Notice that from 2/1/12 through the end of last year, the QI-1 program, originally set to end in 2002, was ented through the end of 2012. This program provides payment reimbursement for Medicare Part B premiums for individuals with income below 135 percent of the federal poverty level. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Author: Jodie Berger
ACWDL 12-17: Rescinding All County Welfare Directors Letter (ACWDL) 11-11, “Referral of Disability Packets to the Disability Determination Service Division-State Programs (5/3/12)
Notice of the invalidation of ACWDL 11-11. [Download]
ACWDL 12-16: 2012 Tuberculosis Income Standard and Related Issues (4/5/12)
The updated 2012 income standards for this special eligiblity program. [Download]
ACL 13-01: Reengagement Of CalWORKs Short-Term Exempt Individuals In WTW Activities (12/28/12)
A “must read” for anyone doing CalWORKs welfare to work advocacy/assistance. The instructions of how/when to reengage those who were exempt for young children or no funding for support services, and when their new 24 months “clock” on the full range of WTW activities will start. [Download]
ACL 12-70: Educational Stability And Case Plan Assurances (12/7/12)
Instructions on implementing PL 110-351 and 112-34, which amended Title IV-E to require that the foster care case plan include a plan for ensuring the educational stability of the child. Each placement of the foster child is to take into account the appropriateness of the current educational setting and the proximity of the foster home placement to the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement. The county agency must assure that there is coordination with the appropriate Local Educational Agency (LEA) to ensure that the foster child remains in the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of each placement; or if remaining in such school is not in the best interest of the child, to provide immediate and appropriate enrollment in a new school, which includes submission of all educational records to the new school. [Download]
ACL 12-72 : CalWORKs SB 1041 Extension Of Short Term Changes And The New Young Child Exemption (12/20/12)
This is a meaty one, folks!
- Counties must continue to exempt all clients who qualify for the young child exemptions (children 12-23 months or 2 under 6) through December 31, 2012; if exempt by the end of the year, they remain exempt until the client is reengaged sometime after January 1, 2013. (More instructions to come on that!)
- The “no funding for support services” exemption ends 12/31/12, if there are no supportive services, it will be good cause, but the clock runinng. Counties must notify affected clients of this before the end of the year (and hopefully get them services!).
- Counties can continue to redirect mental health/substance abuse funds to WTW.
- There is a new once in a lifetime young child exemption for clients with children birth through 23 months, starting 1/1/13 – this is “off the clock” time; clients have discretion when to use this (cannot be automatically applied). The “new baby” exemptions that don’t stop the clock remain in place.
[Download]