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We Need Your Help to Create Fair Rates.

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We need
your help
to create fair rates.

Right now, the Adult Family Home Council is preparing for two important projects that could result in increases to AFH reimbursement — and we need your help to advocate for rates that accurately reflect the costs of resident care.

Action 1: Submit Your Disclosure of Charges to the AFH Council

Your Council is about to enter a new round of contract negotiations with the state related to Medicaid reimbursement. Our goal is to use this opportunity to continue moving AFH Medicaid rates in a positive direction.

In order to demonstrate the current and true costs of adult family home services, we are asking providers to share their home’s Disclosure of Charges Form with us. Your home’s specific information will not be shared or called out, but will be used to determine the average costs and services currently charged in our sector. We will then use this data as evidence of the need for fair reimbursement rates in our contract negotiations.

To help us advocate for fair reimbursement rates, please be sure your Disclosure of Charges is current and upload a copy using the form below. You can learn more about our contract negotiation process here.

Action 2: Join the Payment Maximums Stakeholder Forum

WA CARES, the public long-term care insurance benefit, will begin paying benefits in July of 2026. By December of 2025, their Long-Term Services & Supports Trust Commission must make recommendations establishing rate maximums for eligible WA CARES providers, including adult family homes. By law, the commission must include stakeholders in their process to make these recommendations.

The stakeholder forum is set for March 21 from 9:30am – 11:00am. Those interested in attending can register for the Zoom meeting at this link.

Please contact the Adult Family Home Council
with any questions about these projects at:

360-754-3329 or info@adultfamilyhomecouncil.org

Disclosure of Charges Submission Form

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Not a Member Yet?

Membership fees enable the Council to cover legal expenses and fund staff to advocate with the state and regulatory agencies. The participation of every adult family home is vital to ensuring fair regulations and rates that accurately reflect the costs of caring for our vulnerable adults. Consider becoming a member of the Council to help us continue improving conditions for all adult family homes in Washington State.