What Is Montgomery Cares?

Montgomery Cares provides medical care to adults who live in Montgomery County, do not have much money, and cannot get health insurance. Immigration status and existing health problems do not keep you out of the program.

Montgomery Cares provides basic medical services. If you have Montgomery Cares, the program pays part of the cost of your health services, but you may also have to pay something. Contact your clinic to find out what you will have to pay. Montgomery cares is not health insurance. Health insurance plans, like Medicaid and private health plans available from the Maryland Health Connection, offer more services than Montgomery Cares. If you are a U.S. Citizen or legal permanent resident who has been here for more than five years, visit www.MarylandHealthConnection.gov to find out about getting health insurance.

Only certain health care providers participate in Montgomery Cares. Be sure you go to your Montgomery Cares clinic when you need a health service. If you go somewhere else, you may have to pay full price. Use the "Find a Clinic" tool to find the locations and contact information of participating Montgomery Cares clinics.

Eligibility: Who Can Join Montgomery Cares?

‘Eligibility’ means a person meets the requirements to be in a program. You are eligible for Montgomery Cares if:
  • You live in Montgomery County
  • You are 18 years old or older
  • You can not get health insurance
  • You have a low income (at or below 250 percent of the Federal Poverty Level)
​Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services continues the suspension of the application process to determine Montgomery Cares eligibility. Individuals may contact or visit the location of any Montgomery Cares clinic with their completed application to enroll in the program. 

Bring The Following:

Proof of Income (Bring at least one)
  • Paycheck
  • Unemployment stubs
  • Last year’s tax return
  • Letter from your employer that says how much you earn
  • Letter from a friend or family member who is helping you with money​

​Proof that you live in Montgomery County (Bring at least one)
  • Utility bill showing your name and address
  • School records
  • Driver’s license or Maryland State ID Card
  • Lease or mortgage statement
  • Signed Federal Tax Return/W2 showing your address
  • Voter registration card
  • Letter from your landlord
  • Letter from a person you are staying with and that person’s proof of residence
  • Property tax bill​

Enrollment: Who is in Montgomery Cares?

After you are determined eligible, you will be enrolled in Montgomery Cares. That means you are a member of the program and you can get services through the program. You will be given a Montgomery Cares identification (ID) card. Your Montgomery Cares ID card is proof that you are enrolled in the program. You must show this card anytime you get a service at your main clinic or any other health care provider participating in Montgomery Cares.

Renewal: How to Stay Active with Montgomery Cares.

​Every year, you must update your information and an eligibility worker must confirm that you are allowed to stay in Montgomery Cares. Bring proof of your income and proof that you live in Montgomery County to an eligibility worker at your clinic or at an OESS location throughout the county.

Remember, you must update your information with Montgomery Cares every year!

A Note on Public Charge
If you join Montgomery Cares, you are not at risk of becoming a public charge because of your participation in the program.

The Primary Care Coalition is a 501©3 nonprofit organization. Donations to PCC are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
​ A copy of our current financial statement is available by contacting the Primary Care Coalition. Documents and information submitted to the State of Maryland under the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act are available from the Office of the Secretary.