California Association of Public Authorities

What California Association of Public Authorities does

California Association of Public Authorities (CAPA) is a Sacramento-based 501(c)(6) mutual benefit nonprofit founded in 2003 that represents 55 of California's 58 county IHSS Public Authorities (Alpine, Madera, Yuba, and Tuolumne counties are non-members). CAPA's primary function is collective advocacy at the State Capitol, legislative tracking, training, and best-practices dissemination on behalf of county entities that administer the In-Home Supportive Services program serving 850,000+ low-income older adults, blind individuals, and people with disabilities across California. The organization holds a statutory mandate under WIC §12302.25 as the employer of record for IHSS collective bargaining and is statutorily required to provide annual recommendations on the distribution of California's General Fund for Public Authority administrative funding in collaboration with the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and the County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA).

CAPA operates a slim organizational structure of 1-10 employees led by an Executive Director (Kim Levy Rothschild, CAE) and a Board comprising regional representatives (President, President Elect, regional Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer) drawn from member Public Authorities. It is funded through member county dues and state administrative funding allocations; revenue is not publicly disclosed and the organization sells no commercial products. Its technology footprint is limited to a website (capaihss.org) and member intranet, with no API, mobile app, or proprietary platform of its own; the underlying Case Management, Information and Payrolling System (CMIPS II, launched 2013) including Electronic Visit Verification is operated at the state level by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) rather than by CAPA. Core services delivered to members include advocacy communications, legislative bill tracking, regional and committee meetings (Executive, Finance, Legislative, Data Analysis and Research), Corporate Sponsor-supported training resources (e.g., Career Pathways with Homebridge), and policy briefs.

Commercially, CAPA is not a venture-scalable entity: it is a membership trade association with statutory roles rather than a market-facing business. Strategic expansion is driven primarily by demographic tailwinds (California's 65+ population projected to reach 9 million by 2030), state legislative action (e.g., AB 120, SB 101, AB 106, SB 1036), and deepening programmatic mandates (Career Pathways, EVV, Back Up Provider Program, statewide collective bargaining workgroup). Key relationships include CDSS (state agency), CSAC and CWDA (county associations), CICA (consumer coalition), SEIU and UDW (unions), and corporate sponsors Prodigy Health and Homebridge.

Name

California Association of Public Authorities

Legal name

California Association of Public Authorities for In-Home Supportive Services

Website

https://capaihss.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

California Association of Public Authorities (CAPA) is a Sacramento-based 501(c)(6) nonprofit founded in 2003 that advocates on behalf of 55 county IHSS Public Authorities serving 850,000+ in-home care consumers and 800,000+ providers across California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Advocacy and Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Administration of Public Health Programs (923120)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Home care advocacy
• Public authority administration
• Nonprofit association services
• Legislative policy advocacy
• Caregiver training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CAPA is a non-profit membership association representing 55 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authorities across California's 58 counties. It provides collective advocacy at the State Capitol, legislative tracking, professional development, training resources, and best practices sharing for its county public authority members. The organization also facilitates communication between members, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), and other stakeholders to improve the IHSS program for older adults and people with disabilities.

Product overview

CAPA is a non-profit membership association, not a technology product company. It does not offer a SaaS product, platform, or software offering. CAPA provides advocacy, training, professional development, policy resources, legislative tracking, and networking services to its member IHSS Public Authorities across California's 58 counties. Its services include: member advocacy at the state level, professional development and networking opportunities, access to policy briefs and legislative information, government activities coordination with CDSS, and information sharing among member Public Authorities. The organization supports Public Authorities in their roles related to IHSS provider registries, wage and benefits negotiations, training, and program administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 850,000+ consumers able to remain safely in their homes instead of institutional care facilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Prodigy HealthminorOthersCorporate sponsor providing support as a broker consultant for fully insured and self-insured health plans along with ancillary products. Prodigy Health supports CAPA's mission to positively influence policy for public authorities, older adults, and people with disabilities in California.
• HomebridgeminorOthersCorporate sponsor supporting the CDSS IHSS Career Pathways program. Since 1985, Homebridge has provided advocacy and services to the IHSS Community, working at the intersection of social services, health care and workforce development.
• California State Association of Counties (CSAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAPA collaborates with CSAC on the distribution of California's General Fund for Public Authority administrative funding. State law requires CAPA to provide recommendations each year on distribution of funding in collaboration with CSAC and CWDA.
• County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAPA works with CWDA on determining methodology for redistribution of unspent General Fund monies allocated for IHSS county administration or Public Authority administration at fiscal year end.
• California Department of Social Services (CDSS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDSS administers the IHSS program at the state level. CAPA educates CDSS about the importance of IHSS through regulatory workgroups and informal meetings with stakeholders. CAPA has ability to inform CDSS about IHSS consumer and provider needs.
• California In-Home Supportive Services Consumer Alliance (CICA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCICA is a statewide coalition of IHSS Advisory Committees and Governing Board members representing the consumer viewpoint. CICA works closely with IHSS providers to represent consumer issues and provides statewide support and communication relative to IHSS program issues.
• California Department of AgingminorOthersPartner agency providing information resources on California's aging services and programs.
• California Department of RehabilitationminorOthersPartner agency providing vocational rehabilitation and independent living services information resources.
• California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC)minorOthersPartner organization providing information resources on independent living and disability rights.
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic Authorities were established to act as the employer of record for IHSS for purposes of wage and benefit negotiations with unions representing IHSS workers including SEIU.
• United Domestic Workers (UDW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnion representing IHSS providers. Public Authorities enter collective bargaining with UDW to determine wages and benefits for each county.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• California State Association of Counties (CSAC): California's statewide association of county governments and a core CAPA partner for IHSS administrative funding distribution (per AB 106/SB 101). Operates as a 501(c)(6) association with a similar Sacramento-based advocacy and policy model, serving overlapping county-government stakeholders across California.
• California Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A): Statewide association representing California's Area Agencies on Aging; CAPA lists C4A as a strategic partner and the two share a similar Sacramento-located, association-driven model of advocating for aging-services programs that intersect with IHSS consumers and providers.
• County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA): Core CAPA partner working jointly on redistribution of unspent General Fund IHSS monies; CWDA is a 501(c)(6) statewide association representing county human services directors with the same advocacy-to-Capitol, training, and policy-influence operating model as CAPA.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a): National 501(c)(3) advocacy and membership association for Area Agencies on Aging; broader geographic scope than CAPA but parallel mission of advancing in-home and community-based supportive services for older adults and people with disabilities, making it a natural comparable for CAPA's role at the state level.
• American Association of Public Human Services (AAPHS): National nonpartisan membership association representing state and local human services agency leaders. Operates with the same association-based advocacy, training, and policy-influence model as CAPA but at the federal level, serving as the broader incumbent comparable for CAPA's policy and member-support functions.

Emerging players

• National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD): Independent, bipartisan, nonprofit association representing state Medicaid directors; relevant comparable because IHSS is funded substantially through Medi-Cal/Medicaid and CAPA's policy work intersects directly with state Medicaid decisions on in-home care benefits.
• Homebridge: Long-standing California IHSS advocacy and workforce-development nonprofit (since 1985) and a CAPA corporate sponsor; overlaps with CAPA in advocacy and training services for IHSS consumers/providers and operates in the same non-profit, mission-driven space.

Others

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU): Major labor union representing IHSS providers in California and a counterparty in collective bargaining with CAPA-affiliated Public Authorities; included as a peer because CAPA's core statutory function is collective bargaining on the employer side with SEIU and UDW, making it an essential counterpart rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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