A description of the process, and inclusion of the tools, that will be used to monitor the counties on implementation of SB 1041 overhauling the CalWORKs welfare to work program. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalWORKs
ACL 13-61: CalFresh Waiver To Send E-Notifications And View Notices Electronically (7/24/13)
Announcing that FNS has approved California’s waiver for e-notice, and implementation instructions. CalFresh sweeps in CalWORKs (which didn’t need a waiver), so the two main programs are now on board. Medi-Cal is seeking approval to join the party. Under this waiver, households can choose to get an electronic notification of official correspondence. The waiver will become effective once programmed by statewide automated welfare systems. (The notice tells you to go to a secure on-line account to view the actual notice.) CalFresh and CalWORKs clients may opt opt out and get traditional paper correspondence at any time. The instructions include what happens if the e-notice is not received/retrieved. [Download]
ACIN I-40-13: Release Of The CalWORKs MBSAC Region Two Table To Assign A Value to In-Kind Assistance Only To Determine Indigence In The CalFresh Program (7/15/13)
A note to counties that they can use the aid-in-kind charts for Region 2 to determine sponsor support, when the support is in-kind, to determine the amount of income through sponsor deeming and whether the indigency exemption applies. [Download]
ACL 13-51: CalWORKs Immunization And School Attendance Notices Of Action (NOAs) And Immunization Information (7/16/13)
New NOAs, ensuring that caretakers are advised whether the verification was not received or that the verification shows a problem, and listing good cause reasons to avoid the penalty. [Download]
ACL 13-59: CalWORKs Release Of Third Set Of Questions And Answers For SB 1041 CalWORKs Welfare-To-Work (WTW) Program Changes (7/11/13)
More burning questions about the CalWORKs overhaul, this one going into stopping (or not) the 24 month clock based on the WTW plan, some two parent issues and more. [Download]
ACIN I-33-13: CalWORKs: Posting Displacement Grievance Guidelines For Non-Union Employees At Worksites With WTW Participants (7/9/13)
Updated guidelines regarding the requirement for Counties to provide non-union employees with information about their rights to file displacement grievances. The grievance process is used to resolve complaints filed by nonunion employees who believe assignment of a WTW participant to community service, work experience, OJT, grant-based OJT, or subsidized employment violates any of the displacement provisions contained in MPP Section 42-720.1. Includes a discussion of what the required posting must include. [Download]