Here is the updated (as of 4/08) Disaster Food Stamp guide, and the new (effective October 1, 2008) benefits charts. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Author: Webdog
ACL 08-59: CalWORKs Subsidized Employment Claimed Under Assembly Bill 98 (11/24/08)
The ACL transmits the newly developed reporting form and instructions to report on AB 98 subsidized work. The first report month will be January 2009, with the final report month, December 2010. AB 98 provides for reimbursement to counties choosing to participate in this program. (Reimbursement is for 50% of the CalWORKs recipient’s wage subsidy, outside of the county Single Allocation, when the recipient is participating in subsidized employment.) In order for counties to claim the additional funds, the county program must limit wage subsidies to a maximum of six months for each recipient and the amount of wage subsidies claimed outside of the Single Allocation may not exceed 50 percent of the maximum aid payment for the assistance unit of which the recipient is a member. [Download]
ACIN I-90-08E: Correction To All County Information Notice No. I-90-08 Statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training (12/23/08)
New dates for the date and location for the statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training for Northern California. [Download]
ACL 08-58E: Correction To All County Letter (ACL) 08-58 (Substitute Agency Notification Form) (12/23/08)
ACIN I-95-08: CalWORKs And Food Stamp: Impacts Of Social Security COLA Effective December 1, 2008 (12/17/08)
Social Security recipients will receive a 5.8 percent cost-of-living increase in their Social Security benefits effective December 1, 2008, payable January 2009. For new applicants in both the CalWORKs and FS programs, the actual amount of the Social Security benefit, including the increase, shall be used for eligibility and budgeting purposes beginning with the month of January 2009.
For CalWORKs and FS households currently in the October, November, and December quarter, the County Welfare Department (CWD) will reasonably anticipate the increase in the SSA income. This means that starting with the QR Data month of November 2008, the SSA COLA will be reasonably anticipated to be received in the QR Payment Quarter of January/February/March 2009. counties shall take mid-quarter actions based on SSA COLAs. Since the SSA COLA is effective December 2008 and payable in January, counties are to take a mid-quarter county-initiated action to decrease benefits effective January 1, 2009.
The requirements for a timely and adequate Notice of Action shall apply. [Download]
ACL 08-62: FY 2008/09 Allocation Of Funds For The Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP) And Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-PLUS) (12/23/08)
The allocations for counties, for the upcoming fiscal year. [Download]