IHSS Eligibility & Population Served

Orange County In-Home Supportive Services

714-825-3000
(Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday-Friday.)

In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

The intent of the IHSS Program is to provide supportive services to aged, blind, or disabled persons who are limited in their ability to care for themselves and cannot live safely at home without help. This includes those who would be able, with help, to return to their home from a hospital, nursing home, or a board and care home. This help may be provided to eligible low income persons through the In-Home Supportive Services Program.

Who is Eligible?

A person must meet all of the following requirements:

• Must be disabled, blind, or age 65 or older.

• Unable to live safely at home without help.

• Meet financial need requirement.

Financial Need Requirement/Do You Qualify?

• Persons who receive Security Supplemental Income (SSI/SSP) automatically meet the program's financial need requirement. Person's who have income higher than the limits for SSI/SSP may still be eligible, but they may be required to pay for part of the services they receive.

• In addition to the monthly income limits, there are also limits on the amount of resources that a person can own and still receive these benefits. Resources include items such as savings; investments; and certain types of property and personal possessions. There are exceptions that apply; not all income and resources must be counted.

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