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IHSS - In-Home Support Services

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

NEW - #2: 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 #F00706.pdf
Chinese #F00704.pdf
Korean #F00703.pdf
Russian #F00707.pdf
Spanish #F00702.pdf
Vietnamese #F00705.pdf

NEW - #5: Fact Sheet on California's Budget Cuts to Benefits Program, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS): Fingerprinting and Anti-Fraud Activities, August 13, 2009, 3 pages, #F00801.pdf. Also available in:
Cambodian #F00806.pdf
Chinese #F00804.pdf
Korean #F00803.pdf
Russian #F00807.pdf
Spanish #F00802.pdf
Vietnamese #F00805.pdf

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

In-Home Supportive Services - Nuts and Bolts - Index Page to select individual chapters, appendices, manual (May 2008). Full manual available in:
Chinese #5470.04, 199 pages (pdf)
English #5470.01, 165 pages (pdf)
Spanish #5470.02, 172 pages (pdf)
Vietnamese #5470.05, 160 pages (pdf)

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

Social Security Rules for Deeming Income from Parents to a Disabled Child to Determine Whether a Child is Eligible for SSI and, if so, the Amount (htm) or (pdf) (January 2008, 19 pages, English, #5017.01) also available in:
Spanish: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., June 2007, #5017.02
Korean: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., June 2007, #5017.03
Chinese: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., June 2007, #5017.04
Vietnamese: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., June 2007, #5017.05

IHSS Fair Hearing & Self-Assessment Packet, includes October 2006 update/insert (htm) or (pdf), June 2002 with October 2006 update/insert, English, 41 pages, #5013.01; also available in:
Cambodian (April 2001, #5013.06),
Chinese (April 2001, #5013.04)
Hmong (April 2001, #5013.09)
Korean (April 2001, #5013.03)
Laotian (April 2001, #5013.12)
Spanish (April, 2001, #5013.02)
Tagalog (April, 2001, #5013.08)
Thai (April 2001, #5013.13)
Vietnamese (April 2001, #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 (htm) or (pdf), January 2004, 3 pages, #5239.01

Regional Center Respite and IHSS for Clients Needing Protective Supervision (pdf), January 1992, 5 pages, available in English (#5204.01).