Implementing the law, and clearing up any confusion about homeless youth’s eligibility for CalFresh. The counties must accept the application for benefits, screen for whether the youth can be in his/her own CalFresh household, and whether eligible for expedited services. Oh yeah, and being a minor doesn’t deprive you of due process: homeless youth are entitled to a notice of action regarding the application determination. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalFresh / SNAP
ACL 13-102: (12/24/13)
Making life easy… Recipients can now verify CalFresh Dependent Care costs through self-certification. Further proof is only required if the statement is questionable. (Expenses are only allowed if the service is provided by someone outside of the household and the household makes an out-of-pocket payment (i.e. not an in-kind trade) for the care. Once verified, no further verification is required unless the provider or amount changes. [Download]
ACL 13-79E: CalFresh Administrative Overissuances (11/22/13)
The original letter, p. 3, under “AE OVERISSUANCE THRESHOLD” states the AE overissuance threshold for inactive CalFresh cases is $125. It should have said $125 or less. [Download]
ACIN I-68-13: Federal Fiscal Year 2015 County Disaster CalFresh Plans (11/5/13)
A reminder to counties to do their CalFresh disaster plans. Advocates may want to get a copy of the current plan and see what’s in it. [Download]
ACL 13-89: CalWORKs And CalFresh: Steps To Determine Referrals For Investigations (10/31/13)
A review of the “steps and considerations” prior to making a fraud referral. [Download]
ACL 13-88: Households Leaving CalWORKs Due To Failure To Provide A Complete SAR 7 (10/23/13)
Notification of a change in policy regarding Transitional CalFresh. People discontinued from CalWORKs for failure to turn in their SAR 7 will no longer be eligible for transitional benefits. Also for failure to do annual redeterminations. In the event that the person submits a SAR7 deficient for CalWORKs but sufficient for Calfresh, the county process for ongoing eligibility, converted to a non-assistance CalFresh household, and retain the current certification period. Benefits will be not include the CalWORKs grant. [Download]