Important information on California’s CalFresh anti-fraud plan, including the process the state will follow to investigate “excessive EBT card replacement requests.”  CDSS will  issue warning letters to recipients who have received and used four or more EBT replacement cards in the past four months. The CWDs have the option to issue additional warning letters to the client, or refer the case to the SIU for a possible fraud investigation.  [Download]

Correcting the prior ACL by providing a  fixed paragraph.  The change is key though, as it moves the termination date for becoming over-income for Modified Categorical Eligibility to the end of the month in which timely and adequate notice can be issued, instead of the end of the payment quarter (for QR cases). [Download]

For the counties, documents for the CalFresh Employment and Training program.  [Download]

Although listed as an Errata, this is more of an update about the status of the waiver CDSS requested regarding Expedited Service (ES).  The waiver would allow postponement of the interview until after issuance of the  ES benefits in certain circumstances.  FNS originally denied the waiver, as California’s statute was not consistent with federal law regarding ES (it provided that screening occurred if ES was requested, but federal law requires all applications to be screened and does not put the burden on the applicant).  The statute has been amended and DSS has resubmitted the waiver request, which is still pending.  The letter also corrects the section on applications made prior to the 15th of the month, and given ES with postponed verification.  Essentially, the household must get the verification in by the subsequent month or have to reapply (and won’t be eligible for ES until the verification is provided.) [Download]