The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has increased the CalWORKs asset limit for families that include an elderly (age 60 or over) or disabled household member to $3,500 effective October 1, 2017. The CalWORKs asset limit remains the same for all other households.
If counties find that an assistance unit was denied CalWORKs or had their CalWORKs discontinued as a result of exceeding the prior $3,250 asset limit, counties must re-evaluate eligibility and restore any lost benefits effective October 1, 2017 and moving forward.
If the county has collected or is currently collecting an overpayment based on excess resources for a family with an elderly or disabled member after September 30, 2017, the county must review the case to determine if the family is under the new $3,500 asset limit, and if so must cancel the overpayment and return any funds collected. (ACL 17-108, October 25, 2017.)