Georgia Family Caregiver Option

Caring for your child is already your full-time job.

Through Georgia's Family Caregiver Option, HeartPath may be able to hire you and pay you weekly for the approved hours. Two minutes: a few questions about your child, then a few about you. Nothing is submitted until the end.

Part 1 · Your child

How old is your child?

Age affects the paid caregiver option. In-home nursing has no age minimum, so answer honestly. There is a path either way.

Does your child have Georgia Medicaid?

Katie Beckett is a Medicaid pathway that ignores your income, so "working on it" still counts.

Which best describes your child's care needs?

Pick the closest one.

Part 2 · You

Now, about you as the caregiver

Being paid through GAPP means becoming an employee of the agency. A few quick yes/no questions.

What is your relationship to the child?

The Family Caregiver Option has rules about who can be hired, so this decides whether the rest applies.

Are you open to becoming a W-2 employee of the agency?

Paid caregivers are hired as employees, taxes withheld, real pay stubs.

Can you complete the required training (about 40 hours)?

We guide you through it, it's how you're prepared and credentialed to be paid.

Are you able to pass a background check?

You may qualify

Good news, the Family Caregiver Option may be a fit.

Based on your answers, HeartPath may be able to hire you and pay you weekly to care for your child. Let's start your application, a coordinator will call to walk you through the next steps.

This is an application to be considered for the GAPP Family Caregiver Option. It is not an eligibility determination, GAPP approval and caregiver hiring are confirmed by HeartPath and Georgia Medicaid. Your answers are self-reported and verified during intake.

Your application has started.

A HeartPath coordinator will call you shortly to walk through the next steps, the training, the paperwork, and getting you paid for the care you already give.

Questions right now? Call 678-459-2590.

Let's find your child's path first.

Our free 3-minute Path Finder maps exactly which Georgia programs your child may qualify for, Medicaid, Katie Beckett, SSI, and GAPP, and what to do next. Once your child qualifies, the Family Caregiver Option opens up.

Take the 3-minute Path Finder →

Rather call now? 678-459-2590.

We’re not the right fit today, but here’s help.

HeartPath’s paid caregiver option runs through GAPP, which is for children who need in-home skilled nursing: tracheostomy, ventilator, feeding tube, oxygen, or daily nursing care. Based on your answers, that isn’t what your child needs right now. But Georgia has real support for your family, and we’re building toward waiver-based services.

Where to start instead

Georgia’s early intervention program (Babies Can’t Wait, birth to three) and Parent to Parent of Georgia, a free navigator service, are the right first calls. Katie Beckett can open Medicaid regardless of your income.

Parent to Parent of Georgia →

Questions? Call 678-459-2590.

"Not sure" is a fine answer.

Most parents have the same questions about the training, the W-2 and the background check. A coordinator can answer them in a few minutes, with no commitment.

Rather call now? 678-459-2590.