ACIN I-58-11: Categorical Eligibility Of Children In Foster Care For School Nutrition Programs (2/7/12)

The law’s been around since 10/2010, and provides for categorical eligibility, without application, of Foster Children for free school meals. The only issue was that the educational setting needed documentation of state responsibility for the child.  The state has developed a county-specific report that can be provided to school districts.  [Download]

ACL 12-08: Revised Process On Out-Of-State EBT Card Usage Reports (1/31/12)

In a case of TMI, CDSS issued this notice, revising the county EBT reporting requirements originally set out in ACL 10-44 .  The counties are now only supposed to report cases that have had 100 percent of their cash transactions occurring out-of-state for 90 consecutive days or longer.  (The state found that most cases timely discontinued and it was a waste of effort to check the list every 30 days.) [Download]