CDSS and the County Welfare Director’s Association issued this transmittal to provide counties participating in the THPP and THP-Plus with their allocation for state fiscal year 2006-2007. THPP is a community care licensed placement opportunity for youth age 16 to 18 years currently in the foster care system. THP-Plus is a certified placement opportunity for youth age 18-24 years who have emancipated from foster care. Most of the nearly $7 million (approximately $4.5 million) will go to counties already participating in the THP-Plus program. The letter spells out the remainder of the funding hierachy and guides counties regarding the fiscal claiming process. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Author: Brian Lawlor
ACL 06-37 – EBT Support Services for the Disaster Food Stamp Program (September 12, 2006)
Information to help counties “evaluate the needs for benefit issuance in the event of a disaster.” Learn about such things as pre-embossed disaster EBT cards, EBT “interface systems” (with the scar reminder that they may require “priority modifications” to the counties’ eligibility systems). This 27 page letter also reviews which agencies do what, and how to trigger Disaster Food Stamps. [Download]
ACIN I-69-06 – New Implementation Date for Food Stamp Simplification Options (September 12, 2006)
Well, it’s not October 1, 2006 anymore, it’s November 1, 2006. A few new words, and a few new forms. [Download]
ACIN I-67-06 – Disaster Food Stamp Program Increased Excess Shelter Deduction (September 11, 2006)
This notice, ironically issued on 9/11, transmits the higher shelter costs (a whopping $17) effective October 1, 2006, as well as a new eligibility/verification chart, income and resource guidelines and disaster verification requirements. [Download]
ACL 06-35 – Quality Assurance/Improvement Monitoring Regulations For The In-Home Supportive Services/Personal Care Services/Independence Plus Waiver Programs (September 1, 2006).
This ACL transmits the regs to implement the SB1104 provisions intended to “improve the quality of IHSS/PCSP need assessments, enhance program integrity, and detect and prevent program fraud and abuse.” Counties must establish a dedicated IHSS Quality Assurance/Improvement function, and to develop policies, procedures, implementation timelines, and instructions under which county QA/QI programs will perform mandated activities regarding IHSS programs. Counties must have a standardized process with regularly scheduled reviews; case samples from all district offices, a needs assessment process; and desk and home-visit reviews. Needless to say, counties also must include procedures for preventing and detecting fraud, including follow-up if fraud is suspected and to collection of overpayments. [Download]
ACIN I-61-06E – Errata: Corrected COLA benefits Tables (September 6, 2006).
Ooops. Here are the correct benefits amounts. [Download]