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title: "Georgia Medicaid Long-Term Care: Nursing Home & Waivers"
url: https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/georgia/medicaid-long-term-care/
description: "How Georgia Medicaid pays for nursing facility care and four home and community-based waivers, who decides eligibility (DFCS), and how to apply."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
author: George A. Mellendorf, CLTC, LTCP (Central States Insurance Services, Inc.)
publisher: Funding LTC Marketplace
note: Educational content; not legal, tax or financial advice. Markdown copy of the HTML page at the URL above.
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Georgia · Medicaid Program

# Georgia Medicaid Long-Term Care

Last updated 2026-10-20

Medicaid in Georgia runs through the Department of Community Health, which sets policy for the whole program, while the actual financial-eligibility decisions get made at the county level by the Division of Family and Children Services (Georgia Department of Community Health; DCH Medicaid Managed Care).

Most Georgians on Medicaid are enrolled in Georgia Families, the state's mainstream managed-care plan — but that program isn't where long-term care lives. Aged, blind, and disabled applicants who need long-term services and supports are routed away from Georgia Families and into fee-for-service Medicaid instead, according to the state's federal program factsheet (Medicaid.gov Georgia program factsheet).

## Sources and official resources

- [Georgia Medicaid: Long Term Services and Supports](https://medicaid.georgia.gov/long-term-services-and-supports)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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