CAPI

Benefits eligibility for persons paroled as refugees

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The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions about benefits eligibility for persons paroled as refugees.  The immigration status paroled as a refugee is a category of parole that includes persons who enter the United States under the Central American Minors program and persons eligible for conditional entry, between February 1970 and April 1980 whose application for admission to the United States was denied because of an inadequate number of visas.

Persons paroled as refugees are eligible for Refugee Resettlement Program benefits, CalWORKs and CalFresh.  Persons paroled as refugees should be eligible for SSI after one year and are eligible for CAPI until they are eligible for SSI because they are considered permanent residents under color of law.  ACIN I-48-16 (June 29, 2016).

CAPI eligibility for citizens of free associated states

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The California Department of Social Services has issued a clarification that citizens of the free associated states of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia Palau are eligible for the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI).

Persons are eligible for CAPI if they are lawful immigrants who would have been eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits before August 22, 1996, the day the federal welfare reform law became effective.  Lawful immigrants who were eligible for SSI before August 22, 1996 include persons who qualify as Persons Residing Under Color Of Law (PRUCOL).

Citizens of the freely associated states are PRUCOL and are therefore eligible for CAPI.  ACL 16-33 (May 2, 2016).

ACL 14-55: Termination Of State Funding For Supplemental Security Income Advocacy Programs (SSIAP) For Cash Assistance For Immigrants (CAPI) (9/10/14)

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Announcing the demise of state funding reimbursement for SSI advocacy for CAPI folks to transition to SSI.  The funding was set to expire years ago, and was repeatedly extended, and intended to cover immigrants of age 65 or older, who entered the U.S. before August 22, 1996, and allege a disability.  [Download]

ACL 13-67: Final County Instructions For Implementation Of AB 2013, EBT Electronic Theft (8/30/13)

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Electronic theft occurs when a recipient (or authorized representative) has not lost physical possession of their EBT card and money is stolen from their EBT account electronically (skimming).  The CDSS protocol includes a reporting form, timelines for county review, instructions regarding when a referral for investigation is made, and notice of action language.  The programs covered by the protocol are: CalWORKs and all Welfare to Work supportive services, Refugee Cash Assistance, CAPI and county administered GA/GR) in counties that distribute GA/GR using EBT.   [Download]