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title: "Long-Term Care Funding in Virginia | Funding LTC Marketplace"
url: https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/
description: "Virginia's 2026 Medicaid LTSS rules: income routes, locality-based penalty, TOD deed, and estate recovery explained plainly."
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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State Funding Guide

# Long-Term Care Funding in Virginia

Virginia gives families more than one road into long-term-care Medicaid eligibility, combining a 300%-of-SSI income group with a medically needy spend-down path — and rather than publishing one flat statewide transfer-penalty divisor, it calculates that penalty using the private-pay nursing-facility cost in the applicant's own locality. Its transfer-on-death deed, meanwhile, is explicit that recording one has no effect on public-assistance eligibility while its maker is alive. The pages in this cluster work through what those Virginia-specific mechanics actually mean pillar by pillar.

Every figure here traces back to Virginia's Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and its Cover Virginia consumer materials — not a generic, one-size-fits-all state summary.

## Why Virginia is different

- **Two income routes instead of one hard cap.** Virginia's 2026 manual lists a $2,982-a-month, 300%-of-SSI income standard for the institutional/waiver group, but it also runs a medically needy spend-down path — so an applicant over the cap shouldn't automatically assume a Qualified Income Trust is the only option.
- **No single statewide transfer-penalty divisor.** Rather than publishing one number for the whole state, Virginia calculates the transfer penalty using the average monthly private-pay nursing-facility cost specific to the applicant's locality.
- **A transfer-on-death deed that stays inert during life.** Virginia has authorized a statutory TOD deed since 2013; properly recorded, it creates no beneficiary interest and has no effect on the owner's or beneficiary's public-assistance eligibility while the owner is alive.
- **Estate recovery still reaches beyond probate.** At death, Virginia's recovery regulation uses an expanded estate definition covering any property the deceased held legal title to or an interest in, which can include a TOD-deeded home.
- **A comparatively modest $40 personal-needs allowance.** Virginia's facility personal-needs allowance sits at $40 a month, factored into the broader patient-pay calculation.

## Virginia at a glance

- Individual resource limit: $2,000
- Two-person resource limit: $3,000
- 300%-of-SSI LTSS income figure: $2,982/month
- Home-equity limit: $752,000
- Community-spouse resource range: $32,532–$162,660
- Facility personal-needs allowance: $40/month
- Look-back period: 60 months

## Which situation matches yours?

| If this is your situation | Start here |
|---|---|
| Care Needed NowA hospital discharge is being planned, a facility decision is imminent, or home care has already started. | [Virginia Medicaid Look-Back Period](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/medicaid-look-back-period/)[Virginia VA Aid & Attendance](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/va-aid-attendance/) |
| Care Within 1-3 YearsMemory changes, a recent fall, or a new diagnosis have made the timeline real, but care isn't needed today. | [Virginia VA Aid & Attendance](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/va-aid-attendance/)[Virginia Long-Term Care Planning](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/long-term-care-planning/) |
| Planning AheadNo diagnosis, no crisis, no urgency — just the recognition that long-term care is a when, not an if, for most people eventually. | Virginia Long-Term Care Insurance[Virginia Long-Term Care Planning](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/long-term-care-planning/) |
| Veteran (or surviving spouse) of wartime serviceAdds a federal pension benefit on top of whatever the Situation and State rows point to. | [Virginia VA Aid & Attendance](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/va-aid-attendance/) |
| Owns significant home equityThe home is usually Medicaid-exempt during life but affects estate recovery and private-pay runway. | [Virginia Transfer-on-Death Deed](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/transfer-on-death-deed/)[Virginia Medicaid Long-Term Care](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/medicaid-long-term-care/) |
| Already has LTC insurance or a hybrid life/LTC policy in forceThe existing policy is usually the first dollar spent; other pillars become supplemental once benefits are exhausted or if a gap remains. | Virginia Long-Term Care Insurance[Virginia Medicaid Long-Term Care](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/medicaid-long-term-care/) |

## The 10 funding pillars in Virginia

Every pillar below has its own dedicated Virginia page with the current rules, dollar figures, and what to do next.

- [Virginia Medicaid Long-Term Care](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/medicaid-long-term-care/) (Medicaid Program): How Virginia Medicaid LTSS works across nursing facilities, the CCC Plus Waiver, and the state screening process.

- [Virginia Medicaid Asset Limits](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/medicaid-asset-limits/) (Financial Eligibility): Virginia's 2026 LTSS resource limits, income pathways, home-equity ceiling, and community-spouse standards.

- [Virginia Medicaid Look-Back Period](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/medicaid-look-back-period/) (Look-Back & Penalties): Virginia reviews 60 months of transfers and calculates a penalty using the relevant locality's private-pay nursing-facility cost.

- [Virginia Transfer-on-Death Deed](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/transfer-on-death-deed/) (Asset Protection Tool): Virginia authorizes a recorded, revocable transfer-on-death deed, but its effect after death must be considered alongside expanded estate recovery.

- [Virginia Medicaid Estate Recovery](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/medicaid-estate-recovery/) (Estate Recovery): Virginia defines an estate broadly enough to include property in which the deceased retained a legal title or interest at death.

- [Virginia Nursing Home Medicaid](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/nursing-home-medicaid/) (Nursing Home Coverage): Virginia requires LTSS authorization and generally applies a $40 facility personal-needs allowance in the patient-pay calculation.

- [Virginia Home Care Medicaid](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/home-care-medicaid/) (Home & Community Care): Virginia's CCC Plus Waiver has no waiting list, while the three developmental-disability waivers do have one.

- [Virginia Long-Term Care Planning](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/long-term-care-planning/) (Planning Ahead): Virginia planning must account for a 60-month transfer review, a medically needy spend-down route, community-spouse protections, and a filial-support statute.

- [Virginia VA Aid & Attendance](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/va-aid-attendance/) (VA Benefits): Virginia has four state veterans care centers and a principal-residence real-estate tax exemption for qualifying totally disabled veterans.

- [Virginia Long-Term Care Insurance](https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/virginia/long-term-care-insurance/) (LTC Insurance): Virginia's SCC Bureau of Insurance regulates an active Partnership framework with asset-disregard rules in the Medicaid manual.

Participates in the State Long-Term Care Partnership Program.

## Sources and official resources

- [Virginia Administrative Code: 12VAC30-60-302, Access to Medicaid-funded long-term care](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency30/chapter60/section302/)
- [Virginia SCC Bureau of Insurance: Tips, Guides and Publications](https://www.scc.virginia.gov/consumers/insurance/health-insurance-consumer/tips,-guides-publications/)
- [Virginia Administrative Code: 14VAC5-200-205, State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title14/agency5/chapter200/section205/)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)
- [U.S. Code: 42 U.S.C. § 1396p (liens, estate recovery, transfers of assets, Partnership disregard)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1396p)

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