FirstLight Home Care of Colorado Springs
FirstLight Home Care of Colorado Springs provides home care and respite care for seniors and adults in Colorado Springs, CO. Home care brings personal, companion, and dementia care into a person’s home, while respite care provides short-term support when a family caregiver needs time to travel, recover, or manage other responsibilities.
Services also include veteran care and specialty care, so the agency may be a good fit for an adult who wants support at home or a family caregiver who needs temporary relief. In the Northeast Colorado Springs neighborhood, a Walk Score of 54 means some errands can be done on foot, which may help a client who no longer drives reach nearby essentials independently; FirstLight Home Care Franchising owns the agency.
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Elderly, Blind, and Disabled Waiver
Colorado Medicaid EBD Waiver
- Income limit
- 2026 · Standard EBD financial pathway uses 300% of SSI ($2,982/month in 2026). Alternative working-disabled eligibility and trust rules require screening.
- Asset limit
- Standard individual countable-resource limit is $2,000; spousal protections and alternative eligibility categories require review.
Eligibility
- General
- Adults age 65+ with significant functional impairment or adults age 18–64 who are blind, physically disabled or have HIV/AIDS; Medicaid and nursing-facility level-of-care criteria apply.
- CO specifics
- Selected services transitioned to Community First Choice by July 1 2026; distinguish remaining waiver benefits from CFC services.
What it provides
- Waiver services authorized through an assessed care plan; selected home and community services transitioned to Community First Choice.
Home Care Allowance (HCA)
Colorado Home Care Allowance (HCA)
Eligibility
- General
- Colorado residents age 5+ with a disability who qualify for Home Care Allowance.
What it provides
- Cash assistance to pay a home-care provider for help with daily activities in the home.
Community First Choice
Colorado Health First Colorado Community First Choice (CFC)
Eligibility
- General
- In-home and community support for Health First Colorado members who meet CFC Medicaid and institutional-level-of-care requirements and have an assessed support plan.
- CO specifics
- Members whose Medicaid eligibility depends on a waiver must continue at least one qualifying waiver service monthly. Authorizations and current limits apply. This is not room-and-board coverage.
What it provides
- Authorized personal care; homemaker and other home/community supports; with agency or self-directed options. CFC does not pay room and board and does not duplicate services paid under another Medicaid benefit.
Old Age Pension (OAP) Health Care Program
Colorado OAP
Eligibility
- General
- Qualifying recipients of Colorado Old Age Pension assistance who are not eligible for Health First Colorado and meet the OAP medical-program requirements.
- CO specifics
- OAP Health and Medical Care is a limited state-funded medical-coverage program for eligible OAP recipients.
What it provides
- Limited medical benefits for eligible OAP recipients who are not eligible for Health First Colorado.




