Medical Foster Care (MFC)

The Medical Foster Care (MFC) program enables Medicaid eligible children from birth through age 20 with medically-complex conditions whose parents cannot care for them in their own homes, to live and receive care in foster homes rather than in hospitals or other institutional settings. Children’s Medical Services enrolls MFC parents and provides training for them to care for the medically necessary needs of these children.

Medical Foster Care (MFC) Provider Qualifications

To be eligible to enroll as a Medicaid MFC provider and to maintain enrollment, an individual must:

• Be licensed by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) as a foster home caretaker for children;
• Have successfully completed the CMS MFC training;
• Be approved as a MFC parent by the CMS MFC physician;
• Be supervised by a CMS local service area MFC program staff or the MFC contracted agency;
• Be available to provide MFC services 24 hours per day (this would not preclude the use of other medically necessary services if additional medical needs are present); and
• Not be otherwise employed while a MFC child is assigned to them.

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