California Home Help
California’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program can pay an enrolled provider for authorized help at home — often a relative, friend, or neighbor the recipient chooses. IHSS is for eligible aged, blind, or disabled people, including some children, who need that help to remain safely in their own home. Medi-Cal and the county decide; this website does not.
For caregivers
IHSS recipients generally hire their own individual provider. CDSS says that can include family members, friends, neighbors, or someone from the county Public Authority list — after provider enrollment. We walk you through the paperwork so you are not figuring it out alone.
Caregiver path →For patients & families
IHSS is meant to help eligible people stay safely in their own home as an alternative to out-of-home care. A county social worker assesses need. You choose who provides the authorized care, unless you use a county contractor or homemaker where those exist.
Family path →Step 01
Pick your path — giving care or needing it — and share a few details. Nothing medical is required on this form.
About two minutes
Step 02
Applications, county follow-up, and provider forms are easy to lose in a stack. We organize the next steps and stay with you through them.
Handled with you
Step 03
Eligibility, hours, and who can be paid are decided by your county IHSS office and Medi-Cal — not by us. You keep caring for the person you were going to care for.
County assessment
Official program pages: CDSS IHSS, IHSS for children, DHCS Medi-Cal, and county IHSS offices.
FAQ
No. We are a private service operated by Sevah Robotics, Inc. We help families understand IHSS and complete paperwork. Approvals, hours, and payments are made by the county and the state.
No. Nobody except the county IHSS program and Medi-Cal can decide eligibility, authorized hours, or provider enrollment. We will not tell you that you “qualify” from a website form.
Often yes for an adult child, other relative, friend, or neighbor who finishes provider enrollment. A spouse, or a parent of a child under 18, is generally not paid under PCSP. Other IHSS sub-programs can allow it. Check with the county rather than treating a national article as California law.
The State issues the provider check for authorized hours. If the recipient has a Medi-Cal share of cost, CDSS says unpaid share of cost can be deducted from that check and the recipient then pays the provider. Ask the county whether a share of cost applies. We will not quote an amount.
No. IHSS is in-home personal and household help for people who can live at home. Skilled nursing and therapy are different Medi-Cal or Medicare benefits.
A name, a way to reach you, your county if you know it, and whether you are the caregiver or the person who needs care. Please do not send medical records or diagnoses through the form.