Qualified families must find outside caregivers
Families who qualified are still eligible for personal care services, but must find outside caregivers. Idaho has a shortage of such workers.
Idaho’s Family Personal Care Services allowed parents and spouses to be paid for caring for family members with disabilities. The Department of Health and Welfare ended it in July 2025, saying it had found fraud and abuse and lacked the staff and financial resources to administer it. After the end of paid family care, families who had qualified still qualify for personal care services, including help with bathing, dressing, toileting, eating, and other essential activities. They must find outside caregivers, and parents told the Idaho Statesman they have struggled to do so.
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- Qualified families must find outside caregivers
- Families who qualified are still eligible for personal care services, but must find outside caregivers. Idaho has a shortage of such workers.
- Idaho’s Family Personal Care Services allowed parents and spouses to be paid for caring for family members with disabilities. The Department of Health and Welfare ended it in July 2025, saying it had found fraud and abuse and lacked the staff and financial resources to administer it.
- After the end of paid family care, families who had qualified still qualify for personal care services, including help with bathing, dressing, toileting, eating, and other essential activities. They must find outside caregivers, and parents told the Idaho Statesman they have struggled to do so.
- Families who qualified are still eligible for personal care services, but must find outside caregivers. Idaho has a shortage of such workers.