Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Adoption
ACL 11-86: Extension Of Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (KIN-GAP) Program Benefits And Adoption Assistance Payments (AAP) To Age 21 (3/1/12)
AB 12 roll out continues: Instructions on the extension of Kin-GAP Program benefits and AAP to age 21. 12 pages of important info, so just read the whole thing if this is your practice area. [Download]
ACWDL 12-3: Six New Aid Codes To Identify Assembly Bill 12 Non-Minor Dependents in the Foster Care, Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program, CalWORKs, and Adoption Assistance Program
More Medi-Cal aid codes! These new codes will identify dependents age 18 through 21, who qualify for the current Foster Care (FC), Kin-GAP, CalWORKs, and Adoptions Assistance Program (AAP), who meet certain criteria under AB 12 to continue to receive extended benefits starting January 1, 2012.
Effective April 1, 2012, counties must begin using the new aid codes (43, 49, 07, 4N, 4S, and 4W). Until then, counties must perform a MEDS transaction maintain eligibility for these beneficiaries. Download
ACL 11-74: Adoption Assistance Program Rates (11/30/11)
Transmission of the charts on the base Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) rates; these rates were increased as a result of the increase in basic foster care rates in the wake of the successful California State Foster Parent Association lawsuit. [Download]
ACL 11-69: Extension Of Foster Care Beyond Age 18: Part One (10/13/11)
Like your favorite movie, this one has (will have) a sequel. AB 12 provided for extended Foster Care after the youth turns 18, as described in ACIN I-40-11. The young adults who remain under the jurisdiction of the court, in EFC after age 18 are referred to as Non-Minor Dependents (NMDs). The extension of benefits also applies to Adoption Assistance Payments (AAP) and Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP). See ACL 11- 15 for information on Kin-GAP; more ACLs on extended Kin-GAP and AAP are coming soon. Long ALC, with a table of contents is included to assist in finding specific information within this ACL. [Download]
ACL 11-47: CalWORKs Treatment of Adoption Assistance Program Payments (7/21/11)
As a result of the Cadaret lawsuit, this ACL was issued to remind counties that Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) payments made to families applying for or receiving CalWORKs are to exempt as income. Although “effectively immediately,” this instruction is based on a 1990 federal clarification that was implemented through ACL 90-101. Additionally, if a CWD becomes aware of any cases in which AAP payments incorrectly included AAP as income when determining eligibility for an applicant or when calculating a cash grant for a recipient, the CWD must take corrective action to reevaluate the eligibility and recalculate prior cash grants excluding the AAP payment, and restore any lost benefits. [Download]