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Consumer-Directed Care Plus

Consumer-Directed Care Plus is a Medicaid program offering self-directed personal assistance services that allows recipients to hire and pay neighbors, friends, spouses, or relatives as providers to help them remain in their own home.

Eligibility

  • Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
  • Relationship: spouse, child, other relative, non relative

Questions to ask the program

These are questions to ask the program, not a verdict on your eligibility. Confirm the current rules directly with the program.

  • Does the person receiving care live in Florida? — Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
  • Does your relationship to the person — spouse, child, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
  • What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
  • 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.
  • What documents do you need from us to start an application?
  • Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?

What this record does not yet say

  • a direct application link
  • eligibility criteria

How to apply

  • Contact the CDC+ Helpline at 1-866-761-7043 for information and resources on getting started on CDC+. First, enroll in Florida's Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) Developmental Disabilities/Home and Community-Based Services iBudget Waiver; consumers must be fully enrolled with APD (not in pre-enrollment) before application to CDC+ may begin. Then select a CDC+ Representative if needed, take initial training, choose a CDC+ Consultant, and complete the Application and Enrollment packet. Submit the completed Application and Enrollment packet forms and Direct Deposit Request form to the CDC+ Consultant, who submits them to the State Office on the Consumer's behalf.