Social Services

• MEDI-CAL
MEDI-CAL, California's version of Medicaid, pays for medical care for public assistance recipients and other low income persons. Many people are on both Medi-Cal and Medicare, a federal program that is not income based. You must be a resident of California to receive MEDI-CAL. There are some exceptions including refugees and 'alien' residents. <LEARN MORE>

• California Children's Services
California Children Services is a program providing medical and certain ancillary services to children with specific disabling, handicapping or other chronic conditions when parents are wholly or partially unable to pay for such care. <LEARN MORE>

• GHPP
GHPP is a state funded program which coordinates care and helps pay for medical costs of persons with specific conditions, including thalassemia and sickle cell disease. GHPP authorizes clients to attend specialty centers for expert care. <LEARN MORE>

• SSI
Children under age 18 who are disabled or blind may be eligible for monthly cash payments from the Federal Government through a program called Supplemental Security Income. As its name implies, Supplemental Security Income supplements a person's income up to a certain level. <LEARN MORE>

• Your Employment Rights
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which took effect July 26, 1992, prohibits private employers and state and local governments with 25 or more employees (15 or more after July 26, 1994), employment agencies, and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. <LEARN MORE>