Information about the 5% increase to the CalWORKs Maximum Aid Payment, effective April 1, 2015. This policy change must be automated into the consortia systems by the effective date. If the MAP increase cannot be modified, CWDs must put a policy in place that will ensure CalWORKs recipients receive the MAP increase and are appropriately and timely notified of changes. The increase may change the income reporting threshold, and that change must also be noticed. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACL 14-61: CalWORKs: Family Stabilization (FS) Program Guidance, Notices, And Request Form (9/2/14)
Additional guidance on the Family Stabilization (FS) program, a new
request form, and notices. A county may provide FS program participants with services, including housing assistance, for so long as they meet the CWD’s criteria for the FS program as set forth in the CWD’s FS plan. Clients may request FS services at any point in their 24 month WTW clock, via the new FSP 1 form. [Download]
ACIN I-47-14: Revised Family Fee Schedule (8/13/14)
This Notice issues the revised family fee schedule for subsidized child care, effective July 1, 2014. The revised fees will not exceed 10 percent of the family’s monthly income. [Download]
ACL 14-59: CalWORKs Domestic Abuse Waiver Policy Clarification (8/21/14)
Clarification of domestic abuse program waivers criteria, and a review of noticing and safety protocols. DSS has determined that there must be a linkage to Welfare to Work to get a DV waiver. This guidance supersedes ACIN I-02-06. [Download]
ACIN I-46-14: Title XX Social Services Block Grant Pre-Expenditure Report (8/15/14)
This report summarizes Title XX expenditures, program responsibilities, and the population served. The programs covered are Child Welfare Services, Foster Care, Community Care Licensing, Deaf Access, CalWORKs Child Care, CDE Child Care Programs, and the DDS Regional Center Program. [Download]
ACIN I-42-14: The Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Option Program (8/1/14)
Introductory information regarding the Approved Relative Caregiver (ARC) Funding Option Program enacted by SB 855. Relatives who care for a non-federally eligible child in foster care is not eligible to receive foster care payments. Instead, the relatives can get CalWORKs payments. The CalWORKs benefits are not a per-child payment, however, but are based on the size of the family as a whole, and are less than the AFDC-FC rate. To address this issue, the Legislature has enacted the ARC Funding Option Program, which gives counties the option to provide funding equal to the basic foster care rate to an approved relative caregiver of a non-federally eligible child. [Download]