Statewide Services Include:
The benefit of Personal Care Services (PCS) under CFC is the same as State Plan PCS except that participants will receive a limited number of hours if they only need supervision or cueing on a particular Activity of Daily Living (ADL) or Independent Activity of Daily Living (IADL) and meet the CFC eligibility criteria.
- Participants requiring supervision or cueing only with 2-3 ADLs/IADLs will receive 3 hours of support per week.
- Participants requiring supervision or cueing only with 4 or more ADLs/IADLs will receive 6 hours of support per week.
- The need for supervision or cueing must be related to a cognitive impairment which causes behavior issues.
Maintenance and Acquisition of Skills training- To foster greater independence among the participants enrolled in CFC, the program supports the acquisition, maintenance, and enhancement of skills that allow participants to be more independent in completing ADLs, IADLs, and health related tasks. This service may be utilized if the participant or the participant’s representative chooses supporting maintenance and acquisition of skills as a person-centered goal.
The service includes:
- Training for PCS workers about how to foster independence
- An increase in the number of hours provided for PCS for up to three months to allow these workers to spend more time fostering independence
- CFC participants are offered voluntary training on how to select, manage, and dismiss attendants.
- Emergency Response Systems- All waiver Emergency Response Systems services have been folded into CFC. Participants wishing to enroll in the service must access the service through CFC and have in their Plan of Care. (example of service: Life Alert button)
CFC provides personal care services and other supports in the recipient’s home as an alternative to institutional care. All recipients who currently meet an institutional level of care and receive both home and community-based waiver services and PCS have predetermined eligibility. Participants may be enrolled in both a Medicaid waiver and CFC at the same time.
New participants will need to meet all three of the following criteria to be eligible for CFC:
- Need to be enrolled in Medicaid.
- Have an income that is less than or equal to 150% of the federal poverty level (FPL) unless they are enrolled in a 1915(c) waiver. In these cases, the income and asset limits for the waiver apply.
- Meet Alaska’s level of care (LOC) criteria for at least one of the following institutions: Nursing Facility (NFLOC) or Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFIID-LOC)
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