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In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) is a federal, state and locally funded program providing assistance to eligible aged, blind, and disabled individuals receiving Medi-Cal benefits who are unable to remain safely in their own homes without assistance. This includes those who would be able, with help, to return to their home from a hospital, nursing home, or board-and-care home. IHSS is an alternative to out-of-home care. IHSS provides a wide range of services to meet individual needs, including: accompaniment to medical appointments, ambulation, cooking, dressing, feeding, grooming, bathing, bowel and bladder care, housecleaning, laundry, monitoring behavior of non-self-directing or mentally-impaired people in order to safeguard against injury, paramedical services with specific limitations, shopping/errands, and transferring. Needs assessment and eligibility determination is performed in the home of the applicant prior to authorization of IHSS and at 12-month intervals thereafter.

Public Authority (PA)

(PA) is a public agency whose purpose is to improve In-Home Supportive Services, and does so primarily by operating a registry to help elderly and disabled consumers find quality providers of home care services. The registry provides referral lists of trained providers of personal care or household assistance services who have been recruited and screened by registry staff. The screening process involves conducting interviews, checking references and conducting criminal background checks as well as drug and alcohol tests. The PA also provides consumer and provider training, and negotiates for wages and benefits for Yolo County providers.

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How to Obtain Services

IHSS recipients must be aged 65 or older, or disabled, or blind AND unable to live at home safely without help. IHSS recipients must have Medi-Cal. If you do not have Medi-Cal, please  visit the Medi-Cal page for information on how to apply.

To apply for IHSS, call one of the Intake Lines listed below. There are several steps in the application process and staff are available to help.

Service Locations & Contact Information

To report IHSS fraud, please call (530) 661-2955 or (916) 375-6200 ext. 2955  

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Community Partners, Resources, & Links

• Adult Protective Services
• Public Guardian’s Office
• Public Authority:  www.yoloihsspa.org
• AARP: www.aarp.org
• Administration on Aging: www.acl.gov
• Benefits Check Up:   www.benefitscheckup.org
• Eldercare Locator: www.eldercare.gov
• Meals on Wheels:   www.mowyolo.org
• Medicare: www.medicare.gov
• National Council on the Aging:   www.ncoa.org
• Senior Living Map:   www.seniorlivingmap.org
• SeniorNet:   www.seniornet.org
• Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance: www.yolohealthyaging.org

Additional Information

For IHSS Providers: 

SEIU Local 2015 Membership Information
As part of being an IHSS provider, you are automatically represented by SEIU Local 2015 Service Employees International Union 2015) for wages, benefits and certain terms of employment. You are also eligible to join the SEIU Local 2015 as a union member. For information regarding SEIU 2015 membership visit https://bit.ly/R4JoinSEIU or you can call the Member Action Center at 855-810-2015.