Advocacy to ensure Administration's efforts to detect fraud in IHSS program are fair and cost-effective
As part of the IHSS Coalition, Disability Rights California has been helping to focus public attention on the high costs of some of the Administration's proposed methods to detect fraud among IHSS recipients and providers. On this page are some examples of the Administration's proposals, related press coverage and reactions of legislators, advocates and others.
Related fact sheet
- Fact Sheet #5 - In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS): Fingerprinting and Anti-Fraud Activities (see more fact sheets on Regional Center services and IHSS. Fact sheets are also available in other languages)
Related news articles
- Social Security agency forced to restore funds to thousands cut off illegally as "fleeing felons" - Read the New America Media article, 8/8/10
- Assembly GOP members turn against in-home care fingerprints, Sacramento Bee, 5/13/10
- A Senate budget subcommittee has blocked a projected expenditure of $41.6 million over the next seven years to photograph and fingerprint disabled and elderly recipients of subsidized in-home care. Read the latest on why the Senate halted the Administration's plan on May 10 to buy the expensive tracking equipment and repealed its decision to require fingerprinting of IHSS recipients
- On May 12, the Assembly budget subcommittee followed suit--read advocate Marty Omoto's explanation of what this means
- Read about Assemblyman Chesbro's doubts on the value of $41.6 million plan to fingerprint and photograph In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) recipients in the Sacramento Bee
- Read a CBS report on Administration's plan to spend scant IHSS funds on $5000 trackers
- Legislature wants answers for governor's $41.6 million camera, fingerprinting for IHSS, Times Herald, 5/8/10