IHSS in Madera County: Phone Number, Pay Rate & How to Apply
Everything specific to Madera County — current provider wages, your Public Authority, and how to appeal a Notice of Action.
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Overview
Madera County's IHSS program is administered by the Department of Social Services, with the IHSS Public Authority of Madera County maintaining a provider registry serving roughly 1,677 recipients with the support of about 1,300 individual providers.
Madera County providers are represented by United Domestic Workers (UDW), part of a multi-county district covering Alpine, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties.
Clara has Madera County’s contacts and current wage, and can explain how hours are decided.
How to apply for IHSS in Madera County
To apply for IHSS in Madera County, call the county IHSS office. A social worker will take your application and arrange an in-home assessment.
Madera County IHSS phone number
There is no statewide online IHSS application — applying means phoning your county. All Madera County contacts →
The application form (SOC 295)
The state's written application is form SOC 295, Application for In-Home Supportive Services. You can fill it in ahead of time.
Open the SOC 295 form (PDF)Opens on the CDSS website. The form goes to Madera County, not to the state, so call the number above to ask where to mail, fax or bring it.
Once you apply, the county schedules an in-home assessment. A social worker scores how much help you need with each task, and those scores decide your monthly hours — see how the Functional Index ranks work. If your hours are later denied or reduced, you have appeal rights with deadlines: how to appeal a Notice of Action. Becoming a paid provider is a separate process — start with the Provider Hub.
Madera County by the Numbers
Statewide, 925,481 Californians received IHSS in July 2026, averaging 119 authorized hours a month. Source: CDSS IHSS Program Data.
How Madera County has changed
11 months of official CDSS program data, Jan '24 to Jul '26.
Where should you start?
Pick the path that matches where you are right now.
Provider pay in 2027 in Madera County
Not published yet
Madera County has not published a provider pay rate for 2027.
California's minimum wage rises from $16.90 to $17.40 an hour on January 1, 2027. County IHSS wages are built on the state minimum wage, so no county's rate can be lower than that.
- To confirm your rate, call the Madera County main IHSS line
- (559) 662-2600
Sources: California Department of Industrial Relations, News Release 2026-66. Checked October 7, 2026. Counties publish new rates through the autumn, so confirm before you plan around this. IHSSHours.com is independent and is not part of the county.
Provider orientation in Madera County
Not stated online
The county says its Public Authority provides orientation sessions for new IHSS providers but does not say how they are held.
How to start: For people who want to become a Public Authority (registry) provider, the county says to call for an application and to schedule an orientation, in English or Spanish. Its page does not say how a provider already chosen by a recipient starts.
Call Madera County's main IHSS line and ask how new providers complete orientation.
- Madera County Public Authority
- (559) 479-4857
- Madera County main IHSS line
- (559) 662-2600
Source: Madera County, checked October 5, 2026. Counties change how they run orientation, so confirm before you go. IHSSHours.com is independent and is not part of the county.
Provider Wage & Public Authority
- Current hourly wage
- $17.90/hr
- Public Authority
- IHSS Public Authority of Madera County (UDW)
- Department of Social Services
- (559) 662-2600
- Office Address
- 1620 Sunrise Avenue
Madera, CA 93638
Wage figures for Madera County vary between sources — confirm your current rate directly with the Madera County Public Authority before relying on this figure.
Check your weekly max as a Madera County provider → Pre-filled with the county average of 114 authorized hours a month (CDSS) — swap in your recipient's number.
Local Notes & Quirks
- Represented by UDW, not SEIU: Madera County is part of UDW's District 4, alongside Alpine, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties — worth knowing when looking for union resources or a local UDW office.
- Six-step provider enrollment: Madera's Public Authority lays out enrollment as six clear steps — application, orientation, references, Live Scan background check, ID verification, and signing the enrollment agreement (SOC 846).
- Roughly 1:1.3 recipient-to-provider ratio: With 1,677 recipients and about 1,300 providers, Madera's registry runs leaner than some larger counties, which can mean more responsive registry referrals.
Madera County IHSS — Common Questions
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Figures are from CDSS program data (July 2026) and the CDSS county wage sheet (IP Effective 10-1-2026). County averages describe a caseload, not an entitlement — how we calculate estimates.
Appealing a Notice of Action in Madera County
If Madera County reduces, denies, or terminates your IHSS hours, the appeal process is governed by state regulation — the same 90-day deadline applies regardless of county:
- You have 90 days from the date on your Notice of Action to request a State Hearing
- Call the State Hearings Division at 1-800-743-8525 to request a hearing
- Or mail a written request to: California Department of Social Services, State Hearings Division, P.O. Box 944243, Sacramento, CA 94244
- Requesting your hearing before the Notice of Action's effective date preserves Aid Paid Pending — meaning you keep your current hours while the appeal is decided
For free legal help with a Madera County IHSS appeal, Disability Rights California can be reached at 1-800-776-5746.
County data last updated 2026-10-07 · CDSS program data July 2026, wages IP Effective 10-1-2026.
