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title: "Michigan Home Care Medicaid | Funding LTC Marketplace"
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description: "MI Choice and PACE home- and community-based care: eligibility, enrollment limits, regional delivery, and Michigan's 29 named PACE centers."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
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Michigan · Home & Community Care

# Michigan Home Care Medicaid

Last updated 2026-10-20

MI Choice is Michigan's alternative to institutional care, open to adults 65 and older as well as adults 18 and older with disabilities who meet the state's nursing-facility level-of-care standard. The program is explicitly framed as a way to receive that level of care at home or in the community instead of in a facility.

Financially, MI Choice uses the 300%-of-SSI special income level, set at $2,982 per month for 2026. The program's provider manual also cites the same asset figures used elsewhere in Michigan's LTC eligibility groups: $9,950 for an individual and $14,910 for a couple.

Because MI Choice is a waiver rather than a guaranteed benefit, enrollment is capped — Michigan's 2026 program amendment sets a maximum of 14,000 people enrolled at any one time, which can mean a wait even for someone who otherwise qualifies. PACE, delivered through a network of Michigan centers, offers a separate integrated-care alternative for eligible participants.

## Michigan figures

- Special income level for MI Choice (2026): $2,982/month
- MI Choice asset limit — individual: $9,950
- MI Choice asset limit — couple: $14,910
- MI Choice enrollment cap: 14,000 people at one time

## Sources and official resources

- [MDHHS: Nursing Facility Eligibility](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Doing-Business-with-MDHHS/Forms-and-Applications/nursing_fac_elig_134653_7.pdf)
- [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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