Get Paid to Care for Your Family Member, and Keep Your Job
If your mom, dad, or another relative needs help at home, Freedom Adult Care may be able to hire you as their paid aide. It’s called our Family Hire program. You’re paid by the hour for the care hours Medicaid approves, so you can still keep your job.
How Family Hire Works
- Your loved one has Georgia Medicaid and is on the CCSP or SOURCE waiver. Their care plan sets how many hours of help they get at home.
- Freedom Adult Care hires you as their aide.
- You help them at home during those hours, and we pay you by the hour.
- We handle the paperwork and stay in touch with their case manager.
Family Hire is our version of PSS, the Georgia Medicaid service called Personal Support Services.
What You’d Help With
Everyday things at home: bathing, dressing, getting around the house, meals, and light housekeeping.
Who Can Be the Paid Aide
✓A family member by blood or marriage, such as an adult son or daughter, grandchild, sibling, niece, or nephew
✓A close friend or neighbor can also be hired, if they complete our paid caregiver training
✓18 or older
✓Able to pass a background check
✓You can live somewhere else, or live in the same home if you also work another job or can’t be there full time
❌Not your loved one’s spouse or legal guardian
Family Hire or Structured Family Care?
| Structured Family Care | Family Hire | |
|---|---|---|
| How it’s paid | A set amount every day | Hourly, for approved hours |
| Do you live together? | Yes, required | Either way |
| Can you keep another job? | No | Yes |
If you live with your loved one and care for them full time, Structured Family Care is usually the better fit. Not sure which one fits? Answer three quick questions, or call us and we’ll tell you straight. More on our SFC and PSS FAQ page.
Where We Offer Family Hire
Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, and Troup counties.
Outside these counties? Call us anyway. Our Structured Family Care program covers more of Georgia.
Questions Families Ask
How much does it pay?
You’re paid by the hour. What you earn depends on how many hours Medicaid approves for your loved one. We’ll tell you your rate before you start.
How many hours will I get?
That comes from your loved one’s assessment and care plan, not from us. We’ll tell you what’s approved.
I already live with my mom. Can I still do Family Hire?
Yes, if you also work another job or can’t be with her full time. If you’re home with her full time, ask us about Structured Family Care instead.
Can my husband or wife be my paid aide?
No. Spouses and legal guardians can’t be the paid aide, just like in Structured Family Care.
My loved one isn’t on Medicaid yet. Can you help?
Call us. We’ll walk you through what’s needed.
I work full time. Can I still do this?
Yes. Family Hire is hourly, so you can work the approved hours around your job. Read more about getting paid while you work full time.
Looking for caregiver work with other families?
Freedom Adult Care also hires caregivers for Personal Support Services. Text APPLY to (706) 940-6657 to start a short pre-application.
Freedom Adult Care · Columbus, GA · (706) 786-3041. Eligibility is set by Georgia Medicaid. Not everyone qualifies. This page is general information; call us to confirm your situation.