CAPI

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]

ACIN I-47-12: CAPI Clarification Of The Indigence Exception Rules (11/27/12)

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A review of CAPI rules on sponsor deeming.  NOTE: These are NOT the same as the rules for CalFresh or CFAP.  Counties are told they can presume sponsor’s have more than 125% of poverty income and therefore are “available” for deeming, and the steps to take when an applicant states the sponsor’s whereabouts are unknown. This includes presuming that mail not returned as undeliverable means that the sponsor is ignoring the county and the county should then presume the person  is ineligible for the indigency exception.  [Download]