·State program
Community First Services and Supports (CFSS)
Minnesota health care program offering flexible options for people to direct their own home care; replaced Personal Care Assistance (PCA) and the Consumer Support Grant (CSG) as of Oct 1, 2024.
What you get
Services, Coverage, as recorded:
- If multiple parents provide CFSS to their minor child(ren), each may provide up to 40 hours (total not exceeding 80 hours) in a 7-day period; a single parent may provide up to 60 hours in a 7-day period; a spouse support worker may provide up to 60 hours in a 7-day period
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 Minnesota?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse or parent — 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 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.
Disability of the person receiving care
“require assistance and be determined dependent in one activity of daily living or Level I behavior”
revisor.mn.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“In CFSS, a person’s spouse or the parent of a minor may serve as that person’s support worker.”
mn.gov →State residency
“Be enrolled in one of Minnesota’s health care programs: Medical Assistance (MA), an MA waiver, the Alternative Care program and some people on MinnesotaCare.”
mn.gov →
How to apply
- 01
The county/Tribal Nation assessor conducts an assessment to determine eligibility; the person then selects CFSS services if eligible and chooses a consultation services provider