 Allied
Community Resources, Inc. is the fiscal intermediary
for the CT Personal Care Assistance Medicaid Waiver
Program. The PCA Program provides assistance with
activities of daily living for individuals with
severe disabilities. Personal assistance includes
hands-on activities and tasks such as bathing,
dressing, eating, transfers and other personal care.
The consumers make their own choices about the
people they will hire to provide the assistance they
need to be able to stay in their own homes and
community.
 Consumers
in the PCA programs receive training and
assistance from Allied on becoming a household
employer. Training includes recruiting, hiring,
training and supervising their personal care
assistants. Allied also assists the consumer in
filing all of the necessary IRS applications and
paperwork to become an employer. Allied recruits
PCAs statewide and maintains a registry of PCAs
which is updated monthly and used for recruiting
purposes. |
