Direct Care Workers

You support the Veteran, Veterans Choose supports you. MyLynk makes the onboarding, digital timesheets, and taxes straightforward, so you can focus on the important work you do.

A direct care worker helping the Veteran's family put groceries away in her kitchen

Chosen by a Veteran. Backed by Veterans Choose

In Veteran-Directed Care, Veterans hire the direct care workers they trust, sometimes called caregivers. Many are family members, friends, and neighbors; some are professionals. Whichever you are, if a Veteran has chosen you, we're here to make the administrative part simple.

As the program's Financial Management Services provider, we handle the details: onboarding without stacks of forms, digital timesheets for your hours, and pay that arrives on time, with taxes handled properly. Caring for someone is the hard part. Getting paid for it shouldn't be.

Caregiver Administration – Simplified

Everything between you and your paycheck happens in one place, with a real person to call when a question comes up.

Simple Onboarding

We'll help you get set up as a caregiver quickly.

Digital Timesheets

Clock in and out simply and transparently.

Reliable Payroll

Accurate pay, on schedule, every time. You should never have to chase a paycheck.

Taxes, Handled

Withholding and year-end tax documents are taken care of, so tax season is not a scramble.

Helpful Documents Before You Start

How Veterans Choose and our MyLynk system will get you going.

  • Direct Care Worker Onboarding Checklist

    What you will need to get started.

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  • How to Report Your Hours: A Quick Start Guide

    How to complete and submit your timesheet, and what happens next.

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  • Getting Paid: What to Expect

    How pay schedules, withholding, and year-end tax documents work.

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Questions About Getting Started?

Reach out and a professional, U.S.-based advocate will walk you through it.