The California Department of Social Services has released a new SOC 813 form to request the Indigents Exception to sponsor deeming for the Cash Assistance Program for Indigents (CAPI). The new form includes options for when the CAPI applicant or recipient lives with people other than their sponsor and pays for both food and shelter, when the CAPI applicant or recipient lives with people other than their sponsor and pays for either food or shelter but not both, and for when the CAPI applicant or recipient lives with people other than their sponsor and receives free food and shelter. In any of those situations, the county proceeds with the indigents exception determination.
Beginning July 1, 2025, counties can accept only the new form. (ACIN I-19-25, May 29, 2025.)