Rhode Island
Rhode Island programs that pay family caregivers
Rhode Island pays family members through 2 Medicaid programs. Each has its own rules for who qualifies, who can be paid and what it pays.
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Personal Choice Program
Personal Choice is Rhode Island's self-directed Medicaid long-term care program. The participant gets a monthly budget, hires their own personal care aide, and sets the aide's wage, so an adult child or other relative can be paid. A certified fiscal intermediary handles payroll and taxes.
$15–$21/hr
How it works →Independent Provider Program (merged into Personal Choice)
The Independent Provider (IP) Program let Rhode Island Medicaid LTSS members self-direct non-medical personal care and homemaker services by choosing aides from a registry. Under the Personal Choice Self-Directed Personal Care Services Act of 2023 and an EOHHS rule effective February 12, 2024, IP was merged into Personal Choice, which kept the registry option. People searching for IP today enroll through Personal Choice.
$15–$21/hr
How it works →The overview: the Rhode Island caregiver program · Rhode Island caregiver pay · spouse rules
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States that border Rhode Island
Each state writes its own rules, and they differ more than people expect — a spouse who can be paid on one side of the line often cannot be on the other.