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]

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]

Instructions that County Welfare Departments are to exclude any payments or Income-In-Kind from AmeriCorps programs as income for CalWORKs eligibility and grant amount determinations.  A re-review of which AmeriCorps payments as exempt from CalFresh.  [Download]