MassHealth Adult Foster Care¶
MassHealth Adult Foster Care serves individuals aged 16 and older needing physical assistance or cueing with Activities of Daily Living, providing care by family members or non-family caregivers.
Eligibility¶
- Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
- Applicant age: at least 16
- Must live with care recipient
- Relationship: other 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 Massachusetts? — Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- Does your relationship to the person — other relative — count for this program?
- What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- Do you need to live with the person receiving care, and how is that verified?
- 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?
How to apply¶
- AFC must be ordered by the member's PCP. As a prerequisite for payment, the AFC provider must obtain prior authorization from the MassHealth agency or its designee before the first date of service delivery, and annually thereafter, and upon significant change.
Use the official program page for application details: official program page.