The Assistance Dog Special Allowance (ADSA )Program provides a monthly payment to eligible persons who use a guide, signal, or service dog to help them with their disability-related needs. The allowance is to help pay the costs of food, grooming, and health care for the dogs.

To be eligible for the ADSA program, you must meet all four of the following criteria:

​1. Lives in California

2. Is blind, deaf, hard of hearing, or disabled

3. Uses the services of a trained guide, signal, or service dog

4. Receives benefits from one or more of these programs - 

• SSI - Supplemental Security Income
• SSP – State Supplementary Payment
• IHSS – In-Home Supportive Services
• SSDI – Social Security Disability Insurance(SSDI recipients must also meet federal poverty guidelines)
• CAPI– Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants

Web pages

• Information in English and Spanish - www.cdss.ca.gov/Assistance-Dogs
• Flyer - https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/english/pub294.pdf

One Source – Empowering Caregivers provides cost-free, non-medical support to in-home caregivers and their clients.

This resource is eligible for electronic referral. One Source provides assessments for in-home family caregivers and clients to help create a specific plan to assist the in-home caregiver with respite and other resources.

Web pages

• Home - https://empoweringcaregivers.org/

Connecting Point's In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) maintains a registry of independent home care providers.

It also:

• Refers home care providers to seniors and people with disabilities who qualify for In-Home Supportive Services and need assistance with domestic tasks and personal care.
• Refers home care providers to consumers who do not qualify for IHSS through a private pay registry.
• Assists care providers in completing the steps to register as an IHSS provider, including orientation, paperwork, and Live Scan fingerprinting.
• Assists IHSS providers with timesheets and payroll. Provides health benefits to eligible IHSS providers.
• Offers online and in-person training to care providers, consumers, or anyone interested in improving their skills.

People interested in receiving IHSS have to start the process with Nevada County Adult Services. If approved they are referred to Connecting Point for caregiver enrollment, orientation, etc.

People interested in becoming IHSS caregivers can contact…

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Golden Crossroads Care Management offers a client-centered approach to caring for aging adults facing ongoing health challenges.

Working with families and health provider professionals, they provide support to ensure the quality of care and an optimal life for the loved one through assessment, monitoring, care planning, problem-solving, education, advocacy, family caregiver coaching, and facilitating family harmony.

Web pages

• Home - https://goldencrossroads.org/

Shekinah Care, In-Home Care for Seniors provides fee-based long- and short-term in-home care for seniors.

Services include:

• Personal care including bathing, grooming, dressing, mobility assistance
• Palliative care
• Alzheimer's and dementia care
• Healthy food prep

Provides a thorough assessment of home and living conditions to point out possible health and safety issues and determine what type of assistance is needed. The choice to make any changes in the home environment and care should involve the client and all available family members and health care professionals. Fingerprinted for safe and reliable help.

Call for appointment and then an in-home assessment will be done to ascertain the level of services that are required. Services for in-home care are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Shifts can be any length of time with minimum shift of 4 hours.

Web pages

• Home - https://shekinahcare.org/
• Services - https://shekinahcare.org/services

Care-ets is a non-medical in-home care service that provides the following services.

• Personal Care
• Respite Care
• Special Needs Care
• Companion Care
• Meal Prep
• Transportation
• Errands
• Light Housekeeping
• Laundry
• Toileting 
• Peri-Care
• Bathing
• Dressing
• Bed-bound Care
• Dementia Care 
• and more 

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyhc.com/