Host homes
Open your home. Help someone grow.
A host home gives an adult with disabilities a steady place to live, daily support, and room to build a fuller life in the community.
Care that is personal, steady, and close to home.
Host home providers support daily routines, encourage personal goals, and document care clearly.
What it means
A home-based model of support.
Host home providers welcome a member into their home and provide consistent support in daily life. The goal is not simply supervision. It is a stable home where the member can grow in routine, independence, relationships, and confidence.
Grove supports providers with clear expectations, practical training, and regular communication with the care team.
Daily care
Steady support, day by day.
Host home care is built around ordinary routines: meals, hygiene, appointments, medication reminders, transportation, household life, and community activities.
Providers help with:
- Safe and clean living space
- Daily routines and personal care
- Meals, activities, and transportation
- Medication reminders and appointments
- Community connection and meaningful days
Goals
Care should help people grow.
Each member has personal goals. Providers help those goals take root in daily life by encouraging practice, tracking progress, and supporting healthy routines.
Goals may include independence skills, communication, community involvement, personal responsibility, social connection, or other priorities in the care plan.
Documentation
Good notes protect good care.
Providers document daily support so the care team can understand what happened, what progress was made, and where additional help may be needed.
Daily notes should show:
- Care and support provided
- Progress toward member goals
- Changes in health, behavior, or routine
- Appointments, incidents, or important updates
- Clear, timely, and accurate information
Income
Provider payments may receive special federal tax treatment.
In many host home arrangements, qualifying Medicaid waiver payments may be treated as difficulty of care payments and excluded from federal gross income when the member lives in the provider’s home.
This treatment is based on IRS Notice 2014-7. Eligibility depends on the program, payment type, living arrangement, and individual facts. Providers should confirm their own situation with a qualified tax professional.
Start here
Interested in becoming a host home?
Reach out to learn about provider expectations, onboarding, and whether host home care may be the right fit.
hello@grovecare.org