After a CPS removal of children from the home, the parents can continue to get CalWORKs WTW services as part of a Family Reunification (FR) plan, for up to 180 days (with good cause extensions). This letter transmits a series of questions and answers initiated by counties regarding FR services. Parents on sanction or penalty (WTW, school attendance, immunization, etc.) can also be required to have an FR plan, but not those ineligible for CalWORKs (e.g. SSI, timed out, barred nonviolent (drug) felons, etc.) Parents in a voluntary placement can have a voluntary FR plan. Cases that are closed for “no eligible child” can be reopened, without reapplication, as a CalWORKs FR case. Families which have children remaining in the home are not FR cases (as all children must be gone). [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations