CDSS has issued 15 questions and answers about the Family Stabilization Program (FSP). FSP provides intensive case management services to CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work (WTW) participants who are experiencing an identified situation or crises. The program is described in ACL 14-12 . Among other items, the questions and answers clarify that FSP services are available to adults who are exempt from WTW participation, and adults in the family who are not included in the assistance unit if there is at least one mandatory WTW participant in the family.
Regarding FSP plans, the questions and answers clarify that a client in sanction status can use an FSP plan to cure their sanction, and each adult in a household must have a separate FSP plan. CDSS also clarified that FSP is not mandatory. In addition, CDSS states that if a client has a crists outside of the scope of a county’s FSP plan, the county should still assess such clients for WTW exemption and provide services for removal of barriers to WTW participation outside of the FSP program. ACIN I-64-15 (7/29/15)