·State program
Community First Choice Services and Personal Care Services
Community First Choice Services and Personal Care Services provide Medicaid-eligible individuals with assistance for activities of daily living through personal care services in home and community-based settings.
What you get
Services, Coverage, as recorded:
- task-specific weekly caps, e.g. meal preparation limited to 300 minutes per week, exercise limited to 210 minutes per week, and bathing limited to three baths per week
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 Montana?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse, parent, or child — 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
“have a health condition that limits your ability to perform activities of daily living”
dphhs.mt.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“A member's immediate family member is not considered a CFC/PAS PCA for purposes of the Medicaid program and is not eligible for reimbursement. Immediate family member is defined as the following: a. Spouse; b. Natural, adoptive, or foster parent of a minor child.”
dphhs.mt.gov →
How to apply
- 01
If you are Medicaid enrolled and have a health condition that causes limitations in activities, call Mountain Pacific at 1-800-219-7035 for an assessment. If you do not yet have Medicaid, visit apply.mt.gov to apply or call the Public Assistance Helpline at 1-888-706-1535.