RESOURCE GUIDE 2013 - Department of Public Social Services
RESOURCE GUIDE 2013 - Department of Public Social Services
RESOURCE GUIDE 2013 - Department of Public Social Services
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County <strong>of</strong> Los Angeles<br />
<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Services</strong><br />
SHERYL L. SPILLER<br />
Director<br />
PURPOSE<br />
IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROGRAM<br />
FACT SHEET<br />
The In-Home Supportive <strong>Services</strong> (IHSS) Program helps pay for services provided to aged, blind or<br />
disabled individuals so that they may remain safely in their own home. IHSS is considered an<br />
alternative to out-<strong>of</strong>-home care such as nursing homes or board and care facilities. To receive IHSS,<br />
one must be 65 years <strong>of</strong> age or older or disabled or blind. Disabled children may also receive<br />
IHSS.<br />
IHSS authorized services can include: housecleaning, meal preparation, laundry, grocery shopping,<br />
personal care services (such as bowel and bladder care, bathing, grooming, protective supervision and<br />
paramedical services), and accompaniment to medical appointments.<br />
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA<br />
Income<br />
• Receiving Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payments (SSI/SSP); or<br />
• Meeting all SSI/SSP eligibility criteria except for income or citizenship/immigration status (includes<br />
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) recipients) and are Medi-Cal eligible; or<br />
• Meeting all SSI/SSP eligibility criteria including income, but do not receive SSI/SSP (includes<br />
CalWORKs participants or Medi-Cal Medically Needy (MN) beneficiaries who have a chronic<br />
disability lasting at least 12 continuous months).<br />
• Paying the share <strong>of</strong> cost for Medi-Cal and IHSS benefits if income is above the SSI/SSP payment<br />
limits.<br />
Property<br />
• Personal property may not exceed $2,000 for an individual or $3,000 for a couple.<br />
• Countable property includes: cash on hand, checking and savings accounts, the value <strong>of</strong> stocks,<br />
bonds, trust deeds, real property (other than the home owned and lived in), automobiles and<br />
recreational vehicles, promissory notes and loans.<br />
• Property not counted includes: the home owned and lived in, one automobile needed for<br />
transportation to medical appointments or work, and all life insurance policies if the combined face<br />
value is $1,500 or less.<br />
Residency<br />
• United States citizenship or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.<br />
• California residency.<br />
• Living in own home that is not a nursing home or other out-<strong>of</strong>-home care facility (licensed or not).<br />
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA; (CONTINUED)
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