Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program

About PCA Services:

The State of Minnesota has several programs designed to help older adults and individuals living with a disability remain in their community rather than relocating to a facility. The Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program, administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, is one such platform. Established in 1978, the PCA Program began after Minnesota amended the state’s Medical Assistance Program to include personal home assistance. PCA Services are a form of home care assistance that supports individuals living in Minnesota with non-medical, health-related needs and daily activities. The goal of PCA services, as with other homecare options, is to help individuals live independently in their homes and community, as opposed to a facility.

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Available to individuals of all ages with special healthcare needs, PCA services are a paid benefit under the Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare Program and may be provided through the fee-for-service program; Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver programs; or through prepaid health plans (UCare, HealthPartners, Etc).

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We offer two types of PCA Services:

-Traditional PCA Option: Under this program, clients receiving PCA services obtain a personal care aide through a PCA agency, like Best Care, that hires, trains, pays, and schedules the hours for care.

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-PCA Choice Option: In the PCA Choice program, individuals in need of homecare services are able to independently hire and train a PCA to provide care. The PCA Choice option gives the client a greater level of responsibility in managing their care, and the PCA agency handles employment and management-related functions. In Minnesota’s PCA Choice program, the agency is the employer of record for the PCAs.

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Call us at 612-259-8572 or email us at jararhomecare@gmail.com to get started!