A Q & A on the changes to the Homeless Assistance (HA) program to include homeless prevention. Covers such things as whether: the payment of rent arrearages counts as the “once in a lifetime” homelessness aid payment (yes), the HA program can pay the full rent arrearages in shared housing with non-CalWORKs members (no); payment of arrearages is required if it won’t prevent the eviction (no). The ACL also includes a discussion of extraordinary circumstances and financial hardship, giving some examples, but ultimately leaving this to the discretion of the county and their “reasonable assessment of the facts.” [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations