Advance Payment (direct advance payment) is a payment
to be used for the

purchase of authorized IHSS services which is sent directly to the recipient
in

advance of the service actually being provided.

[W & I Code §12304(a); MPP 30-701(d)(3)]

Assessment is the gathering of information
relevant to a person’s case and an

appraisal of the services needed based on that information.

[MPP 30-002(a); 30-002(s)(6)]

Authorized representative for IHSS purposes
is an individual or organization that
has been authorized by the recipient (or designated by the ALJ for state

hearings) to act for him or her in matters related to the IHSS program. An

authorized representative may include legal counsel, a relative, friend or
other

person. [MPP 22-001(a)(5); 30-002(r)(3)]

Benefits Planner  Someone
who can help you understand and apply for benefit programs
when you become disabled or turn 65. Their goal is to help
you avoid financial complications while developing a sustainable
plan for the future.

Break Even Point (BEP) This
is the income amount which reduces your Supplemental Security
Income payment to zero when Social Security uses the countable
income calculation. Your break even point can be determined
by your earned and unearned income, living arrangements, and
applicable income exclusions.

CARE/HIPP (Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency/Health
Insurance Premium Payment Program)  A program that
pays for private health insurance premiums for individuals
who are disabled due to HIV or AIDS and who do not qualify
for Medi-Cal/HIPP. Enrollment is administered through AIDS
organizations authorized by CARE/HIPP.

Childhood Disability Benefits (CDB)  Benefits
for disabled adult children of recipients of Social Security
disability or retirement benefits. Formerly known as Disabled
Adult Child (DAC) benefits.

Community Work Incentives Coordinator (CWIC)   The
federal government pays benefits planners in communities around
the country to help people think ahead about work incentives
and benefits issues. CWIC’S are benefits planners who are trained
by the Social Security Administration to assist beneficiaries
with programs including Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) in addition to other
related programs.

Consumer is an individual who meets the
criteria for regional center services and
for whom the regional center has accepted responsibility. The CDSS uses

the term “recipient” for applicants and for those receiving social
services.

[MPP 30-002(r)(2); 30-701(c)(3)]

Countable Earned Income (CEI)   The
dollar amount of your earned income, after the countable income
calculation, used to determine Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
and Medi-Cal benefits. (see db101 website
calculator)

Eligible means entitled to receive necessary services.
[MPP 30-002(e)]

Income eligible means entitled on the basis of having gross annual

family income which does not exceed 80% of the median income for

California for a family of four, adjusted for consideration of family size.

Status eligible means entitled on the basis of being a Supplemental

Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) or a

CalWORKS program recipient.

Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits  Immediate reinstatement of benefits for individuals whose Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) ended due to employment. This provision is available for up to 5 years after Social Security work incentives have been exhausted. 

Functional Index Ranking (or score) provides a measure of the consumer’s independence and need for human assistance for performance of IHSS tasks. (More Info)

Generic Agency means any agency which has
a legal responsibility to serve all

members of the general public and which is receiving public funds for

providing such services. [W & I Code §4644(b)]

In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) provides assistance
to those 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.

[MPP 30-700.1]

Live-In Provider is a provider who is not related to
the recipient and who lives in the home expressly for the purpose
of providing IHSS-funded services.

[MPP 30-701(l)(3)]

Own Home means the place in which an individual
chooses to reside. Own home
does NOT include: acute care hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate
care facility, community care facility, or board and care facility.

[MPP 30-701(o)(2)]

Paramedical Services  Services
that are prescribed by a doctor and often administered by in-home
care providers. They typically require some level of training
or judgment and are essential to the health of the recipient.
Common examples include injections, administration of medication,
catheter insertion and care, tube feeding, ventilator and oxygen
care, treatment of wounds, and other services requiring sterile
procedures.

Parent-to-Child Deeming  Social
Security’s process of
figuring out how much of parents’ income is used to pay
for a child’s basic needs. The amount of deemed income
is subtracted from the benefit amount.

Payment Period is the time period for which
IHSS wages are paid. There are two payment periods each month,
1) covering the first to the fifteenth of the

month, and 2) covering the sixteenth to the end of the month.

[MPP 30-701(p)(2)]

Personal Attendant means a provider who
is employed by the individual and who
spends at least 80% of his/her time in the individual’s employ performing the
following services:

• Preparation
of meals.

• Meal clean-up.

• Planning of menus.

• Consumption of food.

• Routine bed baths.

• Bathing, oral hygiene and grooming.

• Dressing.

• Protective supervision.

[MPP 30-701(p)(4)]

Personal Care Services Program (PCSP) provides
personal care services and

ancillary services prescribed in accordance with a treatment plan.

[MPP 30-700.2; 30-780]

Protective Supervision protective supervision
is available for monitoring the

behavior of non-self directing, confused, mentally impaired or mentally ill
persons.

[MPP 30-756.37; 30-757.17]

Reassessment is a review of all past assessments
and examination of the current
condition of the individual. [MPP 30-002(r)(1)]

Recipient is a person receiving In-Home
Supportive Services.

[MPP 30-701(r)(l)]

Regional Center The Department of Developmental
Services contracts with 21

non-profit regional centers in California to provide assessment and

coordination of services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Residual refers to the State and county
funded portion of the In-Home Supportive
Services Program. This is also known as the non-PCSP program.

Routine bodily functions, such as bowel
and bladder care, menstrual care, and

respiration assistance.

• Dressing,
oral hygiene, and grooming.

• Preparation and consumption of food and meal cleanup for individuals

who
require assistance with the preparation and consumption of food.

• Moving into and out of bed, other assistance in transferring, turning
in

bed, and
other repositioning.

• Range of motion exercises.

• Bathing, routine bed baths, and washing.

• Ambulation and care and assistance with prosthesis.

• Rubbing of skin to promote circulation.

• Paramedical services.

• Any other function of daily living as determined by the Director.

Severely Impaired means a person who requires
in-home supportive services of
at least 20 hours per week to carry out any or all of the following:
[W & I
Code
§12304(d); MPP 30-701(s)(1)]

Social Secutity Disability
Insurance (SSDI) provides
monthly disability benefits based on an insured worker’s earnings.  Some
IHSS consumers have SSDI.

Share of Cost (SOC): The amount of money
the consumer pays for health care costs before
IHSS coverage begins.  Share of Cost is determined by countable
income — not all consumers have a share of cost.  When
they do, the SOC is deducted from the
home care providers pay check.  It is the responsibility
of the consumer to reimburse their home care provider for this
deduction.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a
government program that provides a monthly disability income.
  SSI is based on financial need rather than the number of
quarters you paid in to Social Security through working.  Some
consumers of IHSS have SSI.

Supportive Services include domestic services
and services related to domestic
services, heavy cleaning, personal care services, accompaniment by a provider
when needed during necessary travel to health-related appointments or to
alternative resource sites, yard hazard abatement, protective supervision,

teaching and demonstration directed at reducing the need for other supportive

services, and paramedical services which make it possible for the recipient
to

establish and maintain an independent living arrangement. Supportive services

includes paramedical services. (Note: Protective supervision is not included
in

the IHSS (PCSP) but, if needed, is included in IHSS (residual)). [W & I
Code

§12300.1

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Work Incentives Social Security’s
rules that are used to adjust Social Security
Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) benefits when an individual works.