The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions about IHSS eligibility for children in Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) or Foster Care. Children who receive AAP benefits who apply for IHSS must receive a comprehensive needs assessment. Children who receive AAP can be eligible for IHSS. AAP cannot be considered an alternative resource when determining the number of hours of IHSS eligibility.
Children placed in with an approved resource family or in a setting that must be approved as a resource family prior to December 31, 2019 are considered to be residing in their own home and are eligible for IHSS. Children placed with a relative or with Non-Relative Extended Family Member are also eligible for IHSS. Children who live in licensed community care facilities such as group homes, short-term residential therapeutic programs and transitional housing placement providers are not eligible for IHSS as long as they are in those placements because they are not residing in their own home. (ACIN I-40-17, June 23, 2017.)