Paying for care in New Mexico
Getting paid to care for a family member in New Mexico
Yes. In New Mexico, a family member can be paid to give care through Self-Directed Community Benefit (SDCB) and Agency-Based Community Benefit (ABCB). Whether a spouse can be paid depends on conditions, which the page on getting paid sets out with their sources.
Respite care for family caregivers in New Mexico
Yes. In New Mexico, family caregivers can get respite through one program on record: Respite (Agency-Based Community Benefit).
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Programs on record
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Self-Directed Community Benefit (SDCB)
Medicaid self-directed care
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Agency-Based Community Benefit (ABCB)
Medicaid waiver
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Respite (Agency-Based Community Benefit)
Respite program
How to apply
Self-Directed Community Benefit (SDCB)
- How to apply
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If you are a Turquoise Care member, talk to your care coordinator at your health plan. You and the care coordinator do a needs review in your home, which sets how much help you get and what type. If you do not qualify for Turquoise Care, call the Aging and Disability Resource Center for help. To use a spouse as the caregiver in SDCB, contact the health plan for approval, then work with your Support Broker to start the employment process.
The spouse and Support Broker steps are from the Health Care Authority's Family Paid Caregivers explainer (7/8/24).
Source: Turquoise Care Community Benefit, Frequently Asked Questions, MAD 792 (New Mexico Health Care Authority, revised 7/01/2025)Checked
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Aging and Disability Resource Center, toll free. The NM Medicaid Call Center is 1-800-283-4465.
Source: Turquoise Care Community Benefit, Frequently Asked Questions, MAD 792 (New Mexico Health Care Authority, revised 7/01/2025)Checked
Agency-Based Community Benefit (ABCB)
- How to apply
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If you are a Turquoise Care member, talk to your care coordinator at your health plan. You and the care coordinator do a needs review in your home, which sets how much help you get and what type. If you do not qualify for Turquoise Care, call the Aging and Disability Resource Center for help. To use a spouse as the caregiver, contact your health plan care coordinator for approval.
Source: Turquoise Care Community Benefit, Frequently Asked Questions, MAD 792 (New Mexico Health Care Authority, revised 7/01/2025)Checked
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Aging and Disability Resource Center, toll free.
Source: Turquoise Care Community Benefit, Frequently Asked Questions, MAD 792 (New Mexico Health Care Authority, revised 7/01/2025)Checked
Respite (Agency-Based Community Benefit)
- How to apply
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If you are a Turquoise Care member, talk to your care coordinator at your health plan. You and the care coordinator do a needs review in your home, which sets how much help you get and what type. If you do not qualify for Turquoise Care, call the Aging and Disability Resource Center for help.
Source: Turquoise Care Community Benefit, Frequently Asked Questions, MAD 792 (New Mexico Health Care Authority, revised 7/01/2025)Checked
- Phone
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Aging and Disability Resource Center, toll free.
Source: Turquoise Care Community Benefit, Frequently Asked Questions, MAD 792 (New Mexico Health Care Authority, revised 7/01/2025)Checked
Sources
How we verify explains these dates.
- 8.308.12 NMAC, Managed Care Program: Community Benefit (New Mexico State Records Center and Archives) checked
- New Mexico Medicaid Family Paid Caregivers in the Community Benefit Program (New Mexico Health Care Authority, 7/8/24) checked
- New Mexico Turquoise Care section 1115 demonstration, Special Terms and Conditions, Expenditure Authority 7: Use of Legally Responsible Individuals to Render Personal Care Services (approval packet of May 27, 2026, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, medicaid.gov) checked
- Turquoise Care Community Benefit, Frequently Asked Questions, MAD 792 (New Mexico Health Care Authority, revised 7/01/2025) checked