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title: "Wisconsin Home Care Medicaid | Funding LTC Marketplace"
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description: "Family Care, Family Care Partnership, PACE, and self-directed IRIS provide Wisconsin's adult home-and-community long-term-care pathways."
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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Wisconsin · Home & Community Care

# Wisconsin Home Care Medicaid

Last updated 2026-10-20

Wisconsin's four adult Home and Community-Based Waiver programs — Family Care, Family Care Partnership, PACE, and IRIS — are designed to keep elderly, blind, or disabled adults living in community settings rather than a state institution or nursing home. Medicaid pays for qualifying supports through these programs that wouldn't be covered under ordinary Medicaid.

Family Care runs as managed care, with an MCO coordinating a member's services. IRIS works the opposite way: it's self-directed, meaning the participant or their legal decision-maker chooses services and providers, manages an individual budget, and works with an IRIS consultant and fiscal employer agent rather than a managed-care organization.

## Sources and official resources

- [Wisconsin DHS: Consumer Guide, Long-Term Care Insurance](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/insltc.htm)
- [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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