Public Authority for IHSS
The Public Authority for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
in Alameda County is a public agency whose mission is to improve the planning
and delivery of IHSS in Alameda County. IHSS is a publicly-funded program which helps low-income
people with disabilities, including the elderly, to remain in their own
homes by paying for domestic and personal services.
The Public Authority for IHSS provides the following
services in Alameda County:
- a registry that provides lists of screened workers to IHSS
recipients/consumers and seniors seeking to hire home care workers/personal
assistants;
- Rapid Response, a free emergency worker replacement service that provides on-call
workers to IHSS consumers 24 hours a day;
- training for providers and consumers;
- consumer organizing and support services;
- a limited number of bus and BART passes for IHSS home care
workers/personal assistants;
- administration of medical, dental and vision plans for IHSS home-care workers/personal
assistants.
Find a Homecare Worker
The Public Authority staff and community agencies under contract with the Public Authority provide registry services.
If you have been authorized for IHSS hours by
the Alameda County IHSS department or if you are 60 years or
older and plan to pay privately, call one of the registry
sites listed below.
There is no cost for the registry
services.
Apply to Find Work as a Homecare Worker
Call one of the phone numbers listed below:
- Oakland
Bay Area Community Services,
510.271.6078 and 271.6079
Center for Independent Living (IHSS only),
510.763-9999
TDD: 444.1837
Family Bridges,
510.839.2022
- Berkeley
Center for Independent Living (IHSS only),
510.841.4776
TDD: 848.3101
- Hayward
Community Resources for Independent Living,
510.881.5743 TDD: 881.0218
Public Authority Registry in Hayward,
510.581.9499
- Fremont
Public Authority Registry in Hayward,
IHSS and Private Pay: 510.574-2095
- Pleasanton
Senior Support Program of the Tri-Valley,
IHSS: 925.931.5384 Private Pay: 925.931.5380
Emergency IHSS Worker Replacement
Rapid Response is a service provided to IHSS consumers throughout Alameda County. The Public
Authority for IHSS contracts with Nightingale Nursing to provide
emergency home care workers/personal assistants at no cost to the IHSS consumer.
Call 510.357.4222 anytime, any day, if your usual IHSS worker is not available
and you have an urgent need for personal care, shopping or cooking.
Training and Education
Call 510.577.3554 for more information on homecare worker classes and the IHSS consumer handbook and video.
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