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Do I Qualify?

Provide some information so we can get to know your situation, and we will reach out to answer your questions, and help you find out if you may benefit from our program!

FREE ELIGIBILITY CONSULT

Member Qualifications

For a member to qualify for the Adult Foster Care/Adult Family Living program they must:​

  • Be at least 16 years of age or older

  • Need supervision due to weakness, illness, physical or intellectual disability, mental health/behavioral/medical condition or advanced age

  • Be enrolled with MassHealth Standard health insurance

  • Need assistance (in the form of prompting, cueing or hands on aid) with at least 1 of the following activities of daily living:

    •  Ambulating (walking)

    • Dressing

    • Toileting

    • Bathing

    • Eating

    • Transferring

    • Transportation to medical appointments

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Caregiver Qualifications:

For a caregiver to qualify for the Adult Foster Care program they must:​​

  • Be at least 18 years of age or older

  • Live in the same household as the qualifying member (can be related to member or not)

  • Not be the spouse or court ordered legal guardian of the qualifying member

    • Legal guardian is not the same as a parent - but some parents are court ordered legal guardians (however, another adult in the household can serve as the caregiver)

    • Siblings, parents, adult children, unmarried partners, roommates, or acquaintances of a member who live in the same household are acceptable relations to serve as a caregiver

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Household Qualifications:

For the home that the caregiver and member live in to qualify for the program, it must:​​

  • Be in the state of Massachusetts

  • Be the primary residence of both the caregiver and the member

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