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Veteran Directed Care

Veteran Directed Care enables eligible Veterans enrolled in VA Puget Sound Health Care System to receive home and community-based services with an individual budget they control. Eligible Veterans must meet VA home and community-based services criteria with 3 or more ADL dependencies or 2 ADL dependencies plus additional risk factors, and may hire family members, friends, or neighbors to provide care.

Eligibility

  • Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
  • 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 Washington? — Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
  • Does your relationship to the person — 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

  • A Veteran must be enrolled in VA Puget Sound primary care, have a VA primary care team, meet VA eligibility criteria for home and community-based services, and receive a referral from the VDC liaison at VA PSHCS. A Care Consultant then conducts intake and a CARE assessment to build a Participant Spending Plan.