The parent caregiver ‘savings’ Arizona is chasing don’t exist — unless care disappears

By: Amy Haley

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 1,055

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Want to save hundreds of millions of dollars on care for children with significant disabilities? There’s a remarkably effective way: just don’t provide all of the necessary care.

We wouldn’t call it that, of course.

We’d call it “savings.”

That distinction is at the heart of Arizona’s increasingly contentious debate over Parents as Paid Caregivers.

The confusion starts with the name.

Parents as Paid Caregivers, or PPCG, sounds like a …

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