As of yesterday (7/1/12) when a recipient submits a complete QR 7 within the month following the discontinuance for an incomplete or missing QR 7, the CWD must restore benefits to the AU/household without requiring a new application or intake interview. Eligibility and benefits shall be determined based on the complete submitted QR 7 and prorated from the date that the AU/household provides the complete QR 7. Restored AU/households are considered recipient cases and not subject to applicant eligibility criteria. For CalWORKs, these cases also do not need to be re-fingerimaged. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalFresh / SNAP
ACIN I-36-12: Student Eligibility (6/27/12)
If you intend to not to continue in school, when have you “dropped out” for purposes of CalFresh eligibility (end of student disqualification)? Since eligibility at application is determined based on the household’s circumstances as of the date of the interview, regardless of having been continually attending school prior to the application and interview, if an applicant specifically states that they do not intend to register for an upcoming term at least half-time, the county may not determine them to be ineligible based on their student status. [Download]
Public Comment: SNAP proposed rules on Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations
Comments are due by July 30, 2012, on an option to impose controls on EBT card replacements and modifying the definition of trafficking to include buying/selling EBT cards. [Download]
ACIN I-32-12: Certification Of Homeless Meal Providers For The CalFresh Program (6/7/12)
A reminder to counties that organizations interested in becoming CalFresh homeless meal providers must be certified by the county in which the prospective homeless meal provider is located . Includes a template for certification and a link to more information about the program. Homeless individuals are certified as separate households and meal providers for the homeless are prohibited from acting as the Authorized Representative for homeless recipients. [Download]
ACL 11-72E: Change In Sanction Policy Period For Refusal To Cooperate In A Quality Control Review (6/5/12)
A correction to ACL 11-72, which gave incorrect information about the sanction applied when a household member(s) refuses to cooperate in a QC review. The ACL should have stated that if an existing CalFresh household contains a household member(s) who refuses to cooperate, the entire household will be discontinued from the CalFresh Program, not just the individual. If the person who didn’t cooperate moves to a new CalFresh household, the full-household sanction would apply to the new household, but the old household’s members, if they had not been part of the non-cooperation could then be aided. [Download]
ACIN I-45-11E: Verification Requirements In CalFresh (Errata) 6/1/12)
Clarification of the original letter to help counties (a) simplify their verification policies where appropriate, (b) improve the timeliness of the
application process; and (c) improve customer service. And a reminder that, in general, counties should verify only the mandatory eligibility factors for CalFresh unless it is for the purpose of maximizing benefits. Corrections have to do with self-employment income for students, anticipated work study work as a student exemption, and other evidence of rehab to cure a CalFresh drug disqualification. [Download]