Service Name: IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) - WEST COUNTY - CCC EHSD (IN HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SUBSIDIES)

Organization Name: CONTRA COSTA COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES

• Description: Provides assistance to eligible aged, blind and disabled individuals who are unable to remain safely in their own homes without this assistance. IHSS is an alternative to out-of-home-care. Each case is reviewed annually and includes a yearly visit by a social worker to the client's home. The provider may be a relative or friend if desired. The provider's wages are paid twice per month after the work has been performed.
• Website: http://www.ehsd.org/
• Phone(s):
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 8-5pm
• Eligibility: Legal California resident who is living in their own home, or other place in which they choose to reside. Must be 65 or older, blind, or long-term disabled. They must also meet one of the following conditions: currently receiving Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payments (SSI/SSP), which is a supplemental to Social Security based on financial need; meeting all SSI/SSP standards except for income in excess of SSI/SSP standards; was once eligible for SSIP/SSP but became ineligible because of substantial gainful work and meetings all other SSIP/SSP standards. If a person is not on SSI/SSP an eligibility determination is made by a MediCal eligibility worker. Residents of acute care hospitals, skill nursing facilities, board and care homes and intermediate care facilities are not eligible.
• Requirements: Call for information.
• Areas Served:
  • Richmond Contra Costa United States
  • Hercules (Rodeo) Contra Costa United States
  • Richmond (San Pablo) Contra Costa United States
  • El Sobrante (San Pablo) Contra Costa United States
  • El Cerrito Contra Costa United States
  • El Sobrante Contra Costa United States
  • Richmond (Point Richmond) Contra Costa United States
  • Berkeley (Kensington) Alameda United States
  • Crockett Contra Costa United States
  • Richmond (N Richmond) Contra Costa United States
  • Pinole Contra Costa United States
  • Albany (Kensington) Alameda United States
  • San Pablo (Tara Hills) Contra Costa United States
  • San Pablo Contra Costa United States
  • Hercules Contra Costa United States
  • San Pablo (Richmond) Contra Costa United States
  • Richmond (North Richmond) Contra Costa United States
  • San Pablo (Hilltop Mall) Contra Costa United States
  • Rodeo Contra Costa United States
  • El Sobrante (Richmond) Contra Costa United States
  • Richmond (Pt Richmond) Contra Costa United States
• Categories:
  • In Home Supportive Services Subsidies