Updating instructions offered in early 2014 in ACL 14-09, CDSS has provided further guidance regarding extensions of the relatively new welfare to work 24-month time clock for CalWORKs recipients in three all county letters. Recipients who still have time remaining on the 48-month lifetime clock and who meet one of several criteria may request extensions of the 24-month period of extra flexibility in welfare to work activities with the WTW 44 form. Justifications for extension of the 24-month clock include when a recipient is likely to obtain employment within six months, when a unique labor market barrier exists, such as a recent natural disaster impacting the labor market, or when one member of a two-parent assistance unit still has time on his or her 24-month clock, but the other parent’s clock has expired. ACL 15-01. CDSS will monitor the counties’ implementation of the extensions at 6-month intervals – the same period of time for which extensions are granted. ACL 15-02. After the 24-month clock or subsequent extensions expire, recipients must meet federal hourly participation requirements. The county must set an appointment with the recipients using a standard letter (WTW 46) prior to expiration to review the time clock status, possible extensions of time, potential exemptions from participation, and necessary changes to the WTW plan going forward. ACL 15-03.
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations