Program
Florida Medicaid long-term care at home
Florida's Medicaid program that pays for home care and home changes instead of a nursing home.
What it can pay for
- a home care aide
- personal care
- homemaker help
- adult day care
- respite care
- meals
- rides
- a medical alert button
- assisted living
- ramps
- grab bars
- wider doors
- bathroom changes
- roll-in shower
- electrical
- plumbing
- Official name
- Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long-Term Care Program (SMMC LTC)
- Where
- Florida
- Status
- Program running
- About the amount
- No published state dollar cap for Home Accessibility Adaptation; the plan authorizes by medical necessity and cost-effectiveness. It's a package of 25 Medicaid services, not a cash benefit.
- Housing rules
- Serves people in their own home, a family home, an ALF, or an adult family care home; ownership is not required.
- How long it takes
- Not published. Fixed clocks after release: ADRC has 14 days to contact you, you have 30 days to return Form 3008, 30 days to file the DCF Medicaid application.
- How to apply
- Call your ADRC for the DOEA 701S phone screening (45-60 min). After release, complete AHCA Form 5000-3008 (physician certification, return within 30 days) and file a Medicaid application with DCF (ACCESS Florida) within 30 days.
- Does not pay for
- No room additions/square-footage increases, no carpeting, no whole roof or plumbing-system repair, and no ALF/adult family care home room-and-board (services inside an ALF are covered, rent is not).
- Official source
- ahca.myflorida.com
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026