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Family Caregiver Pay Map · Colorado · Verified October 19, 2026

Colorado: Who Can Be a Paid Family Caregiver Under Medicaid

Colorado's Community First Choice benefit, active since July 2025, lets family members including a spouse or the parent of a minor be paid attendants for personal care and health maintenance activities, through consumer-directed CDASS or an IHSS agency, with no waitlist.

Spouse
Yes
Adult child / other relatives
Yes
Friends / neighbors
Yes
Parent of a minor child
Yes

Who can be paid: Spouses, parents of a minor child, adult children, other relatives and friends, hired by the member under CDASS or employed by an IHSS-approved agency; a spouse or parent providing homemaker tasks is limited as a legally responsible person.

The Home Care Agency is a free enrollment matching service — not a home care agency, not a Medicaid plan, and not a government agency. This research is educational. Eligibility, authorized hours and payment are always determined by the state program and, where applicable, the managed care plan.

The program behind the answer

Community First Choice (1915(k) state-plan benefit, active July 2025) delivered through Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) or In-Home Support Services (IHSS)

Administered by Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing.

  • Who employs the caregiver: Agency or self-directed
  • Waitlist: No waitlist
  • Type: State plan entitlement (serves everyone who qualifies)
  • CDASS: the member is the employer and a financial management services vendor pays; IHSS: an approved home health agency employs the attendant the member selects

How to apply in Colorado

We do not yet have partner agencies in Colorado. Start with the program's administering agency — Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing — using the official sources below; the state determines eligibility and enrolls participants.

Official sources

Facts on this page were last reviewed October 19, 2026 against the sources above. Program rules change; confirm with the program before making decisions. Method: how the Pay Map is verified.

Questions

Questions About Paid Family Caregiving in Colorado

Can a spouse be paid to care for their husband or wife in Colorado?
Yes. Colorado allows a spouse to be the paid caregiver under the program rules cited below.
Who can be the paid caregiver in Colorado?
Spouses, parents of a minor child, adult children, other relatives and friends, hired by the member under CDASS or employed by an IHSS-approved agency; a spouse or parent providing homemaker tasks is limited as a legally responsible person.
Is there a waitlist for Medicaid home care in Colorado?
Community First Choice (1915(k) state-plan benefit, active July 2025) delivered through Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) or In-Home Support Services (IHSS): no waitlist (CDASS: the member is the employer and a financial management services vendor pays; IHSS: an approved home health agency employs the attendant the member selects).
Who decides eligibility?
The state program, never The Home Care Agency. The Home Care Agency is a free enrollment matching service — not a home care agency, not a Medicaid plan, and not a government agency. This research is educational. Eligibility, authorized hours and payment are always determined by the state program and, where applicable, the managed care plan.