Instructions on how to average hours, for determining student work hours, under the newly approved federal waiver. Students whose employment hours fluctuate from week to week will be considered to have met the minimum work hour requirement as long as they reasonably anticipate maintaining an average of 20 work hours per week or 80 hours per month. CWDs must review student work hours at recertification or when the student reports any changes in work hours.[Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Author: Jodie Berger
ACL 12-35: CalWORKs and CalFresh Programs: Implementation Of Assembly Bill (AB) 959 (7/30/12)
As of yesterday (7/1/12) when a recipient submits a complete QR 7 within the month following the discontinuance for an incomplete or missing QR 7, the CWD must restore benefits to the AU/household without requiring a new application or intake interview. Eligibility and benefits shall be determined based on the complete submitted QR 7 and prorated from the date that the AU/household provides the complete QR 7. Restored AU/households are considered recipient cases and not subject to applicant eligibility criteria. For CalWORKs, these cases also do not need to be re-fingerimaged. [Download]
ACL 12-34: CalWORKs: COLA Increase To The MBSAC Levels (7/24/12)
This year’s COLA (MBSAC and Income In Kind levels) is 2.98%. The new MBSAC levels are to be used in determining applicant financial eligibility for those families that apply for CalWORKs on or after July 1, 2012. [Download]
ACL 12-36: Program Policy For The CMIPS II (7/24/12)
The full title includes: “Inquiry, Referral And Application; Person Notes/Case Notes/Case (Assessment) Narrative; Personal Care Services Program/IHSS Plus Option/IHSS Residual; Social Security Number Requirements; IHSS Recipient Residence; Use Of Rank 6; Inter-County Transfer.” And explains the difference between all these. [Download]
ACIN I-37-12E: Errata (Payroll Activity Reports For Providers In The IHSS Program) (7/20/12)
To err is human; proving their humanity ACIN I-37-12 is reissued to delete the telephone number for the forms manager. Rocks your world. [Download]
ACL 12-22: Guidelines And Procedures For General Exceptions For Exclusionary Crimes For IHSS Providers (7/10/12)
Instructions to counties on implementing AB 1612’s changes to the list of convictions within the last 10 years that will bar provision of IHSS. Known as “Tier 2” crimes, these are Sex crimes requiring sex offender registration; Physical crimes against a person; Crimes against property; Fraud and money crimes; Non-physical crimes against a person; Serious felonies not against a person or property. Includes a review of the noticing, appeal and waiver rights. [Download]