In-Home Supportive Services Program: Considering the State Costs and Benefits

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Article Publication Date: 
1/21/2010
Summary: 
What is the net fiscal impact of the IHSS Program on the public sector? The program, which is available to low-income elderly and disabled persons, provides services to recipients in their own homes and can enhance quality of life by making it easier to live at home. This report concludes that the state maximizes its net fiscal impact by targeting IHSS services to those recipients who are most likely to enter a nursing home in the absence of the program.
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Legislative Analysts Office
Programs/Initiatives: 
Cash and Counseling
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care
LAO; Relative Risk for Institutionalization; Net Costs to State and Counties; Net Savings to the State; Policy Implications; Functional Index Rating Scale; cost-drivers; Community-Based Care; Scenario Analysis

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