Elder Law Research Guide

General Benefits

• History and Administration of Public Benefit Programs  
• Benchmark Institute Manuals & Articles
• The People’s Guide to Welfare, Health & Other Services: How to Get Food & Money
• Department of Social Services
• Disability Benefits 101
• Disability Rights Self-Advocacy Publications
  • In-Home Supportive Services
  • Medi-Cal
• National Council on Aging (NCOA) Benefits for Seniors

Department of Social Services

CA Department of Social Services Information Resources Guide

Paraphrased Regulations

Headnotes to Paraphased Regulations: These document contains headnotes (brief summaries) for all Paraphrased Regulations, by Aid Category as follows:

• Adult Services Index
• CalWORKs Index
• Disability Index
• Food Stamp Index
• Legal Principles Index
• Magi-Medical Index
• Medi-Cal Index
• Refugee Index
• Social Services Index
• Other Programs Index

Department of Health Care Services

California Department of Health Care Services Home

• Laws and Regulations
• Letters, Information Notices and Bulletins
  • Alphabetical index of All County Welfare Director's Letters and Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Letters
  • ​​All County Welfare Director's & Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Information Letters index by year
• DHCS Publications
• Medi-Cal home page
  • Medi-Cal Eligibility Procedures Manual
  • Disability Rights California:  Medi-Cal
  • CA Advocates for Nursing Home Reform: Medi-Cal information
  • Medi-Cal Regulation and Policy Handbook
  • Alphabetical index of All County Welfare Director's Letters and Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Letters
  • IHSS Policy & Procedure Handbook
• DHCS Sources of Law (including links to 22 California Code of Regulations (CCR) (click “existing”), Welfare & Institutions Code (the statute), etc.)
• California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
• Western Center on Law and Poverty's Medi-Cal Eligibility Guide: Getting and Keeping Health Care Coverage for Low-Income Californians: A Guide for Advocates
• LSNC Guide to CalFresh Benefits

Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc.

• CCWRO PowerPoint Training
• Welfare Advocate Links
• Welfare Advocate Forms
• Welfare Beneficiary State Hearing Information