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California's 2009 budget cuts are expected to have a severe impact on the In-Home Supportive Services program, which provides personal care services that allow seniors and younger individuals with disabilities to remain at home and in the community. Although the implementation date is not certain, the cuts could go into effect as soon as October 1, 2009. The judge ruled that the plaintiffs were likely to show at trial that the cuts to services, enacted in the recent state budget, violate federal law. Approximately 40,000 low-income seniors and people with disabilities would have lost all their IHSS services, including personal care; another 90,000 would have lost such services as meal preparation, food shopping and help with laundry and housecleaning. Outcome for client in example #4 This individual has FI rankings of 2 or lower. This individual will lose domestic and related services in service categories with FI rankings under 4.

A county social worker will interview to determine your eligibility and need for IHSS. Based on your ability to safely perform certain tasks for yourself, the social worker will assess the types of services you need and the number of hours the county will authorize for each of these services. This assessment will include information given by you and, if appropriate, by your family, friends, physician or other licensed health care professional. In-Home Supportive Services, also known as IHSS, can help pay for services if you’re a low-income elderly, blind or disabled individual, including children, so that you can remain safely in your own home. A county social worker will interview you at your home to determine your eligibility and need for IHSS. Cuts include reducing general fund support for county child welfare services by $80 million and reducing rates paid to group homes, foster family agencies and for placements of children with serious emotional disturbances.

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Preparing for a hearing • Challenge the FI rankings and FI Score by obtaining information from doctor about individual’s functional limitations. • FI scores and FI rankings are contained in county IHSS case file. • Information about how FI ranking and FI score was determined can be found in county IHSS case file (e.g. forms completed by a doctor about functional limitations and case worker notes about home visit observations/interviews, notes about errors, etc.). Counties are encouraged to use HTG Documentation Worksheets when conducting assessment but use of the form is not required. • The doctor should review any information provided to the county and check for accuracy and correct mistakes by submitting new information about functional limitations and explain any changes.

CHCF commissioned a study that listens deeply to Black Californians talking about their experiences with racism and health care. This report summarizes in-depth interviews with 100 Black Californians and 18 focus groups, as well as a statewide survey of 3,325 adult Black Californians. This recent statewide survey found that one in four Californians had trouble paying a medical bill in the last 12 months. The survey also captures Californians' health care priorities for the governor and legislature to address. Wilken said California cannot move forward with the cuts unless it assesses each beneficiary to determine whose hours can or cannot be adjusted (Richman, San Jose Mercury News, 1/19). On Thursday, Wilken converted the temporary restraining order to a preliminary injunction (Yamamura, Sacramento Bee, 1/20).

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Lizelda Lopez, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Social Services, said the cuts are so severe because of the state’s ongoing fiscal crisis. The cuts are part of a plan to close a nearly $20 billion budget gap over the next 18 months. The household help she gets from Marquez – including cooking, cleaning and transportation – enables her to continue living at home.

As it would lead to many fewer IHSS recipients, Schwarzenegger’s cuts could put about 285,000 home-care workers in the unemployment line, Mann said. For those who still have clients receiving services, the governor proposed a pay cut – something he tried last year but that has been held up by the courts. But IHSS clients, and the workers who provide their care for $9.65 an hour, were not entirely sold on “somehow,” and waged a vigorous campaign in the Capitol for the restoration. This webinar will provide information to advocates regarding IHSS program changes and advice to help clients preserve IHSS services. Dan Brzovic and Crystal Padilla of Disability Rights California will discuss the cuts and share materials developed to assist IHSS consumers prepare for fair hearings. Anna Rich of the National Senior Citizens Law Center will moderate.

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Some lawmakers have said the cuts must not happen, while others have said they are looking at the idea, albeit uneasily. For those and other chores and errands – going to the grocery store or doctor’s office, opening mail, writing checks – Deeds depends on home-care worker Olga Marquez, who comes by her apartment for a few hours each weekday. Participants are encouraged to email questions in advance to This training is intended for IHSS consumers and their advocates; others may be admitted if conference call space is available. To act to update the Supplemental Security Income program to help low-income seniors like Dollie. Therefore, she enjoined all IHSS cuts as requested by people who use IHSS and local unions, in the class action lawsuit, V.L.

Services FI Rankings • Housework 2 • Laundry 2 • Shopping and Errands 2 • Meal Preparation and Clean Up 2 This client has a FI score of 1.62 and as a result of budget cuts will lose IHSS services. Outcome for client in example #2 This individual has FI rankings of 4 and above and will not lose domestic and related services. Services FI Rankings • Housework 5 • Laundry 5 • Shopping and Errands 5 • Meal Preparation and Clean Up 4 This client has a FI score of 2.77 (i.e., above 2) and will not lose IHSS services as a result of budget cuts. Outcome for client in example #3 This individual has a FI ranking of 3 in Meal Preparation and Clean Up and will lose that service.

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• Sometime after the client receives confirmation of receipt of a request for hearing from the DSS State Hearings Division the case will be assigned a county appeals representative. The appeals representative represents the county at the hearing. You can call the county for the name and phone number of appeals worker assigned to the case. • The recipient has the right to review any information in IHSS case file related to a request for hearing. Contact the county appeals worker prior to hearing date to schedule an appointment to review the file.

This resource is designed to assist county eligibility workers and other partners who provide services to the public. …experience, in that the hotel is in an excellent location, close to the historic centre of the city with the opera house and the main museums on the river just a few hundred yards away, and the service was very good. However, my room was freezing – the heating, in March, had been turned off. I asked why and if I could get some warmth back to be told that as it was Spring, all the rooms were now unheated. Though the lobby and corridors were pleasantly warm, my room was freezing.

How do you think the california budget cuts will affect us as students?. If you are a member of the public we encourage you to contact your county social services agency. If your county has contracted IHSS providers, you may choose to have services provided by the contractor. If you are approved for IHSS, you must hire someone to perform the authorized services. You are considered your provider's employer and, therefore, it is your responsibility to hire, train, supervise, and fire this individual.

The hotel kindly provided me with a small fan heater….deeply strange, but it did work, kinda. But Deeds likely wouldn’t be considered disabled enough to continue getting home care under Schwarzengger’s January budget proposal. The governor called for limiting home care to those “with the highest level of need.” His plan would cut off nearly 92 percent of San Bernardino County residents receiving In-Home Supportive Services, or IHSS. By the legally mandated June 15 deadline, however, the Legislature passed a budget that would ensure restoration of the seven-percent cut – for one year. The final budget agreed to by Brown slashed $2 billion of spending for other programs, but left the IHSS restoration intact.