r/IHSS

Hi, has anybody been paid yet for this pay period? every time i check my status it says “waiting for payment” is anybody else going through this? it just sucks because I have bills to pay and have never been paid this late. my timesheet was approved on the 1st aswell.

My fiance was only approved for 15 hours a month with my son with autism. Hes a level 2, elopes, possibly has adhd.. all the above.. and was only approved for 15 hours a month? Is that normal? Is that not alot? Just curious if thats normal or anything. Thanks for reading!​

I’m a new IHSS worker and only work for a family member but recently got on the registry. One of my clients has almost 100 hours and we use probably only about 50 of them a month. And most of the time I am just cleaning even those it says light housework but there’s not much to really do or clean. Most of the time I end up finding myself reorganizing things like kitchen, bathroom, closet, and even doing yard work. Is there something else I can suggest for my client? I’d really like to actually do care taking but I’ve only gotten one other client who needs help and she’s bed ridden so most of the time she just needs food and bathroom changes. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Thank you!

Hi! So I’ve reviewed some threads regarding sick pay and I am genuinely confused. Some are saying you can claim hours without deducting your maximum hours. How does that work? Wouldn’t that be considered “cashing out”?

I provide care for my mom through IHSS and she gets 91 hours a month. I receive calworks and calfresh for a family of 4, 1 adult, 3 kids. I’ve been getting a bunch of mixed information about it not counting as income or it counting but not enough to make me ineligible. This is all new to me & honestly IHSS doesn’t pay enough for me to lose my Dpss benefits, it helps but we are still struggling very much. Also, the level of care my mom needs, exceeds the amount of hours I get paid for, so me getting a job is extremely hard right now. Has anyone been in a similar situation or any county employees that could give me insight?

Can I claim 20 hours in a day? Obviously on a day I didn't work any other hours.

I have a question if I am put on disability from my main Job. And I am an in home provider. Can o still work for Ihss the hours given are not for hard labor duties. Or will I have to stop IHSS if I’m on disability?

has anyone got their sick pay in their account yet?

hi I’m in Kings county and was wondering when they typically do reassessments. We applied in Feb and had our in home visit in April. I have 2 kids who are handled by one caseworker.

In April/May my worker came hours were set to increase from 89.56 to 91.18 starting June 1st 2026. My worker submitted and I approved 45 per pay period but my worker informed me they were only paid a total of the old the old hours. We’re both at a loss as to what to do and cannot call until Monday. Any suggestions as to who we should speak to, if I should call at all or just have her call. Please help.

Submitted my sick leave July 2nd, got my NOP today 7/3/26, and just got paid at 8:35pm with Golden1! Faster than I expected! Happy 4th of July everybody!

I’ve been reading that some of you claim 20 hours for one day of sick time leave is that even OK there won’t be no consequences? What if you normally just clock in 12 hours ? How are you putting 20?

I submitted my 40 hours of sick pay July 2nd and I got my NOP this morning around 3am, I should be expecting a deposit today :) Banking with Golden1.

My annual reassessment is coming up and I know that I need more hours, but I'm honestly not asking Reddit how to convince my social worker to give them to me. What I'm asking is how do I explain how different my life is now compared to a year ago because I feel like that's the part I'm struggling with.

When I had my last assessment I was still waiting for my rollator to be delivered. Now I use it every day. Since then I've also been approved for Paratransit, SSDI, and a handicap placard. Those things didn't happen because I got better at filling out paperwork, they happened because my disabilities have changed and my mobility has changed.

I've also had multiple falls over the last year. I've had times where I couldn't get myself back up and I've had times where my phone wasn't within reach and I remember laying there thinking "what the hell do I do now?" because I couldn't get up and I couldn't call anybody.

That fear has honestly changed the way I live my life.

For all intents and purposes I live alone now. My master tenant technically still lives here but he spends almost all of his time with his partner and is here maybe one night a month, so there really isn't another person around if something happens to me.

Because of that I've changed a lot of my daily habits. I think about whether it's safe to shower. I think about whether I should carry laundry. I think about whether it's worth cooking something if I'm already hurting because I don't want to risk ending up on the floor. I find myself avoiding doing things not because I don't want to do them but because I'm scared of getting hurt while I'm alone.

My current IHSS provider has a key to my apartment and that was intentional. If I had a non-life-threatening emergency and I couldn't get myself up or safely get back to bed or the couch she's the person I would call because she's the only person that I know who would actually come. I'm incredibly lucky to have her but it also made me realize how much more I've come to rely on having help available.

I also have multiple surgeries coming up over the next several months so I know my needs are going to increase while I'm recovering, but honestly even if those surgeries weren't happening I still feel like I need more help today than I did a year ago because my life has changed that much.

I also want to be clear that I am open to and considering getting a pendant emergency alert device like Life alert, because if I can't reach my phone but I have a pendant wrapped around my neck at least I can press a button and get help. My biggest concern about that though is that I would not want them to immediately want to call 911, I would want them to call a list of people who I believe would help me in such a situation where it's not life-threatening and I don't need to go to a hospital but I need help in the moment.

I guess what I'm asking is how do I explain all of this to my social worker in a way that paints an accurate picture of what my life actually looks like now. I don't want to sound dramatic and I'm not trying to exaggerate anything or game the system. I just don't want my assessment to be based on who I was a year ago when my reality today is very different.

Also during my initial assessment that happened last year my social worker came and sat on my couch in my bedroom did not look at my space did not look at my kitchen my bathroom at home at all. And that bothers me. Because how can you understand somebody's safety at home who has limited mobility when you don't actually look at the spaces they have to navigate day-to-day.

Has anybody been through something similar?

If you're a recipient or a provider or especially a social worker, what kinds of things are important to bring up during an annual reassessment? Is it better to focus on diagnoses or should I really be talking more about how my day-to-day life and my ability to function safely have changed?

Does anyone know if we should still be receiving pay tomorrow because of the holiday on Saturday? A lot of places have it off, not sure if the state controllers office is out tomorrow or not. TIA

Please ask your questions about payment here. This is your spot to vent about the payment schedule and holidays.

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Hi all. Live in caregiver here for my 78yo Mom with Parkinson's plus multiple other diagnoses.

I am finding that the hours given for tasks via the IHSS formulary are totally inadequate. I essentially have 4-5 hours per day to complete all cg tasks, however I'm finding that it's more like 12+ hours waking time, plus the middle of the night accidents, etc that I'm needed.

Is keeping a daily task plus time needed for each, tracking it, and sending it to the worker what I need to do?

Her doctor's will sign off on anything we need bc they see how much she has declined, I'm just unsure of where to start.

Any suggestions?