Program
Ohio in-home care (PASSPORT / MyCare)
Ohio Medicaid programs that pay for care at home instead of a nursing home.
What it can pay for
- a home care aide
- personal care
- homemaker help
- adult day care
- respite care
- a medical alert button
- medical equipment
- meals
- rides
- caregiver pay
- ramps
- grab bars
- wider doors
- bathroom changes
- kitchen changes
- electrical
- plumbing
- heating and air
- water heater
- Official name
- PASSPORT Medicaid Waiver and the MyCare Ohio Waiver (Ohio Medicaid home care for older adults)
- Where
- OH
- Status
- Program running
- Most it pays
- $14,700 monthly
- About the amount
- Individual monthly cost limit $14,700 in waiver services (exceptions with ODA review). Home modification capped at $15,000/calendar year (raised from $10,000 by the March 1, 2026 amendment). Home maintenance and chore capped at $10,000/calendar year, separately.
- Housing rules
- Must be a private home or apartment, not a nursing home or licensed residential care facility. Home mod requires written owner consent if renting; landlord's legal-responsibility repairs are excluded from chore services.
- How long it takes
- In-person assessment required within 10 working days of a request; total end-to-end timeline not published.
- How to apply
- Not yet on Medicaid: file form ODM 02399 with your County Department of Job and Family Services, or call your Area Agency on Aging. Already on Medicaid and Medicare (MyCare): call your plan's care coordinator.
- Does not pay for
- Home modification specifically excludes carpeting, roof repair, and central air conditioning ('general utility' items), additions (except when needed to complete an adaptation), and repairs from misuse.
- Official source
- codes.ohio.gov
- Last checked
- April 17, 2026