Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“A legally responsible person, parent, spouse, or legal guardian of the participant cannot be paid by the Medicaid wWaiver program, either directly or indirectly, to provide this Medicaid wWaiver program service.”
health.maryland.gov →
How to apply
- 01
The participant (or legal guardian/authorized representative), caregiver, and provider develop a signed service agreement, which must be forwarded to the Coordinator of Community Services for submission to the DDA as part of the service request authorization. Contact your Coordinator of Community Services (CCS) to get more information about eligibility and to help decide if this service is right for you.