Community First Choice (CFC)
Your next step
Call Community Living Connections to ask for an assessment
One call starts both tracks: the functional assessment and the referral to your local Home and Community Services office.
Save this application
Save it to your account to check off documents, add dates, and get renewal reminders. Free, and we take no referral fees.
The steps
- Not started
- Referral made
- Financial application
- Assessment scheduled
- In-home assessment visit
- Financial decision
- Care plan approved
- Provider chosen
- Services started
Documents to gather
- Photo ID
- Proof of income (Social Security, pensions, wages)
- Bank and asset statements
- Medicare card and any other insurance
- Information about daily-living limitations and diagnoses
- Social Security number, citizenship or immigration status, Washington residency
Do not type Social Security, bank, or Medicare numbers here. This checklist is only a reminder of what to gather for the agency.
How to apply
- Community Living Connections 1-855-567-0252
Refers you to your local Home and Community Services office.
- Washington Connection Open
For the financial side. People on the MAGI pathway use Washington Healthplanfinder instead.
- Form HCA 18-005, for aged, blind, or disabled applicants Open
- Local DSHS Home and Community Services office or Area Agency on Aging
Talk to a person
Free help is available. These lines are staffed by people who do this every day.
- Community Living Connections: 1-855-567-0252
- Community Living Connections: 1-855-567-0252
- SHIBA, free Medicare help: 1-800-562-6900
This is general information, not legal or financial advice. The agency that runs each program makes the final decision.