The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions implementing SB 1446 (2018). Effective July 1, 2019, recipients meeting federal participation requirements cannot be sanctioned and are eligible for supportive services. This applies to recipients who are in sanction status or noncooperation status.
For recipients who are in sanction status and who are meeting federal participation requirements, the sanction is deemed cured and aid is restored the first of the following month.
Recipients who are meeting federal participation requirements at any stage of the noncompliance process shall be found to be compliant with welfare-to-work and the county must stop the noncompliance process. (ACL 19-68, August 5, 2019.)