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IHSS - In-Home Support Services

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NEW - In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program Care Supplement Eligibility Criteria (pdf) (rtf) (pub #5504.01, English, 13 pages, November 2011) Also available in Spanish (pdf) (pub #5504.02, 14 pages, January 2012) and Chinese (pdf) (pub #5504.04, 14 pages, January 2012)

What In-Home Supportive Services Recipients Should Know About Home Visits (pdf) (rtf) (#5494.01, English, 4 pages, February 2011)

In-Home Supportive Services Protective Supervision (pdf) or (rtf), December 2010, 16 pages, English, #5493.01

Right to Request a Home Hearing (How to request a Home Hearing) (pdf) (WORD) (RTF), December 2009, 31 pages, English. #5485.01

Fact Sheet on California's Budget Cuts to Benefits Programs, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS): Elimination of Buy-In (pdf), August 13, 2009, 4 pages, #F00701.pdf. Also available in:
Cambodian (pdf) #F007.06, Chinese (pdf) #F007.04, Korean (pdf) #F007.03,
Russian (pdf) #F007.07, Spanish (pdf) #F007.02, Vietnamese (pdf) #F007.05.

Fact Sheet on California's Budget Cuts to Benefits Program, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS): Fingerprinting and Anti-Fraud Activities (pdf), August 13, 2009, 3 pages, #F008.01. Also available in:
Cambodian (pdf) #F008.06, Chinese (pdf) #F008.04, Korean (pdf) #F008.03, Russian (pdf) #F008.07, Spanish (pdf) #F008.02, Vietnamese (pdf) #F008.05.

Functional Limitation Self Assessment Packet (pdf) or (rtf), September 2009, 58 pages, #5482.01. Available in: Chinese (pdf) #5482.04, Spanish (pdf) #5482.02.

In-Home Supportive Services - Nuts and Bolts - Index Page to select individual chapters, appendices, manual (May 2008). Also available in:
Chinese (pdf) #5470.04, Spanish (pdf) #5470.02, Vietnamese (pdf) #5470.05.

Request for information: Documenting Patient's Functional Limitations (html) or (pdf), (rtf) September 2007, English, #5467.01

IHSS Fair Hearing & Self-Assessment Packet, includes October 2006 update/insert (pdf) or (rtf) June 2002 with October 2006 update/insert, English, 37 pages, #5013.01.
Also available in:
Cambodian (pdf) #5013.06, Chinese (pdf) #5013.04, Hmong (pdf) #5013.09, Korean (pdf) #5013.03, Laotian (pdf) #5013.12, Spanish (pdf) #5013.02, Tagalog (pdf) #5013.08, Thai (pdf) #5013.13, Vietnamese (pdf) #5013.05.

“Grandfather” protection for persons enrolled on December 1, 2004, in one of the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) (pdf), December 2004, 3 pages, #5460.01.

The Multipurpose Senior Services Program May Be the Answer to Staying at Home Rather than Going to a Nursing Home (pdf), November 2008, 10 pages, English, #5395.01

How the AIDS Medi-Cal Waiver Can Help You Get the Care You Need at Home Instead of in a Medical Facility (html) or (pdf), November 2008, 17 pages, English, #5435.01  

How to Get the Extra Help You Need to Stay in Your Own Home and Avoid a Nursing Home (html) or (pdf), November 2008, 29 pages, English, #5392.01.

County IHSS Eligibility Workers Must Process The Application of Persons In Nursing Facilities and Hospitals (html) or (pdf), January 2004, 3 pages, #5239.01