Wisconsin
Wisconsin programs that pay family caregivers
Wisconsin pays family members through 4 Medicaid programs. Each has its own rules for who qualifies, who can be paid and what it pays.
Who do you care for?
IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct)
IRIS is Wisconsin Medicaid's self-directed long-term care program for adults. The participant gets a budget, writes a plan, and hires their own workers — including relatives and, through IRIS Self-Directed Personal Care, a spouse. A fiscal employer agent runs payroll and taxes.
$12–$17/hr
How it works →Family Care
Family Care is Wisconsin Medicaid's managed long-term care program for frail older adults and adults with disabilities. A managed care organization (MCO) plans and pays for services, and members can choose self-directed supports to hire their own workers, who may be family members.
Varies by MCO
How it works →Medicaid Personal Care Services (PCS)
Personal Care Services is a Wisconsin Medicaid (ForwardHealth) State Plan benefit that pays for hands-on help with daily tasks at home. Care must be ordered by a prescriber and delivered by a worker employed by a certified personal care agency, so a family member gets paid by working for that agency.
Set by the agency
How it works →Children's Long-Term Support (CLTS) Waiver Program
The CLTS Program is a Wisconsin Medicaid waiver that pays for non-medical services so children with disabilities can stay at home. Relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles or adult siblings can be paid to give services like personal supports, but parents and other primary caregivers living in the child's household cannot be paid, except for some transportation.
Up to the CLTS service rate
How it works →The overview: the Wisconsin caregiver program · Wisconsin caregiver pay · spouse rules
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States that border Wisconsin
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.