·State program
Paid Family Caregiver Program
Paid Family Caregiver Program allows parents or spouses of individuals with disabilities to receive Medicaid reimbursement for providing care to children under age 18 or their spouse.
What you get
Cash Stipend, Services, as recorded:
- reimbursement up to 40 hours per week (per child, when caring for multiple children)
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 Virginia?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse — 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
“needs of the member under the age of 18 due to their disability, and it is above and beyond the typical basic care”
vamedicaid.dmas.virginia.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“Legally responsible individuals are defined as parents or legal guardians of minors or the participant's spouse”
vamedicaid.dmas.virginia.gov →State residency
“Live in the member's local community within a 50-mile radius”
vamedicaid.dmas.virginia.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Circumstances must be documented on the Extraordinary Care (EC) form, completed by the Employer of Record/Member/family, Services Facilitator/personal care agency, and case management entity, following the Legally Responsible Individual Process Flow