Care at Home (CAH I/II) Program for Physically Disabled Children

Program Goal

To enable physically disabled children to remain in the home setting.

Eligibility

  • Must be under 18 years of age
  • Require the level of care provided by a skilled nursing facility or hospital
  • Must be able to be cared for at home safely
  • Child is Medicaid eligible based on his/her parent's income and, if applicable, resources -OR-
  • Child is ineligible for Medicaid due to the parents' excess income and/or resources, but the child is Medicaid eligible when parents' income and/or resources are not counted.

In Addition: In order to be eligible for CAH, the child must not be married.

Description

The Medicaid-waiver Care at Home (CAH) I/II program provides community-based services to physically disabled children who require hospital or skilled nursing home level of care, and allows the child to be at home instead of in an institutional setting. Medicaid state plan services and waiver services, including case management, respite, home adaptations, vehicle modification and palliative care are available to assist families in caring for their disabled child at home. Considered as a group, the cost of care of children participating in CAH I/II can not exceed that if cared for in a skilled nursing facility or hospital.

For More Information

Every county Department of Social Services has a Care At Home coordinator who can provide information on this program. To obtain the phone number of your county's Department of Social Services, call the Growing Up Healthy Hotline at 1-800-522-5006, in New York City, call (212) 360-5444. You may also access this information online, at New York State Department of Health webpage at www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/ldss.htm or through NY Connects at http://nyconnects.org/.