No. Home Help's individual provider enrollment doesn't require a CNA license, nursing degree, or any formal caregiving certification.
What's actually required
Enrollment through CHAMPS as an individual provider, passing a standard background check, and — once approved — using Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) consistently to log every visit. That's the real bar.
What the program is (and isn't) designed for
Home Help covers personal care and light homemaking — bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, transferring, toileting, plus light housekeeping and meal prep. It's not designed to cover skilled nursing tasks like wound care or medication administration requiring a license; those situations typically need a different kind of provider.
If your loved one's needs are more medical
If the situation involves genuine skilled-nursing needs beyond personal care, it's worth discussing with MDHHS or your loved one's physician whether a different Medicaid benefit or home health service is a better fit alongside — or instead of — Home Help.
For everything else, our self-direction guide covers exactly what's expected of a family caregiver day to day.