This is the FORMAL request for all counties that have not already done to so to change all their material from Food Stamps to CalFresh. And a reminder about the CalFresh outreach materials the state has to help promote the program. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalFresh / SNAP
USDA regulations open for public comment: Language access
USDA has published draft regulations for comment on language access. Comments are due by May 7, 2012.
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]