USDA has published draft regulations for comment on language access. Comments are due by May 7, 2012.
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalFresh / SNAP
ACIN I-12-12: Annual CalFresh Survey of Operations and Access (2/23/12)
That time of year again. The survey, however, has been revised to include additional questions on Expedited Services (timing of questions), modified categorical eligibility, face-to-face interview waivers, call/change centers, on-line applications, and document imaging. This Notice goes over the changes, to increase the data known to the agency, so it can analyze the impact of regulatory and statutory changes. [Download]
ACL 12-09 : Revised CalFresh Monthly Caseload Movement Statistical Report (2/17/12)
New name, new form! Also includes data request for Inter-County transfers and restorations of aid, now that they’ve been happening for CalFresh. [Download]
ACL 12-08: Revised Process On Out-Of-State EBT Card Usage Reports (1/31/12)
In a case of TMI, CDSS issued this notice, revising the county EBT reporting requirements originally set out in ACL 10-44 . The counties are now only supposed to report cases that have had 100 percent of their cash transactions occurring out-of-state for 90 consecutive days or longer. (The state found that most cases timely discontinued and it was a waste of effort to check the list every 30 days.) [Download]
ACIN I-80-11: Social Security COLA – Effective December 1, 2011 (12/13/11)
3.6% COLA increase in Social Security this last December…translates into the January budgeting information of the ACIN. [Download]
ACL 12-06: Lopez v. Wagner Settlement Agreement (1/18/12)
Clarification and additional procedures for CalFresh Intentional Program Violations (IPVs) per the Lopez v. Wagner lawsuit. The settlement requires all the counties to list additional information to the disqualified household member along with a revised CalFresh Notice of Administrative Disqualification (DFA 377.7A), effective “as soon as administratively possible, but no later than six months from issuance of the ACL.” The 377.7A was modified to explain how to get back on benefits at the end of the disqualification period, and must be sent with a .7A1 form that allows the recipient to ask for benefits to be restored (other than for permanent disqualifications). [Download]