IN-Dwelling SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) is a country program that helps pay for
at-domicile services for depression-income elderly, blind or disabled persons, and so that they can remain safely in their own abode. Disabled children are also eligible for IHSS.
Some of the services that can exist approved through IHSS include:
• housecleaning and laundry
• making meals and grocery shopping
• personal care services (such as bowel and bladder care, bathing, grooming etc.)
• taking you to doctors' appointments or handling
• protective supervision for the mentally impaired
In one case you have been approved for IHSS, you will need to hire a "provider,"
someone who will receive the payment from IHSS for providing these services for you lot. You are considered the "consumer/recipient."

If a family fellow member is currently taking care of you, they tin can apply to be an IHSS provider and must go through the IHSS application process. For instructions on completing a "provider" application, please see Application Procedure for Providers section of this guide.

ELIGIBILITY

Who is eligible to receive In-Domicile Supportive Services?
Yous may be eligible if you:
• Are 65 years of age, disabled or blind
• Take a physical disability and are at run a risk for placement at a care facility
• Need someone to help you with taking care of yourself at domicile
• Physically live in the U.s.a. and are a California resident
• Have received eligibility for Medi-Cal. If not, the IHSS social worker can assistance with this.
• Alive at dwelling or in a relative's habitation. Acute care hospitals, long-term care
facilities and licensed community care facilities are not considered "home."
• Submit a completed Health Care Certification form from your wellness care provider.

You must also run across these criteria to be eligible:
Property:
• Personal holding may not exist more than $2,000 for an individual or $3,000 for a couple
[Holding that counts includes: cash, checking and savings accounts,
stocks, bonds, trust deeds, existent estate/property (non the home you own
or alive in), cars and recreational vehicles, promissory notes and loans.
Property not counted includes: the dwelling house you own and live in, one car
needed for transportation to medical appointments or work, and all life
insurance policies if the combined confront value is $1,500 or less.]

Application Procedure FOR CONSUMER/RECIPIENT

Step 1: Submit an application. See the following instructions below in
"How to Apply" in your county.
• You must exist eligible for SSI and Medi-Cal do good to exist eligible for IHSS.
[If you are receiving SSI payments or Medi-Cal benefits, an IHSS social
worker will make a habitation visit to make up one's mind eligibility for IHSS.
If you do not receive SSI payments or Medi-Cal benefits, talk with the IHSS social worker about your eligibility.]

Pace 2: During the abode visit, the IHSS social worker will evaluate the types of IHSS services you demand. Based on the type and amount of help you need, IHSS will qualify the number of hours you quality for. The IHSS Social Worker volition gather this information from you and if appropriate from your family, friends, physician or wellness care team.
• You volition receive a written notice for the approval or deprival of Medi-Cal
benefits and IHSS. If approved for IHSS, the services and number of hours
per month that have been authorized will be listed on the detect.

Step iii: Once approved for IHSS, you lot as the "consumer/recipient" must hire someone (the IHSS service provider) to assistance you.
• You lot, as the IHSS consumer/recipient volition be considered the "provider'due south
employer." Information technology is your responsibility as the IHSS consumer to hire, train,
supervise and, if necessary, burn your "provider."
• If you cannot find someone to hire equally your "provider," the IHSS social worker may be able to find someone for you. The IHSS agency has a database of canonical providers who have cleared the requirements to exist providers, including background checks.

HOW TO APPLY

There are a few means to utilise for IHSS, depending on the county in which you alive. You lot can complete an awarding and mail information technology, fax it or take it in person to your county IHSS part (recommended for expedited processing). Yous can also employ by calling your county'south IHSS function.
Important: Gather Required Information Before Applying
Information technology is helpful to have the following information when applying:
• Social Security number and card
• Telephone number
• The number of people living in the home with the bidder and their ages
• Income and assets data
• Utility bill (for proof of address)
• Your health information, including doctor'due south name and phone number

Los Angeles County
Call: In Los Angeles Canton, you can use by phone by calling
(888) 944-IHSS (4477) or (213) 744-IHSS (4477) or consummate
the awarding SOC 295 – Application For In-Habitation Supportive
Services, bachelor at SOC 295 (ane/fifteen) – Awarding For In-Home Supportive Services .
Los Angeles Canton now allows individuals to print and postal service or fax in an application.

Print and mail the completed application to:
IHSS Applications
2707 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90007

You may as well print and fax the application to Metro IHSS by secure fax to (213) 947-4591. For questions, please call the IHSS Helpline at (888) 822-9622 or visit the Los Angeles County IHSS website at http://dpss.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dpss/main/programs-and-services/in-domicile-supportive-services.

Riverside Canton
Riverside County offers 3 means to submit your awarding:
i. Phone call: (888) 960-4477 to apply by phone on Mon to Friday from 8 a.thou. to 5 p.grand., excluding county holidays.
2. Online: Apply at RiversideIHSS.org.
3. Electronic mail: Submit your completed SOC 295 application bachelor at SOC 295 (1/xv) – Application For In-Abode Supportive Services via electronic mail to: asd_central_intake@rivco.org.

For additional questions, please visit:
http://dpss.co.riverside.ca.united states of america/adult-services-division/in-domicile-supportive-services.

San Bernardino County
Yous (as the consumer/recipient), your family unit, friends, physicians or anyone
who has knowledge about your needs tin can make a referral to IHSS by calling.
Call: You lot must brand a referral for IHSS to the San Bernardino County
Department of Aging and Adult Services by calling the IHSS
Central Intake Unit at (877) 800-4544.
For more data for San Bernardino Canton can be institute at
http://hss.sbcounty.gov/daas/IHSS/

Awarding Process FOR PROVIDERS (Care Provider)

The person who you lot hire to provide the services for you is called a "provider." If you lot exercise not know who you would like to hire, the IHSS social worker may be able to observe someone for you.
All IHSS providers must complete all of the following enrollment requirements:
Step i: Complete and sign the IHSS Provider Enrollment Form (SOC 426)
bachelor at SOC 426 – In-Home Supportive Services Provider Enrollment Grade
• Submit the completed course to the county in person.
• Bring original photo identification or Social Security card to verify provider's identity. The county will photocopy these and return the originals.
Footstep 2: The provider must attend an on-site provider orientation to learn most IHSS rules and requirements for being a provider. Your county's IHSS part will tell you when and where you can attend an orientation session. Please contact your canton IHSS part to find out their IHSS provider orientation procedure.
Step 3: Complete and sign the Provider Enrollment Understanding, SOC 846
available at SOC 846 – In-Abode Supportive Services (IHSS) Provider Enrollment Agreement. The SOC 846 states that the provider
understands and agrees to the rules of the IHSS programme and the responsibilities of being an IHSS provider.
Step four: Submit fingerprints and pass a criminal background investigation
from the Department of Justice. The provider is responsible for paying for
the toll for this service.

Resources:

The State of California provides resources and information on IHSS.
*IHSS Consumer Education Videos
cdss.ca.gov/In-Domicile-Supportive-Services/IHSS-Education-Videos
*IHSS Applications — also bachelor in Spanish, Chinese and Armenian
cdss.ca.gov/In-Home-Supportive-Services
*IHSS Provider Resources
cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/IHSS/IHSS-Providers/Resource