Eligibility

Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-4-1203, under Aid to Disabled Persons — Personal Care Service Subsidies.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-4-1203

(1) An individual is eligible for a personal care assistance services subsidy under this part if such individual:(1) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;(2) Has a severe physical disability;(3) Is receiving or has received vocational rehabilitation services from the division;(4) Is employed or ready for employment;(5) Has a need documented under § 71-4-1205 for not less than fourteen (14) hours a week of personal care assistance service provided by a person other than a family member, which services are necessary to enable the individual to be employed;(6) Is not otherwise eligible for personal care assistance services under other state or federal programs;(7) Agrees to a periodic reevaluation of such individual's need for personal care assistance services and of the extent of that need;(8) Has no or insufficient personal income or other support from public services, family members or neighbors;(9) Agrees to recruit, hire, fire, and supervise the person who provides personal care assistance services to such individual; and(10) Qualifies under § 71-4-1206.

(1) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;

(2) Has a severe physical disability;

(3) Is receiving or has received vocational rehabilitation services from the division;

(4) Is employed or ready for employment;

(5) Has a need documented under § 71-4-1205 for not less than fourteen (14) hours a week of personal care assistance service provided by a person other than a family member, which services are necessary to enable the individual to be employed;

(6) Is not otherwise eligible for personal care assistance services under other state or federal programs;

(7) Agrees to a periodic reevaluation of such individual's need for personal care assistance services and of the extent of that need;

(8) Has no or insufficient personal income or other support from public services, family members or neighbors;

(9) Agrees to recruit, hire, fire, and supervise the person who provides personal care assistance services to such individual; and

(10) Qualifies under § 71-4-1206.