State requirements
Georgia in-service training requirements for home care agencies
Georgia licenses all agency-model non-medical home care under a single Private Home Care Provider (PHCP) license — there is no unlicensed private-pay tier — and its rules set real numeric hour requirements, not just topic mandates.
For each program type below: the license and survey status, the training requirement, and the citation — from the rule text and official program manuals, not vendor marketing.
Private pay
State requirement8 hours of in-service a year · 40 hours of initial training for most new personal care aides
Licensed and surveyed. Unlike many states, Georgia has no unlicensed private-pay segment for agency-model care — DCH's Healthcare Facility Regulation Division issues the PHCP license and conducts inspections.
Georgia licenses private-pay home care agencies as Private Home Care Providers, and its rules set real numeric hour requirements: new personal care aides typically complete 40 hours of training (20 before seeing clients, 20 more within six months), then every worker gets at least 8 hours of additional training each year (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-65-.09).
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-65-.09(5)(c), (6)(b)
Medicaid in-home services
State requirement8 hours of in-service a year · 40 hours of initial training for most new personal care aides
Licensed and surveyed. Medicaid waiver (EDWP: CCSP and SOURCE) personal support services are delivered by the same PHCP-licensed agencies, plus enrollment with DCH's Division of Medical Assistance Plans.
Georgia's Medicaid waiver (CCSP/SOURCE) personal support aides follow the same numbers as private-pay PHCP agencies — 40 hours of initial training and at least 8 hours of in-service training every year, but with specific required topics (first aid, infection control, body mechanics, nutrition, CPR) set by the state's EDWP manual.
EDWP (CCSP and SOURCE) Personal Support Services Manual §§1408.3.1, 1408.3.4 (DCH, ver. 4/1/2026)
State-licensed agency
State requirement8 hours of in-service a year · 40 hours of initial training for most new personal care aides
Licensed and surveyed. The PHCP license is the single licensure category covering nursing services, personal care tasks, and companion or sitter tasks, regardless of payer mix.
Any Georgia agency providing nursing, personal care, or companion/sitter services in clients' homes needs a Private Home Care Provider license, which sets real hour requirements: 8 hours of annual training per worker, plus 40 hours of initial training for personal care aides without another qualifying credential (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-65-.09).
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-65-.09(5)(c), (6)(b)
Other arrangements in Georgia
AAA-contracted in-home services (Older Americans Act / state-funded)
Agencies serving seniors under an Area Agency on Aging contract face a separately imposed minimum of eight clock hours annually of in-service or additional training, set by the Division of Aging Services manual — the same figure as the base PHCP rule, from a separate source.
DHS DAS Manual 5300, §208.23
Consumer Directed Option (CD-PSS)
The client or representative is the employer of record. Training is the consumer's responsibility, not a licensed agency's or a training vendor's.
EDWP PSS Manual §§1412.8, 1413.9
Skilled home health agencies
A separate DCH license category from PHCP. Medicare-certified home health aides fall under the federal rules, including the federal 12-hour annual in-service.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 111-8-31; 42 CFR 484.80(d)
Unlicensed private-pay agency care
Confirmed not to lawfully exist as a real agency segment in Georgia — none of the statute's licensure exemptions covers an agency that hires employees, contracts caregivers, or takes referrals for compensation.
O.C.G.A. § 31-7-305
The summaries above are drawn from the rule text and official program manuals cited with them. Your agency remains the training provider of record. AideReady is not a substitute for legal or regulatory advice.
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