County forms and instructions to determine cost-neutrality of subsidized employment. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalWORKs
ACIN I-03-12: CalWORKs County Policies And Procedures (1/17/12)
A reminder that all county discretionary policies must be in writing and sufficiently detailed, and to strive towards transparency by posting them on the county’s website. Comes with an attachment of the areas of discretion. [Download]
ACIN I-02-12: EBT Benefit Types For Ancillary/Work-Related Cash Benefits (1/17/12)
EBT can handle CalWORKs ancillary payments – this ACIN is notice of new codes to distinguish federal and state teen parent ancillaries. [Download]
ACL 11-82: CalWORKs) Program: Online Access To State Paternity Opportunity Program (POP) Data (12/28/11)
The Department of Child Support Services told DSS that information in the POP database is considered verification that legal paternity has been established for that child. DSS wisely concluded that referrals to the Local Child Support Agency for “paternity establishment only,” are not necessary once verification of the filed declaration has been received by the CWD. The rest of the letter describes who can and how to access the POP database. [Download]
ACL 12-02: CalWORKs Program: Overpayment Collection (1/6/12)
A little late for the holidays, and perhaps influenced by front page SF Chronicle coverage, but DSS has ordered the counties to immediately terminate all current collection actions against current adults or emancipated minors who were minors at the time the CalWORKs overpayment occurred. This means NO grant reduction, tax intercept or other collection methods, and to prospectively forego pursuit of repayment from these adults or emancipated minors. More info and regulations changes will be forthcoming. [Download]
ACL 11-88: CalWORKs IRT For Quarterly Reporting (12/30/11)
Latest chart of what triggers the reporting in this waning year of Quarterly…. [Download]