Family Home Health Aide Program¶
Program allowing family members or guardians to be trained and employed as home health aides to provide services for medically fragile children
Eligibility¶
- Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
- Applicant age: at least 18
- Care recipient age: under 21
- Relationship: 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 — other relative or non relative — count for this program?
- Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (up to 21)?
- 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
How to apply¶
- Confirm PDN eligibility for your child, contact a participating home health agency, complete FHHA training and background screening, submit the FHHA SSN Request Form to DCF, then begin services as scheduled by the agency