COAAA Home and Community-Based Care

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Program Name What it does/Who it's for Basic Serivces Eligibility Requirements
PASSPORT
Ohio’s alternative to nursing home care. Helps low-income, disabled older adults remain safe and independent at home.

Prevents unnecessary nursing home placement.
  • Homemaking
  • Transportation
  • Emergency Response
  • Personal Care
  • Meals/Nutrition
  • Care Management
  • Home Modification
  • Medical Equipment



  • 60 or older; COAAA area covers: Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway and Union counties
  • Needs assistance with personal care activities (i.e. bathing, driving, preparing meals)
  • Medicaid-waiver eligible
Home First Nursing home residents bypass any potential PASSPORT managed enrollment if they wish to live in the community.
  • Transition from a long-term care facility to community-based care such as PASSPORT, Assisted Living and Residential State Supplement
  • Age varies **
  • Currently in a long-term care facility
  • Medicaid-waiver eligible
  • Same level of assistance as PASSPORT

** Residential State Supplement: 18+; Assisted Living: 21+; PASSPORT: 60 or older.
Choices
 The consumer may become the employer and hire individual providers, such as friends, neighbors, or relatives (some rules apply) to provide care.
  • Same as PASSPORT
  • Same as PASSPORT
Assisted Living
Waiver		 Provides care for Medicaid-eligible adults in approved assisted living facilities.  An alternative for people needing more care, but not a nursing home.
  • Private room/bath
  • 24-hr on-site response
  • Meals, Personal Care and Homemaking
  • Care Management and Social Activities
  • 21 or older
  • Medicaid-waiver eligible
  • Require same level of assistance as PASSPORT
Franklin County Senior Options

 Home-care program funded by the Franklin Co. Senior Services Levy.
  • Homemaker and Personal Care
  • Transportation
  • Meals/Nutrition


  • 60 or older; Franklin County resident
  • Have unmet need for service
  • Verify income/assets; sliding fee scale
Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Fayette, Madison, Pickaway and Union Co. Services vary by county.
  • Varies county to county
  • Eligibility varies
Title III Services
 Older American Act funding to community agencies to provide ‘safety net’ for those ineligible for other services.
  • Homemaker and Personal Care
  • Transportation
  • Meals/Nutrition
  • Organizations in COAAA's eight counties receive funding, click here for a complete list.
  • 60 or older; possible cost share
Caregiver Advice & Education Free help, education and support for caregivers.
  • Free reference materials and consultation (in-home or over the phone) to help caregivers
  • Reduce stress, burden and injuries
  • Improve quality of care
  • Care recipient or caregiver should be 60 or older
  • Caregiver or recipient lives in COAAA area (see PASSPORT entry for counties)
Long Term Care
Consultation
 A free, customized, in-home consultation that helps people understand how to meet current or future long-term care needs.
  • Information about long-term care options, and programs and services that help seniors maintain their independence
  • Information about estate planning, including financial and legal matters
  • No age or income requirements