Participant Direction
a service option for PASSPORT clients
a service option for PASSPORT clients
Many older adults find a care provider by going through a certified personal care service agency. But perhaps you already know someone who you think would be a good fit, or you’d just prefer to choose and hire a care provider for yourself.
Participant direction — also known as self-direction — is an option available to individuals on Ohio’s PASSPORT Medicaid Waiver Program. Participant direction is designed to give individuals more choice and control over how, when, and by whom they receive their services.
In participant direction, you recruit and hire your own care provider. The person you hire becomes certified through the Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) instead of getting hired as an employee through a certified personal care service agency. YOU are the employer, and the provider is your employee. You are responsible for recruiting, hiring, firing, managing, and evaluating provider performance, keeping employer records, and setting the provider’s work schedule. You can designate a representative of your choice to assist with some, or all, of your employer responsibilities.
Choices-Home Care Attendant Service (C-HCAS)
This is the official name of the program through which your chosen provider will need to be certified. Through C-HCAS, your care provider can assist you with tasks such as money management, activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing, dressing, feeding, toileting, etc., and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) like grocery shopping, meal preparation, managing transportation, house cleaning, etc., as well as escort and transportation, errands outside the home, respite, homemaking, and home maintenance and chore tasks. You are responsible for setting the provider’s hourly wage, with the help of your case manager.
Apply to become a C-HCAS provider by following the instructions here.
We strongly recommend that you do this from a desktop computer or laptop, as we’ve heard from applicants in the past that it’s very difficult to navigate the site and application documents from a smartphone.
CSSMV held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration on Thursday, June 27, 2024, to mark the grand opening of its expanded facility at 922 West Riverview Avenue in Dayton. Construction of a 6,500 square foot addition to the existing building began in July of 2023. While discussions originally centered on ways to remodel the existing structure to better support program needs, it was determined that a significant expansion of the building’s footprint would provide the best long-term value for the agency and its constituents.