Implementing more budget bad news: Instructions for the reduction in payment ceiling for license exempt care, and the elimination for coverage for 11-12 year olds, with limited exceptions. Regional market rates are frozed at the 2005 level, and the state median income rate will remain at the 2007-8 level. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
CalWORKs
ACL 11-34: CalWORKs Short-Term Changes Extension And Expansion Implementation Guidelines/Repeal Of Prior Policies-CalWORKs Long-Term Reforms (4/8/11)
The young child exemptions are continued; the long term “reforms” are repealed. In addition, counties have the option to extend the young child exemption to the adult caring for a 24-35 month old child. Additionally, counties can continue to force exemptions for “no funding for support services.” [Download]
ACL 11-32: CalWORKs Changes To Subsidized Employment (4/6/11)
The one silver lining in the budget cuts: This letter implements the changes to AB 98, which created CalWORKs subsidized jobs. The budget bill expanded the eligible population, increased the duration of qualifying job placements, and increased the maximum amount of funding. The new eligibles are those on sanction and who have timed out. The jobs are generally capped out at 6 months, but there is an option to extend them to 12 months total. Counties can also provide additional services, including case management, supportive services, or mental health and substance abuse services, under their job retention services plan. [Download]
ACL 11-29: CalWORKs: 8% Reduction To The MAP Levels, COLA Increase To The MBSAC Levels And Changes To The Earned Income Disregard Calculation (4/6/11)
The first of several ACL’s implementing the 2011 budget trailer bill Social Services cuts. This one reviews the all grants (all regions, exempt and non-exempt MAPs) grant cut and the reduction of the earned income disregard (the first disregard is cut from $225 to a maximum of $112 — the 50% disregard remaining in place). The new chart for the MBSAC (standard of need) is adjusted upwards for the COLA. [Download]
Educational Awards/Scholarships and Eligible Teens’ Exemption (comments were due by 1/14/04)
These emergency regulations exempt as income any awards or scholarships provided by a public or private entity to, or on behalf of, a CalWORKs child based on the child’s academic or extracurricular achievement or participation in a scholastic, educational, or extracurricular competition. It also exempts from welfare-to-work 16 and 17 year olds who graduated High School or obtained a GED, and who are enrolled or are planning to enroll in a post-secondary education, vocational, or technical school training program. [Download]