Allied Community Resources, Inc. is the fiscal intermediary for the Connecticut Personal Care Assistance Medicaid Waiver Program. The PCA Program provides assistance to individuals who have permanent, severe and chronic physical disabilities enabling them to reside in the community.

Personal assistance includes hands-on activities and tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, transfers and other personal care. Participants on this program make their own choices about the people they will hire to provide the assistance they need to be able to stay in their own homes and community.

Allied's role begins when we receive a service plan from the Department of Social Services. Participants on the PCA Waiver program receive training and assistance from Allied on their responsibilities as a household employer. Allied staff travels to the participant's home to provide this beneficial training. The training includes information on recruiting, hiring, training, and supervision of household service providers. Allied also assists the participant in filing all of the necessary IRS applications and paperwork to become established as a household employer.

Allied conducts statewide outreach to prospective providers and maintains a directory of providers who have expressed an interest in working with individuals under this program. The Directory is updated daily and is used by participants on the program for recruiting purposes. To obtain a copy of the ABI provider directory, you must be a participant, conservator or legal representative, DSS Social Worker, or assigned as a case manager provider on the plan. Personalized directories are available upon request.

For more information about the PCA Waiver program please visit the State of Connecticut website at
http://www.ct.gov/dss

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