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Community First Choice

Community First Choice provides self-directed personal care services in the home for Medicaid-eligible individuals with health conditions requiring nursing home level of care, allowing adult children and relatives to be paid as personal care attendants.

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What you get

Services, Coverage, as recorded:

  • hours of authorized personal care are set every two weeks via a Service Profile (SLTC-155) based on individualized assessed need; PCA work is scheduled within authorized units in 15-minute increments
GC1 · Social SupportGC2 · Physical Health

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 Montana?

    Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.

How to apply

  1. 01

    1) Apply for Medicaid at apply.mt.gov or call (888) 706-1535; 2) schedule an assessment with the Department's Utilization Review Contractor (URC) at (800) 219-7035 to create a Service Profile; 3) choose a provider agency; 4) the agency develops a Service Plan (SLTC-175) with you

This page is for discovery and preparation, not an eligibility determination. Program rules change — confirm every detail on the official source. More programs in Montana →