Get paid to care for your family member in Kittitas County, Washington

Yes. Washington runs real Medicaid programs — like Community First Choice (CFC) — that pay family caregivers, and they cover families in Kittitas County. We help you enroll, and applying costs you nothing.

Family caregivers in Washington typically earn $22.52–$27.28/hr. The rate is the same across the state, including Kittitas County.

Families in Kittitas County start with the state, not the county. The care recipient applies for Apple Health LTSS through a DSHS Home & Community Services regional intake office and gets a CARE assessment; the family caregiver then applies as an Individual Provider at consumerdirectwa.com.

Not right now — but other family members often can be. The fine print for Washington: no — DSHS: 'Spouses cannot be paid to care for each other'; some spouses may qualify via Veteran Directed Care or WA Cares Fund instead

9,150 residents of Kittitas County are 65 or older and about 804 are 85 or older, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 population estimates. Most of them are cared for at home by a relative rather than in a facility. Washington's programs exist to pay for exactly that care.

All of Kittitas County — including Ellensburg, Cle Elum, Kittitas, Roslyn and South Cle Elum. Eligibility is set by Washington, not by your town, so where you live inside the county does not change whether you qualify.