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Highlight of the month:
Parents as paid care-givers
Summary:
- While under 18 years old, parents have a parental responsibility to help their child for FREE. So they are not allowed to be paid to care for their children.
- But after the individual with the disability is 18 years old, they are adults and parents can be paid care-givers.
Specifics:
- Within CLASS Medicaid waiver:
- Parents can be Habilitation attendants through the DSA option or the CDS option after the individual turns 18 years old.
- If parents are legal guardians, they can only be Habilitation attendants through the DSA option.
- Reasons:
- As an individual with a legal guardian, the individual is not able to be the "employer" through CDS. So the legal guardian is also the employer with the CDS option... and cannot employ themselves.
- Therefore, the DSA would need to be the "employer" of the legal guardian on behalf of the individual.
- Parents can't be Respite attendants.
- If parents are the only paid Habilitation attendants, DADS may not view them as "unpaid natural supports" and may say they are not eligible for respite relief.
- Within the HCS Medicaid waiver:
- Parents can be Foster/Companion Care provider through HCS.
- This is an alternative to "Supported Home Living" which is like CLASS Habilitation
- This is an alternative to "Group Home" which is when an individual receives care while living in a group home.
- In Foster/Companion Care, parents can receive a monthly payment to meet the daily care needs of their adult child in their home.
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