Available Only With Helpr

Care From Familiar Faces

With My Choice, you can access in-home care from the people you know and trust.

Grandpa with baby grandchild in front of the ocean

Your Care Team

Tap into your personal support network for child, adult, and special needs care. Upload friends and family to the Helpr app—then pay them with benefit dollars.

Who qualifies as a provider?
  • Friends and family who live outside your home
  • Those legally able to work
  • Not your full-time in-home care providers
  • Not your co-parent or spouse (even if they live in a different household)

Reliable Care for Unexpected Moments

Upload your providers to book backup care when care gaps arise. Rest assured knowing your family is in good hands.

In-home care coverage for:
Yourself - Your Children - Your Partner - Your Parents 

  • School closures
  • Sick family member
  • When your regular care falls through
  • Gaps between school/daycare
  • Medical recovery
  • Last-minute business trips
  • Transportation support
  • And more

Your benefits may vary, please visit your Helpr website for any restrictions.

How to Upload a Provider

  1. Enter your provider's details and hourly rate in the app.
  2. We’ll calculate your copay after applying your employer’s contribution.
  3. Once approved, book care for a minimum of one hour.
  4. After care, we'll charge you your copay and pay your provider in full.
Learn more about how your provider will be paid:

Tech That Helps Everyone Stay on Track

The app tracks your usage, provider rates, and hour limits with each provider based on your location, tax periods, and provider relationship. 

We make sure you can work with your preferred in-home care providers without making them your employees.

Meet Maya
  • Maya uses the Helpr app to book backup care with her occasional babysitter so she can go to work.
  • Helpr monitors Maya's payments to her sitter, ensuring they stay within limits for each tax period.
  • Maya uploads her neighbor as an in-home care provider to use her remaining benefit hours.