·State program
Self-Directed Services
Self-Directed Services enables Michigan Medicaid recipients to hire and direct their own home and community-based care providers.
What you get
Services, Coverage, as recorded:
- No fixed statewide rate or maximum: no across-the-board maximum rate is allowed for HSW Self-Directed CLS arrangements, and employers of record have discretion to set CLS staff wages during budget development within Medicaid guidelines; the Waskul settlement's proposed $28.12/hour Minimum Fee Schedule did not go into effect and is not mandated as a pass-through rate
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 Michigan?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse or parent — count for this program?
- 03
Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (null–18)?
- 04
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 05
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 06
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.
- 07
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 08
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
“Choice Voucher is the name for self-directed services for people under the age of 18”
michigan.gov →Applicant age
“Be at least 18 years of age.”
michigan.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“Individuals who direct their services cannot hire or contract with their legally responsible individuals (the individual’s spouse, conservator, etc.) or with his/her legal guardian”
michigan.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Self-direction is elected during the person-centered planning (PCP) process with the Community Mental Health Services Program (CMHSP); the individual chooses a Financial Management Services (FMS) provider and develops an Individual Plan of Service (IPOS) and individual budget