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Do I Qualify?

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Member Qualifications

For a member to qualify for the Adult Foster Care 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 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 daily functions. These types of tasks include:

    •  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 family 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 Adult Foster Care program it must:​​

  • Be in the state of Massachusetts

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

You can also reference the AFC Regulations from MassHealth to verify these qualifications: MassHealth AFC Regulation

Download 130 CMR 408.00.

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