California’s version of the federal Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration program is known as California Community Transitions. Its goal is to facilitate a safe and successful transition from an institutional setting back to the community. The services provided include home modification, up to $7,500 maximum per lifetime.
This Medicaid Waiver program provides care management services via a nurse and social worker team to persons who are at risk for nursing home or institutional placement. The care management team coordinates Waiver and State Plan services, such as medically necessary environmental accessibility adaptations, and arranges for other available long-term services and supports available in […]
This Medicaid Waiver program provides home and community-based services to persons with developmental disabilities as an alternative to care provided in an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities. Services provided include environmental accessibility adaptations for individuals with a severe, chronic disability acquired before age 18.
The MSSP Waiver provides home and community-based services to Medi-Cal eligible individuals who are 60 years or older and disabled as an alternative to nursing facility placement. The waiver program includes environmental accessibility adaptations.
Ability Tools is a program of the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers. The State Assistive Technology Grant Program, funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, supports comprehensive, statewide programs in each state that improve the provision of assistive technology (often home modification-related) to individuals with disabilities of all ages.
The Age Friendly Home Adaptation Grant Program allows Sausalito homeowners or renters (with landlord permission) who are 60 years and older, or younger residents with a disability, to obtain free or reduced cost building permits. The program covers projects of up to $10,000 to improve the safety and accessibility of residences. It makes it more […]
The ElderHelp Program helps low-income, frail older adults maintain their independence at home by providing free, short-term assistance with activities of daily living. Program services include minor home modification and repairs and are partially funded by the Older Americans Act.
The Fall Prevention Program of the Contra Costa Area Agency on Aging provides in-home Occupational Therapist assessments and evaluations for older adults at risk of falls and/or of being institutionalized due to inadequacies in the home. The program also provides assistive devices and home modifications that help older adults to remain safely in their homes.
The Area 12 Area Agency on Aging’s Minor Home Repair Program assists homeowners 60 years and older with repairs or modifications that improve the accessibility, safety, and livability of their homes. Available services include, but are not limited to: grab bar installation, step and handrail repairs, barrier-free door handle installation, and minor electrical or plumbing […]
The Area 4 Agency on Aging funds three home modification and repair programs that serve very diverse communities from urban Sacramento to very rural Sierra County. 1) FREED Center for Independent Living: (Nevada, Yuba, Sutter, and Sierra Counties); 2) Placer Independent Resource Services (PIRS) (Placer County); and 3) Rebuilding Together Sacramento (Sacramento County). FREED’s “Fix […]