New forms and Notices to be used once the county starts SAR in their area. And more to come! [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalFresh / SNAP
ACL 12-61: Implementation Of The Heat And Eat Program For CalFresh (10/30/12)
Starting January 1, 2013, all CalFresh recipients will be receive a Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) benefit included in their allotment. Under the law, the provision of this benefit, which goes to homeless and CFAP recipients, entitles the household to the full Standard Utility Allowance. This may mean the households get more benefits, or can be eligible when otherwise they wouldn’t have been. [Download]
ACIN I-50-12: Revision Of The CalFresh Notice Of Approval/Denial/Termination Transitional Benefits Due To The Implementation Of AB 959 (10/16/12)
New NOAs and instructions to implement AB 959, which provides for the restoration of aid for Public Assistance CalFresh (PACF) households discontinued for not submitting a timely or completed quarterly report (QR 7). Under AB 959, households receiving Transitional CalFresh benefits shall not receive regular CalFresh benefits during the same month. Therefore, if a household receives Transitional CalFresh benefits in a given month, regular CalFresh benefits will be restored to the household the first of the following month. [Download]
ACL 12-47: Revisions To The Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System Brochure (10/2/12)
10 months after the repeal of finger-imaging for CalFresh folks, DSS has issued a new PUB brochure on the SFIS system…which removes the references to CalFresh. It also “authorizes” counties to “strike out” (with a handy Sharpie?) the reference to CalFresh in the SAWs2 application. Not sure how that is done for on-line applications…. The spiffy new brochure is attached, and now explains why SFIS is used for CalWORKs and GA, and the limits of its usage. [Download]
ACL 12-49: CalWORKs And CalFresh Programs: Implementation Of The Annual Reporting/Child Only (AR/CO) System (9/27/12)
No, CDSS has not merged with an oil company. This is the detailed instructions implementing effective today the ANNUAL reporting for child only cases. That’s right: these households will report only at application/redetermination, and when mandatory “change reporting” items come up. Contrary to logic but consistent with the statute, “child only” does not include AU’s in which only the children get aid, but the adult’s absence is due to a WTW sanction. To avoid negative CalFresh impact and “promote compatibility,” CDSS is assigning change reporting (CR) status to all CalFresh HHs associated with a CalWORKs AR/CO case. [Download]
ACIN I-48-12: Disaster Guidance Attachment – Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Disaster CalFresh Income Eligibility Standards And Allotments (9/25/2012)
New allotments, effective October 1, 2012, are listed here. [Download]