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Guided Help: Assessment & Reassessment Preparation Kit

Walk into your IHSS assessment ready to explain what you really need.

Answer plain questions about a normal day and a hard day, step by step. Get a personal packet to bring to the visit: your needs in your own words, what families often forget to mention, and questions to ask.

Not a template. An interactive, guided kit: your answers build your own personalized packet.

Launch price $9.99, then $24.99 starting February 1, 2027

A guided kit and a personal packet. Your answers stay on your device.

Before you buy

  • Purchasing this kit does not guarantee approval or more hours. The county bases its assessment on the information it has, including the recipient’s own description of their needs. Clear, complete and accurate information helps the social worker understand the real situation.
  • This kit is an educational and organizing tool, not an official form or submission. Requests, forms and appeals go to the county or CDSS on their official forms. You may bring your packet to the visit as your own notes.
  • Official CDSS and county forms are free from the government. IHSS Provider does not sell government forms and assigns them no monetary value.
  • The price is for access to IHSS Provider’s independent guided software: educational explanations, organizational tools, personalized worksheets and document generation.
  • You do not need this kit to apply for IHSS or to prepare for an assessment or reassessment.
  • Independent preparation resource. Not a CDSS or county form. Not legal or medical advice. No guarantee of eligibility or hours. Not affiliated with CDSS or any county.
One-time purchase30-day accessNo subscription14-day refund

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This kit does not decide or predict your hours. Only your county decides.

The At the visit page: the golden rule in an outlined box, four questions you can ask the social worker, reminders for a good day and for later changes, and a table of simple questions and why each may matter.
A task page for Meals: most days and hard days side by side, a line in the family’s own words, a box of often missed needs with why each may matter, records to bring, and a place for notes.
The packet cover for a reassessment: the title Your assessment preparation packet, who it is for, the visit type, a box showing what changed since last year, and the preparation series colors across the top.
Sample pages from a fictional intake

See what’s inside

The packet you bring to the visit

Built from your answers, in your own words. Here are sample pages from a fictional family.

The packet cover for a reassessment: the title Your assessment preparation packet, who it is for, the visit type, a box showing what changed since last year, and the preparation series colors across the top.

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The cover

Who it is for, the visit type, and what changed since last year, right where the social worker sees it first.

  • Changes since last year, up front
  • Who it is for and the visit type
  • Our accuracy promise

Sample with a fictional family. Your packet uses your own answers. Only your county decides.

Is this kit right for you?

Is this kit right for you?

It is for anyone getting IHSS, or helping someone who does, who is getting ready for a first assessment or a yearly reassessment. It works best if you want to slow down, think through a normal day, and put it in your own words.

Who should use it?

The person getting IHSS, or the family member or provider who helps them. The social worker will also talk with the person getting IHSS directly, so you can use the kit together. You can skip any step that does not apply.

When should you start?

One to two weeks before the visit, not the night before. Most families need 20 to 45 minutes, depending on the situation. You can stop anytime and continue later on this device. Starting early also lets you use the optional log to notice how hard days go.

How long does access last?

Your purchase gives you 30 days to build and update your kit. Your saved file and your packet PDF are yours to keep. Use Save my progress to keep a file, and open it from the kit page to continue, on this device or another.

Your answers stay on your device. Your answers stay on this device for your privacy. Use 'Save my progress' to continue on another device. The saved file stays with you. It is never sent to our server.

Read the privacy policy

No kit guarantees any result. Only your county decides your hours.

What’s inside your kit

Plain questions, step by step

Thirteen short steps that follow the way a family describes a day: housework, meals, bathing, moving around, medicines and more. Skip any step that does not apply.

What the social worker really looks at

Each question comes with what the social worker is looking for, so a quick yes or no does not hide the real answer.

Things families often forget

A checklist of needs that are easy to overlook, each with a short, sourced note on why it may matter. Check only what really happens.

Most days and hard days

If your condition changes from day to day, say what most days look like first, then how often hard days happen, how long they last, and what is different.

A packet in your own words

Everything you said, in one place, to bring to the visit, with the records to gather and the questions to ask. It never adds up hours or guesses a result.

An At the visit sheet and an optional log

One page of ways to ask for clarification, and two blank printable log pages for noting good days and hard days.

The 13 steps

Each step covers what the county calls its services, in the way a family describes a day. You can skip any step.

