DATE:
June 24, 2025
IA01
TO:
Public Authority Governing Body
SUBJECT
ADJUST THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR THE IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY AND ADOPT THE FINAL FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR THE IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The County of San Diego (County) In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program provides in-home assistance to approximately 47,000 Medi-Cal eligible low income, aged, blind, and disabled adults and children. This program enables them to remain safely in their homes, thereby reducing the need for more costly placements in nursing homes or other care facilities. In-home assistance is provided to IHSS recipients by IHSS caregivers, of whom approximately 76% are relatives. The IHSS Public Authority provides numerous services to nearly 43,000 IHSS caregivers, including training, payroll services, funding for benefits, and State-mandated caregiver enrollment, including criminal background checks. The IHSS Public Authority also provides registry services to IHSS recipients in need of caregivers.
On June 25, 2024 (IA01), the County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority Governing Body adopted, by resolution, the recommended IHSS Public Authority administrative budget of $50,923,327 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25. Today's actions request to increase the FY 2024-25 IHSS Public Authority administrative budget by $600,000, for a total final administrative budget of $51,523,327, which will increase spending authority to allow continuity of operations through the current fiscal year.
On June 3, 2025 (16), the County of San Diego In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority Governing Body received the recommended IHSS Public Authority administrative budget of $57,470,255 for FY 2025-26 and set June 3, 2025, as the start date of public hearings for the budget. Today's actions request adoption of the FY 2025-26 final administra...
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