·State program
Structured Family Caregiving
Structured Family Caregiving is a Medicaid service for individuals at least 18 years old who need nursing facility level of care, allowing spouses or relatives with legal decision-making authority to provide care in the individual's home if they complete caregiver training.
What you get
Cash Stipend, Services, as recorded:
- $102.68 per day / $51.34 per half day
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 Ohio?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — 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
“Nursing facility-based level of care home and community-based services programs: structured family caregiving”
codes.ohio.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Living with the person receiving care
“The caregiver resides with the individual”
codes.ohio.gov →Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“Spouses and other relatives with legal decision-making authority may only provide SFC”
codes.ohio.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Once found eligible for PASSPORT, a case manager develops a package of in-home services from local service providers, which can include Structured Family Caregiving