Apply for Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment (SOURCE)

This waiver program provides in-home and community-based services as an alternative to a nursing home.

A Medicaid waiver provides recipients certain services not normally covered by Medicaid for a person with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities. These services can take place in the person’s home or in the community.
Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment (SOURCE) serves frail, elderly, and disabled Georgians. It provides coordinated services in their home or community.
SOURCE can provide adult day care, alternative living services, personal care, home delivered meals, and respite care for family caregivers.

How Do I …

Apply for SOURCE?

Make Sure You’re Eligible
To qualify, you must be eligible for Medicaid and:
- Be 65 or older (or, if younger than 65, meet certain disability requirements)
- Require nursing home level care
Gather What You'll Need
- Verification of income
- Verification of assets, such as bank accounts or property
- Verification of citizenship
Submit Your Application
The Georgia Division of Aging Services administers SOURCE through the Area Agencies on Aging. You can apply for SOURCE by calling your Area Agency on Aging (AAA).
- Call the toll-free, state-wide number for the Area Agency on Aging at 888-669-7195.
- Once connected, an AAA staff member will screen you by asking questions about your situation.
Next Steps

If you are approved, you will be assessed by a SOURCE staff member to identify your needs. Based on this assessment, a plan of care will be developed to assist you with appropriate services.