Last ones on file were from 2008. DSS is exercising its “single state agency” oversight authority by requesting new ones. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Foster Care
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
ACIN I-09-12: Foster Care Web-Based Training (2/9/12)
Information for county welfare departments, probation departments, and Title IV-E tribes of the availability of a new training resource. on how to make accurate eligibility determinations. [Download]
ACIN I-07-12: Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review (2/9/12)
Notice to counties of the federal FC audit that will happen in November. [Download]
ACIN I-58-11: Categorical Eligibility Of Children In Foster Care For School Nutrition Programs (2/7/12)
The law’s been around since 10/2010, and provides for categorical eligibility, without application, of Foster Children for free school meals. The only issue was that the educational setting needed documentation of state responsibility for the child. The state has developed a county-specific report that can be provided to school districts. [Download]
ACL 11-78E: CalWORKs: Extending Benefits To Non-Minor Dependents (1/24/12)
Not quite sure why an Errata was needed, but this points out that the forms attached to the original ACL should have been called “SOC” instead of “Share of Cost.” [Download]