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Care from the people who already love you.
Support from family, friends and chosen Direct Support Professionals for Utahns with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We handle the employment and paperwork, so your team can focus on living well.
Services and paid DSP roles depend on Utah Medicaid and DSPD eligibility, the services authorized in the individual’s plan, the service type and DSP qualifications.
Where are you starting?
The best support isn’t assigned. It’s chosen.
The people who already know you understand the routines, the preferences, the way you communicate and the goals you’re working toward. They don’t need a care plan to learn who you are.
A family member, friend or trusted person may be able to become a paid Direct Support Professional (DSP) when eligibility, authorization and employment requirements are met. That’s where giv.care comes in. We provide the structure that makes a trusted relationship sustainable as professional support:
- W‑2 employment
- Payroll and withholding
- Background screening
- Training
- Scheduling
- EVV where required
- Shift documentation
- Authorization review
- Medicaid billing
- Supervision and ongoing support
An established provider, still personal.
giv.care was founded in Utah and learned this work alongside Utah families, DSPs and Support Coordinators. The structure behind every support team is the same one that makes a DSP’s work professional and a coordinator’s job easier.
Built here, with Utah families and Utah’s disability services system.
Authorization review, documentation and billing are daily work, not an afterthought.
DSPs are giv.care employees, with payroll and withholding handled for them.
Scheduling, time and shift notes are organized so nothing depends on paper.
A team that answers questions and helps when something changes.
Coordinators already use our portal to stay connected with the people they support.
Five steps, from first conversation to first shift.
Tell us about the person
Who they are, where they live, the services they have today and the support they’re looking for.
We confirm the fit
Program, authorization, geography and whether we can provide the services the person needs.
Choose the support team
Identify the family member, friend or trusted person who will be the DSP — or talk with us about options.
We set everything up
Employment, background screening, training and service setup for each DSP.
Authorized services begin
With ongoing coordination between the family, the DSP, the Support Coordinator and giv.care.
We do not commit to a start date until authorization, DSP readiness and operational setup are complete.
What we provide, stated plainly.
Utah’s disability services are delivered through DSPD and Utah Medicaid programs, such as the Community Supports Waiver. We only list a service as a giv.care service when we are enrolled to provide it, staffed for it and accepting referrals.
It’s part of a DSPD or Medicaid program. That alone doesn’t mean any particular provider offers it.
We hold the approvals to deliver it. Still not the same as having capacity today.
Only services at this level appear in our service list.
Which giv.care services are available depends on the services authorized in the person’s plan. We serve families anywhere in Utah. Tell us about the person — or ask your Support Coordinator to contact us — and we’ll tell you honestly what we can provide.
You choose the life and the people. We make the support work.
Technology should disappear into better support. Ours keeps schedules, time, notes and authorizations organized, so DSPs can focus on the person and families aren’t chasing paperwork.
One system behind every shift
Scheduling, time, shift notes and training records live in one place — so the DSP, the family, giv.care and the Support Coordinator are working from the same information.
EVV where required
Utah Medicaid requires electronic visit verification for many in-home services. Visits are recorded the way the rules require.
Authorization monitoring
We track the services authorized in each person’s plan so scheduled hours stay inside what’s approved.
Payroll
Verified time flows into payroll and withholding, so DSPs are paid correctly for the shifts they work.
Training records
Required training is assigned, tracked and kept current for every DSP.
Careful with information
This website asks for as little as possible. Personal and member documents move through secure channels after first contact.
Tools that help authorized members of the support team coordinate services and access the information they need.
Built here. Learned here. Still here.
We were built here, learned here and continue to serve Utah families here.
Utah is home to giv.care. giv.care was built in Utah around a simple belief: people should have more choice in who supports them and how that support fits into their lives. As we grow into other states, each location is built around its local programs, requirements, relationships and communities—with shared giv.care standards behind it.
Can a family member or friend become a paid DSP?
Often, yes — when they meet employment and training requirements, the service is authorized in the person’s plan, and the program allows that relationship to provide that service. Under Utah’s Community Supports Waiver, for example, relatives such as siblings may provide services they qualify for, while spouses, parents and guardians may be paid only for Supported Living in limited situations. We’ll confirm what applies before anyone is promised a job.
Does giv.care decide who is eligible?
No. DSPD and Utah Medicaid determine eligibility, and services are authorized through the person’s plan with their Support Coordinator. giv.care is a provider: we confirm whether the authorized services, location, needs and chosen DSP fit what we can provide.
How quickly can services start?
It depends on the authorization, the DSP’s screening and training, and service setup. We’ll only give a start date once all three are complete.
What should I avoid sending through this website?
Please don’t include Medicaid ID numbers, diagnoses, assessments, service plans, dates of birth or other health information in website forms. We’ll collect what’s needed through a secure channel after we talk.
Ready when you are. Let’s talk.
Tell us about the person, their current services and the support they are looking for. We’ll review the situation and explain honestly whether giv.care is a fit.