San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center
San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys
For SG/PRC families & providers
Find in-home support. Or find work supporting others.
IHSS Connect is California’s free directory for in-home care — built for the communities San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center serves across the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys.
- Always free
- No fees or commissions
- 17 languages
- About 5 minutes to join
A crowded valley shouldn’t mean a short list.
There is no shortage of people in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys. What’s missing is a way for the families who need help and the caregivers looking for work to actually find each other — in the right city, speaking the right language, available the right hours.
San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center and IHSS Connect are separate organizations aiming at the same outcome: support that is easier to find, free to use, and available in the language a family actually speaks. IHSS Connect is the searchable list — the whole service area in one place, at no cost to anyone.
Self-Determination
The program says you choose. It doesn’t say where to look.
Self-Determination is built on a simple idea: the person receiving support should decide who provides it. That’s the whole point of the program — your plan, your budget, your choice of who walks through the door.
What it doesn’t come with is a roster. In practice, families end up asking around, posting in group chats, and hoping someone good turns up. That gap is where a lot of participants stall out, and it’s the part IHSS Connect was built for — real people listing their skills, their availability, and the languages they speak, searchable by where you live, at no cost.
Finding someone here doesn’t change how you hire or pay them. Your spending plan and your Financial Management Service (FMS) still govern that, the same as always.
Communities in the SG/PRC service area
30 cities- Altadena
- Arcadia
- Azusa
- Baldwin Park
- Charter Oak
- City of Industry
- Claremont
- Covina
- Diamond Bar
- Duarte
- El Monte
- Glendora
- Hacienda Heights
- Irwindale
- La Puente
- La Verne
- Monrovia
- Pasadena
- Pomona
- Rowland Heights
- San Dimas
- Sierra Madre
- South El Monte
- Temple City
- Valinda
- Walnut
- West Covina
- Whittier
SG/PRC has served the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys since 1986. Portions of Pasadena, Pomona, Temple City, and Whittier fall across the El Monte, Foothill, and Pomona health district lines and are shared with another regional center — if you’re unsure which one serves your address, your Service Coordinator can confirm. You can search and post on IHSS Connect either way.
Everything below, at no cost
There is no paid tier, no upsell, and no credit card.
Completely free
Free for families and free for caregivers. No subscriptions, no placement fees, and no commission taken out of anyone’s pay.
Available in 17 languages
Use the site in the language you read most comfortably, and filter caregivers by the languages they speak.
Background-checked caregivers
Providers can complete a background check and carry a verified badge on their profile, so you know who you’re talking to.
Private messaging
Ask questions and arrange a meeting without handing out your phone number, home address, or email.
Post your care needs
Describe the help you need and let qualified caregivers come to you, instead of chasing leads one at a time.
Search jobs near you
Caregivers can browse open positions by city and apply directly. No agency in the middle.
Whatever support you’re using
Three steps, about five minutes
No paperwork, and nothing to print or mail.
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Create a free account
Tell us whether you’re looking for help or looking for work. An email and a phone number is all it takes.
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Build a short profile
Families describe the help they need. Caregivers list their skills, availability, and languages spoken.
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Connect and message
Search your city, reach out privately, and go at your own pace. You decide who you talk to.
Ready when you are
Every person who joins makes the list stronger for the next family in the valley that needs it.
Need a hand getting started? Email support@ihssconnect.com and a real person will help you set up your account.