Can I be paid to care for my family?
Some public programs pay a family member or friend to give the care a person needs at home: help with bathing, dressing, meals, medicines. Tap three answers to see which ones to ask first. Your answers stay on this screen: they are not saved and not sent. The agency decides who qualifies and how much it pays; this page only says what the agency's own page says.
In an emergency, call 911. If you or the person you care for is in crisis, call or text 988 (the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).
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Everything on this page
Each one names the agency page it comes from, the day it was read, and the agency's own words. Where the agency publishes no amount, it says "Ask the agency".
This page explains published programs; it is not legal advice and not an eligibility decision. The agency decides. Rules change, so check the agency's page before you apply. The programs as data: paid-to-care.json. Need time off work to give care? Keep your job while caring. On Medicaid and facing the work rule? Keep your Medicaid.