WAC 388-106-1210. Who is eligible to receive respite care services through the family caregiver support program?

(1) To be eligible to receive respite care services, the caregivers must: (a) Have primary responsibility for the care or supervision of an adult with a functional disability who is not receiving a state or medicaid funded, long-term care service (e.g., COPES, personal care services, DD waiver); and (b) Provide a minimum of an average of forty hours per week of care, and/or supervision, or live with an adult who needs continuous care or supervision; and (c) Not receive financial payment for the care; and (d) Be assessed in the TCARE®, tailored caregiver assessment and referral system and determined to meet the eligibility threshold levels determined by state level policy and have TCARE® recommend the strategy to introduce alternate sources for care to provide respite. (2) An eligible participant is an adult who: (a) Has a functional disability; (b) Has a caregiver who is assessed in the TCARE® system and meets the criteria in WAC 388-106-1210(1); and (c) Is not receiving a state or medicaid funded, long-term care service (e.g., COPES, personal care services, DD waiver).