A description of the process, and inclusion of the tools, that will be used to monitor the counties on implementation of SB 1041 overhauling the CalWORKs welfare to work program. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Author: Jodie Berger
ACIN I-27-13: SB 1521, Regarding Reunification Services For A Parent Registered On A Sex Offender Registry; And County Assessments And Reports On The Multipurpose Child Welfare Training Program (8/1/13)
Implementing a new provision that reunification services need not be provided to a parent or guardian when the court finds that the parent or guardian has been required by the court to be registered on a sex offender registry. The Notice also transmits the instructions for new requirements regarding county child welfare services trainings. [Download]
ACIN I-41-13: FFY 2014, Standard Utility Allowance (SUA), Limited Utility Allowance (LUA), And Telephone Utility Allowance (TUA) –Effective October 1, 2013 (7/31/13)
Notice that the SUA and LUA went up, and the TUA stays at $20. [Download]
ACL 13-18: Timely Submission Of Recertification Applications (7/30/13)
Ooops. DSS became aware that the regs were, shall we say, in need of modification. Correct policy is set out in this letter. Most households are certified for longer than two months, and for these folks, an application for recertification is considered timely when submitted by the 15th day of the last month of the certification period. In the rare circumstance that a household is given a one or two month certification period, an application for recertification is considered timely when it is submitted within 15 days of receipt of the Notice of Expiration of Certification, which must be given along with the approval for CalFresh benefits. [Download]
ACIN I-37-13: Guidance On The Implementation Of The Affordable Care Act Of 2010 (7/22/13)
So the eligibility (DSS) side knows what the program side (DHCS) is doing, a review of how the Affordable Care Act implementation instructions will come down. Ready for some acronyms??? DHCS will be issuing a Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Information Letter (MEDIL) instead of All County Welfare Director’s Letter (ACWDL) to expedite providing counties and the Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) with policy guidance. Includes links to the two documents already issued. [Download]
ACL 13-36: Complete, Accurate, And Timely Adoption And Foster Care Analysis And Reporting System (AFCARS) Data Entry And Updates To The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) (7/18/13)
The how-to’s of recording complete, accurate, and timely case information updates into the CWS/CMS, in order to meet required Child Welfare Services Program documentation, data reporting, and program performance measurements. The feds had found that California not in substantial compliance in this area. [Download]