Paid Parent Caregiving

Paid Parent Caregiving allows eligible parents, stepparents, adoptive parents, legal guardians, or civil union partners to be paid Medicaid rates for providing personal care services to children under 21 with a documented medical condition or disability. Adults may be paid up to 40 hours per week at the Collectively Bargained minimum rate for services provided in the home.

Eligibility

• Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
• Care recipient age: under 21
• Relationship: spouse, parent

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 Vermont? — Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
• Does your relationship to the person — spouse or parent — 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

• The individual must provide an attestation to the Children's Personal Care Program that children's personal care services are unavailable from a personal care attendant