  1. 1Housework. Keeping the living areas clean and safe: sweeping, mopping, dusting, bathroom and kitchen cleaning, taking out the trash, changing linens.
  2. 2Meals. Preparing food, and cleaning up afterward.
  3. 3Laundry. Washing, drying, folding and putting away clothes and linens, in the home or outside it.
  4. 4Shopping and errands. Buying groceries and other necessary items, and running errands the person cannot do alone.
  5. 5Eating. Getting food into the mouth and swallowing safely: reminders, setting up the plate, hands-on help.
  6. 6Bathing and grooming. Bathing or showering, bed baths, brushing teeth, caring for hair, shaving, and getting ready for the day.
  7. 7Dressing. Choosing clothes, putting them on and taking them off, buttons, zippers, shoes and braces.
  8. 8Bowel, bladder and menstrual care. Help getting to and using the toilet, managing accidents and incontinence supplies, and menstrual care.
  9. 9Moving around safely. Walking in the home, getting in and out of bed or a chair, and being repositioned or having skin cared for.
  10. 10Medications and devices. Reminders to take medicine, setting up a pill organizer, and help with prosthetic or other devices. Medical tasks that need a health professional's order are a different service.
  11. 11Medical appointments. Getting to and from medical appointments, and having someone with the person when needed. The walk from the door to the car is part of walking.
  12. 12Memory, awareness and safety. Remembering, knowing where you are, and making safe choices. These are ranked 1, 2 or 5 only, and they are looked at for safety rather than as a task with hours.
  13. 13The whole picture. What has changed this year, what happens when the provider is not there, who else helps, and what happens at night.

How it works

  1. 1
    Answer plain questionsGo step by step, or skip what does not apply. You can stop anytime and continue later.
  2. 2
    See your packet build as you goYour own words appear in a live preview, with the records to bring and questions to ask.
  3. 3
    Bring it to the visitSave your progress, download your packet, and use the At the visit sheet when the social worker asks questions.

This kit is for you if…

You or someone you help is getting ready for an IHSS assessment or a yearly reassessment.You want to slow down and think through a normal day and a hard day.You worry that a quick yes or no will not show what really happens.You want to walk in organized instead of starting from memory.

What it is not

Not a county or CDSS form, and not a decision about your hours. It never asks you to say something that is not true. Describe real needs, your typical days and your hard days.

This kit does not decide or predict your hours. Only your county decides.

Questions

Will this get me more hours?

No. The kit never promises hours, benefits or an approval, and it does not add up or estimate your hours. It helps you describe what really happens, completely and honestly, so the social worker can understand. Only your county decides.

What do I get?

A guided kit with 30-day access, a live packet in your own words, the At the visit sheet, two optional log pages, and a file you can save and keep. One-time purchase, no subscription.

How long does it take?

Most families need 20 to 45 minutes, depending on the situation. You can stop anytime and continue later on this device. For the best results, start 1 to 2 weeks before the visit, so you can use the optional log.

Is my information private?

Your answers stay on this device for your privacy. Use 'Save my progress' to continue on another device. The saved file stays with you. It is never sent to our server.

What if I lose my saved file or use another phone?

Open the file from the kit page with Open a saved file, on any device. If the file cannot be read, your packet PDF is a readable copy of your answers that any device can open.

What if it isn’t right for me?

If a kit isn’t what you expected, email support@ihssprovider.com within 14 days of purchase and we’ll refund it in full.

Is the kit in Spanish?

Not yet. The kit is in English for now.

Are the official forms free?

Yes. IHSS forms are free from your county and from CDSS. This kit is a planning and information tool, not a county or CDSS form.

Before you buy

  • Purchasing this kit does not guarantee approval or more hours. The county bases its assessment on the information it has, including the recipient’s own description of their needs. Clear, complete and accurate information helps the social worker understand the real situation.
  • This kit is an educational and organizing tool, not an official form or submission. Requests, forms and appeals go to the county or CDSS on their official forms. You may bring your packet to the visit as your own notes.
  • Official CDSS and county forms are free from the government. IHSS Provider does not sell government forms and assigns them no monetary value.
  • The price is for access to IHSS Provider’s independent guided software: educational explanations, organizational tools, personalized worksheets and document generation.
  • You do not need this kit to apply for IHSS or to prepare for an assessment or reassessment.
  • Independent preparation resource. Not a CDSS or county form. Not legal or medical advice. No guarantee of eligibility or hours. Not affiliated with CDSS or any county.
Get organized before the visitLaunch price $9.99, then $24.99 starting February 1, 2027, one-time, 30-day access

If a kit isn’t what you expected, email support@ihssprovider.com within 14 days of purchase and we’ll refund it in full.

Guided Help is planning and information support, not legal or program advice, and is not affiliated with CDSS or any county.

Your answers stay on this device for your privacy. Use 'Save my progress' to continue on another device. The saved file stays with you. It is never sent to our server.