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ADRC Professionals: Family Care Partnership Program Overview

Family Care Partnership (also known as Partnership) is a Medicaid long-term care program for older adults and adults with disabilities. It provides a range of long-term care, health and medical services, and prescription drugs.

Long-term care—a service or support you may need to help with daily tasks, such as getting dressed or bathing, because of one or more of the following:

  • You have a disability.
  • You are age 65 or older.
  • You have a lasting chronic condition.

Health and medical services—services from a doctor, nurse, or other qualified medical provider, including:

  • Disease prevention.
  • Health maintenance and promotion.
  • Patient education.

Prescription drugs—all Medicaid and Medicare drug services:

  • Partnership members don’t need a separate Medicare Part D drug plan.

The goal of Partnership

The goal of Partnership is to help you meet your long-term care needs and your personal goals.

  • Choose your supports and services.
  • Decide how you spend your day.
  • Have privacy and feel safe.
  • Feel respected and treated fairly.
  • Get involved in your community.
  • Have relationships with family and friends.
  • Have the best possible health.

How Partnership works

Partnership is about getting you the supports and services you need for daily living. Here’s what you can expect:

A care team that supports you

With Partnership, a team of people works together with you. Your care team includes:

  • You.
  • A doctor.
  • A nurse practitioner.
  • A care Manager.
  • A registered nurse.
  • A family member or loved one (optional).
  • Other professionals, depending on your needs, such as a personal care worker (optional).

Note: If someone makes legal choices on your behalf, they will be involved in Partnership with you. They’ll make sure your team hears and respects your voice.

Services that let you live at home

No matter where you live, your care team can help you get the supports and services you need. A chance to help choose services and providers. You will:

  1. Talk with your care team about what you want. Your care team will do an assessment to learn more about you. They’ll see if you like where you live now. They’ll also find out what supports you need to live the life you want.
  2. Create a care plan with your care team. Your care plan moves you toward the goals you define in the assessment.
  3. Select providers from a network. When you enroll in Partnership, you join a MCO (managed care organization). They work with you to get you the long-term care and health care services you need. These services may include transportation, supportive home care, home-delivered meals, and more. You choose your services and providers, including a new or current doctor, from a network or through a self-directed service option.
  4. Receive services and supports. Your MCO helps find and schedule the services that you’ve selected and the MCO has authorized within the benefit package.

Funding through one program

Partnership pays for your long-term care, health and medical services (including vision and dental), and prescription drugs through one program. Because all services are part of the same program, it’s easier to get care and use your benefits.

Where to learn more about Partnership

To learn more, please visit the Family Care Partnership page.

To find out if you’re eligible contact:

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Last revised August 17, 2026