I am Parent that is a Caregiver to my 2 Children that are on the DD Waiver. They have multiple disabilities, need 100 % daily living care, aggressive and a lot more. My wife who is the Employer of Record has tried over the years to hire people and it hasn’t worked because of pay, no health benefits or the extent of responsibilities. My children could be criminally charged for their aggressiveness. Which I wouldn’t want their actions to happen on anyone on the outside. 

Having the Parent Paid Caregiver on the CD waiver having the stipulations might make my family have to take other actions that we would never in a million years would think about and would cost you tons more money. 

Please reevaluate these two items that you put into place when redoing the Parents Paid Caregivers CD stipulations.

• 40 hr. a week max cap of hours that they can work to provide care. Again it is really hard to find care for our children and we are usually have more hours budgeted. 
• Having the other LRI being the parent or step parent. Some of us don’t have people we can trust to take on that responsibility or no one in a 50 mile radius.  Finding someone that would take on that UNPAID role. Be available for quarterly meetings. Looking for outside help and interview prospects to fit your children’s needs and disabilities. 

I appreciate you taking the time to read this and these considerations