Clarification of some terms for the new Work Participation reporting. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalWORKs
ACIN I-21-12: CalWORKs and CalFresh: – Mid-Quarter Change When Child Moves to A New Assistance Unit/Household (4/23/12)
A review of what to do when a family applies for cash aid or CalFresh benefits for a child who is currently aided in another assistance unit. The ACIN reminds counties to be prompt in determination of eligibility, and how/when it can cut aid mid-quarter. Includes a DV warning about false claims. If the 10-day notice period is fast approaching (e.g. it is the 18th or 19th of the month) counties should do everything possible to complete the determination of care and control so the new caretaker relative does not have to wait an additional month before s/he can begin receiving aid for the child in their care. [Download]
ACL 12-15: CalWORKs: Guidelines Regarding Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage For Participants In Subsidized Employment Programs (4/23/12)
The increased interest in (and offering of) subsidized employment (SE), given the multiple entities that can be involved in placing, employing, and compensating SE participants, has led to a key question: Who is responsible for worker’s comp? This letter reviews who is the “employer” responsible. [Download]
ACIN I-17-12: Work Participation Rate (WPR) Validation Review Plan For FFY 2010 Cases (4/5/12)
As California enters its 2nd WPR validation, here is the current plan for WPR data validation reviews and answers commonly asked questions about the review process. [Download]
ACIN I-11-12: CalWORKs: New Regulation Clarifying The Exclusion Of Adoption Assistance Program Payments As Income (3/23/12)
Notice of the promulgation of regulations pursuant to Cadaret v. Wagner, to specifically list Adoption Assistance payments as excluded income. DSS had issued an ACL in 1990, but since no one could find it, counties didn’t have the right information. Now they do. [Download]
ACWDL 12-3: Six New Aid Codes To Identify Assembly Bill 12 Non-Minor Dependents in the Foster Care, Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program, CalWORKs, and Adoption Assistance Program
More Medi-Cal aid codes! These new codes will identify dependents age 18 through 21, who qualify for the current Foster Care (FC), Kin-GAP, CalWORKs, and Adoptions Assistance Program (AAP), who meet certain criteria under AB 12 to continue to receive extended benefits starting January 1, 2012.
Effective April 1, 2012, counties must begin using the new aid codes (43, 49, 07, 4N, 4S, and 4W). Until then, counties must perform a MEDS transaction maintain eligibility for these beneficiaries. Download