The CalWORKs Income Reporting Threshold (IRT) is the income amount which CalWORKs recipients are required to report mid-period. The CalWORKS IRT is the lower of 1) 55% of the Federal Poverty Level plus the amount of income used to calculate the assistance unit’s current grant or 2) the amount of income likely to make the assistance unit ineligible for CalWORKs.
CDSS issued a chart of the IRT levels effective October 1, 2015. Counties are required to notify each assistance unit of their new IRT level.
CDSS also reminded counties that, upon reporting of income over the IRT, the county must determine if that income is reasonably anticipated to continue. If the income over IRT is reasonably anticipated to continue, the county recalculates the grant amount based on the new reasonably anticipated income. ACL 15-75 (10/1/15).