Have Medicaid? A trusted relative or friend may be able to become the paid caregiver — or a licensed Texas agency can assign a trained attendant. We check if you qualify and match you, free.
Texas Medicaid's home care programs — STAR+PLUS and Community First Choice — provide personal attendant services for eligible Texans. Depending on the program and your choice, the attendant can be a trusted family member or friend, or a trained attendant assigned by a licensed agency. We help you check if you qualify and match you with a Medicaid-approved Texas agency — free to families.
You are likely eligible if you have Medicaid. Fill out the form to see how fast you can get started.
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Two Ways to Get Started
Under Texas Medicaid, a trusted relative or friend may be able to serve as the paid attendant — employed by a Medicaid-approved agency or through the Consumer Directed Services (CDS) option.
We match you with a licensed, Medicaid-approved Texas agency that can assign a trained personal care attendant to help your loved one at home.
Eligibility
Final eligibility is determined by Texas HHSC — we help you check in seconds.
A paid attendant must be at least 18 and legally able to work in the U.S. By Texas program rule, a spouse (and, for a minor child, a parent) cannot be the paid attendant. Depending on the program, your chosen family member or friend is employed either by a Medicaid-approved licensed agency or through the Consumer Directed Services (CDS) option, where a financial management agency handles payroll. Eligibility for any caregiver is determined by the program during enrollment.
What's Covered
Why Families Use Us
We're not an agency — we're the free service that gets your family to the right Medicaid-approved agency, faster.
You never pay us a cent. We're paid a flat marketing fee by the partner agency — never by you, and never tied to enrollment.
We connect you with a licensed, Medicaid-approved provider agency that serves your area and handles enrollment and caregiver setup.
Our team helps you check eligibility for Texas's STAR+PLUS & Community First Choice and points you to the right next step — at no cost.
How It Works
Three easy steps to get your family the care they need.
Take our free eligibility check or call us to see if you qualify through Texas's STAR+PLUS & Community First Choice.
We connect you with a Medicaid-approved home care agency in your area that handles enrollment, paperwork, and caregiver setup.
Once approved, your chosen caregiver is paid through Medicaid — and your loved one gets care at home.
The Program
Funded by Medicaid through Texas HHSC — helping families care for loved ones at home.
We help eligible Texas families connect with a Medicaid-approved provider agency in their area.
Eligible families pay nothing out of pocket for enrollment help.
Approved attendants — including qualifying family members — are paid through the Texas Medicaid program.
Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), STAR+PLUS & Community First Choice.
Already Enrolled?
If you already have Your Texas Benefits Medicaid coverage and are receiving services, call for a free consult to see if switching to a different partner agency is right for you.
Call (929) 460-3141We help Texas families understand the STAR+PLUS & Community First Choice, check eligibility, and connect with a Medicaid-approved home care provider agency in their area. The provider agency we match you with handles enrollment paperwork, caregiver onboarding, and ongoing program support.
The Home Care Agency is an enrollment matching service. We are not a Medicaid provider agency. We connect eligible Texas families with licensed Medicaid-approved provider agencies that deliver care. This service is free to families.
Questions
Program Guide
STAR+PLUS is the Texas Medicaid managed-care program for adults who are older or have disabilities, administered by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) through contracted health plans. Those plans coordinate long-term services and supports — including in-home personal attendant services. Community First Choice (CFC) is a Medicaid benefit, delivered through the same plans, that covers personal assistance and related services for people who meet an institutional level of care.
For families, the practical meaning is simple: if your loved one qualifies, Medicaid — not your family — pays for approved attendant care at home, and the member has real choices about who provides it.
STAR+PLUS serves Texas adults with disabilities and adults age 65 or older who have Medicaid — including people who receive SSI and people who have both Medicare and Medicaid. Community First Choice requires meeting an institutional level of care; STAR+PLUS home- and community-based services use the Medical Necessity and Level of Care (MN/LOC) assessment, completed through the member’s health plan.
Medicare alone does not qualify. Financial eligibility is determined by the Texas Medicaid program — not by us, and not by any home care agency.
Texans apply for Medicaid online at YourTexasBenefits.com or by calling 2-1-1; once enrolled, long-term services are coordinated through the STAR+PLUS health plan the member selects, which arranges the assessment and authorizes services.
Our free service matches you with a Medicaid-approved provider agency in your area that helps you through those steps, handles attendant onboarding, and supports you after services start. We are a matching service — the provider agency delivers the care.
Texas offers three ways to receive attendant services: the agency option (the agency employs and manages the attendant), the Consumer Directed Services (CDS) option (the member or their representative is the employer, with a financial management services agency handling payroll and taxes), and a hybrid service responsibility option.
Under CDS, members may hire people they know — an adult child, sibling, other relative, friend, or neighbor. By program rule, the member's spouse cannot be the paid attendant under the CDS option, and neither can the member's legally authorized representative. Attendants must be at least 18 and legally able to work in the U.S. Eligibility for any attendant is determined by the program during enrollment.
Program facts on this page last reviewed October 1, 2026. Program rules change — eligibility is always determined by the state program.
Related guide: Can a spouse be paid to be a caregiver? Medicaid rules, state by state
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