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In-Home Aide Services (IHAS)

This program offers aide services in the consumer's home to provide assistance with:

Personal care:

  • Dressing, bathing, transferring, grooming, eating

Chores:

  • Cooking, laundry, light cleaning, shopping and

Other Activities of Daily Living:

  • Allowing an adult with a disability to remain living at home and to avoid unnecessary or premature moves to nursing homes or other out-of home placements.

Ongoing case management to assist with planning and exploring other needed services is provided as well.

ELIGIBILITY

Adults aged 18 and older residing in Maryland, who have functional disabilities and need assistance with personal care, chores, and/or activities of daily living, in order to remain in their own homes. Vulnerable adults with no willing or capable caregiver available when needed, those at risk of institutional placement, and those at risk of abuse or neglect will be given preference for service, using a ranking scale.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Individuals or their caregivers should call the local department of social services in the county or city where the applicant lives (see contact information on the back of this brochure). The local department representative will arrange a home visit to conduct an interview with the applicant to determine their specific needs. The availability of funding for the program determines the number of individuals who can be served state-wide. Therefore, a ranking scale is used to ensure that those with the greatest need are served first.

SLIDING SCALE FEE

Depending on the income and family size of the applicant, the applicant may need to contribute toward the hourly cost of the aide service. This is determined by a sliding-scale and the fee is paid to the Department of Social Services.

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LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES:
  

ALLEGANY COUNTY DSS
 1 Frederick Street
P.O. Box 1420
Cumberland, MD 21502
(301) 784-7000

HARFORD COUNTY DSS
2 South Bond Street
Bel Air, MD 21014
(410) 836-4954
  

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DSS
80 West Street
P.O. Box 1787
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 269-4500

HOWARD COUNTY DSS
7121 Columbia Gateway Drive
Columbia, MD 21046
(410) 872-8700
  

BALTIMORE CITY DSS
300 Metro Plaza
Baltimore, MD 21215
(443)423-6600 Fax 6601

KENT COUNTY DSS
350 High Street
P.O. Box 670
Chestertown, MD 21620
(410) 810-7600
  

BALTIMORE COUNTY DSS
Drumcastle Government Center
6401 York Road
Baltimore, MD 21212
(410) 853-3000

MONTGOMERY COUNTY DHHS
Division of Aging and Disability Services
401 Hungerford Drive
3rd Floor, Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 777-3000
  

CALVERT COUNTY DSS
200 Duke Street
Prince Frederick, MD 20687
(443)550-6900

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY DSS
805 Brightseat Road
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 909-7000
  

CAROLINE COUNTY DSS
207 South Third Street
P.O. Box 100
Denton, MD 21629
(410) 479-5900

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY DSS
125 Comet Drive
Centreville, MD 21617
(410) 758-8000
  

CARROLL COUNTY DSS
10 Distillery Drive
Westminster, MD 21157
(410) 876-2190

ST MARY'S COUNTY DSS
23110 Leonard Hall Drive
P.O. Box 509
Leonardtown, MD 20650
(240) 895-7000
  

CECIL COUNTY DSS
170 East Main Street
Elkton, MD 21921
(410) 996-0100

SOMERSET COUNTY DSS
30397 Mount Vernon Road
P.O. Box 369
Princess Anne, MD 21853
(410) 677-4200
  

CHARLES COUNTY DSS
200 Kent Avenue
P.O. Box 1010
La Plata, MD 20646
(301) 392-6400

TALBOT COUNTY DSS
301 Bay Street
Easton, MD 21601
(410) 770-4848
  

DORCHESTER COUNTY DSS
627 Race Street
P.O. Box 217
Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 901-4100

WASHINGTON COUNTY DSS
122 Potomac Street
P.O. Box 1419
Hagerstown, MD 21741
(240) 420-2100
  

FREDERICK COUNTY DSS
100 East All Saints Street
P.O. Box 237
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 694-4555

WICOMICO COUNTY DSS
201 Baptist Street
P.O. Box 2298
Salisbury, MD 21802
(410) 713-3900
  

GARRETT COUNTY DSS
12578 Garrett Highway
Oakland, MD 21550
(301) 533-3000

WORCESTER COUNTY DSS
299 Commerce Street
P.O. Box 39
Snow Hill, MD 21863
(410) 677-6800