HCPF’s new tips resource explains caregiver hour-limit exceptions. See the Phase 2 window and what it means for your hours.
Jason Schlosky
Jason Schlosky has built his career at the intersection of families and care systems, helping each side understand the other better. As a husband, father of two, and a brother to siblings with disabilities, Jason knows firsthand how overwhelming it can be to navigate care systems that weren't always designed with families in mind. That lived experience doesn't sit in the background of his work. It is his North Star.
With an extensive background in executive leadership across the Colorado home care industry, Jason has dedicated his career to reducing barriers to care and helping hundreds of Colorado families access the services they need. His work centers on Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), Colorado Medicaid, and the evolving landscape of paid family caregiving, systems he believes should work alongside families, not around them.
Jason is a recognized voice on Community First Choice (CFC) and treating family caregivers as the professional experts they are. His approach blends professional expertise and humor, with compassionate, practical leadership, making complex systems feel more human and less bureaucratic. He is now channeling that experience into something larger. As the founder of Caregivers First Choice, Jason is building the resource he wishes had existed for many families – a place where Colorado caregivers find real answers, real support, and a community that understands what they're carrying.
Colorado’s Change of Condition Rule Needs an Outcomes Fix
When a caregiver resolves a temporary spike in need, Colorado treats it the same as any other hours cut. Here’s a fix that rewards success without disrupting long-term care.
How to Choose a Colorado Medicaid Home Care Agency That Values Your Experience
You have a choice in home care. Switch your Colorado Medicaid home care agency to get paid for your life experience with zero bloated overhead.
Colorado Medicaid Provider Rate Reduction: What It Means for Your Pay
Colorado’s Medicaid provider rate reduction is here. See why existing IHSS/CFC caregiver pay isn’t changing — check your own rate free.
Real Support, Real Pay: Navigating Colorado Caregiving Careers and Phased Hour Caps
Don’t navigate rolling caregiver hour limits alone. Learn how our team files your state exceptions or join our professional backup caregiving network.
Consumer Direction Was the Whole Point
Colorado’s new 56-hour caregiver cap does not reduce the care the state certifies a member needs. It limits who may be paid to deliver it. Tracing consumer-directed care to its civil-rights roots, this piece argues that capping a member’s chosen caregiver, in the homes where no other caregiver exists, breaks the promise the model was built on.
Colorado’s Caregiver Hour Cap Starts July 1: What Families Can Do Now
Colorado’s Medicaid caregiver hour cap begins July 1, 2026. See what’s changing, who files the exception, and what family caregivers should do now.
Introducing the Caregivers First Choice (CFC) Training Portal
The Caregivers First Choice (CFC) Training Portal puts required state and Medicaid caregiver training online — self-paced, on any device, for Colorado families.
To the Families Who Testified on Colorado Paid Caregiver Hour Limits: Thank You
The Medical Services Board passed MSB 26-05-05-B to implement the 56 Colorado Paid Caregiver hour cap. Read our inside look at the vote and our profound gratitude to the families who spoke out.
Colorado’s Family Caregiver Hour Limit Reaches Its Final Vote June 12. Here’s What’s at Stake.
Colorado is capping paid family caregiver hours. Read what’s at stake for IHSS & CDASS before the final June 12, 2026 vote and how to submit testimony.
Overburdened and Underpaid: Navigating Family Caregiver Pay in Colorado
Discover how institutional healthcare shifts systemic burdens to families while devaluing their labor. Learn how to secure fair compensation under Colorado Medicaid.
Community First Choice Colorado: The History of Consumer Direction and the Fight for Caregiver Respect
Discover how Colorado’s Community First Choice Medicaid option rewards family caregivers. Learn how to bypass the red tape and get paid for your tenure.