Together We Care Act of 2009
Official title: To establish a pilot program to train public housing residents as home health aides and in home-based health services to enable such residents to provide cover… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To establish a pilot program to train public housing residents as home health aides and in home-based health services to enable such residents to provide covered home-based health services to residents of public housing and residents of federally-assisted rental housing, who are elderly and disabled, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Together We Care Act of 2009 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the training of public housing residents as home health aides and providers of home-based health services to enable them to provide covered home-based health services (i.e., services for which medical assistance is available under a state Medicaid plan or for which financial assistance is available under this Act) to residents of: (1) public housing who are elderly or disabled, or both; and (2) federally-assisted rental housing who are elderly or disabled, or both, subject to criteria that the Secretary may establish.
Authorizes the use of grant funds: (1) to establish or maintain and carry out a program to train public housing residents to provide covered home-based health care services to elderly and disabled public housing residents and to elderly and disabled residents of federally-assisted rental housing; (2) for the transportation and child care expenses of public housing residents in training; and (3) for the administrative expenses of carrying out such a program.
Provides that for any resident of public housing who is trained as a home health aide or as a provider of home-based health services under the program, any income received for providing covered home-based health services shall apply towards eligibility for benefits under federal housing programs as specified, based on length of time following completion of the training.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4224: Together We Care Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4224/
"H.R. 4224: Together We Care Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4224/.
H.R. 4224, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4224/.
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