Who is eligible for IHSS?
A person must be disabled, age 65 or older or blind and unable to live safely at home without help or financially unable to purchase needed services. • What are other eligibility criteria for IHSS? • You must be a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien. You must also be a California resident. • You must live at home or an abode of your own choosing (acute care hospital, long-term care facilities, and licensed community care facilities are not considered “own home”). • Your personal property may not exceed $2,000 for an individual or $3,000 for a couple. • Personal property that is considered in determining your resources includes cash on hand, checking and savings accounts, the value of stocks, bonds, trust deeds, real property (other than the home you own and live in), automobile and recreational vehicles, promissory notes and loans. • Personal property that is not considered in determining your resources includes the home you own and in which you live, one automobile neede
