Ending the game of 21 questions, this ACL describes the duty to release the CORI search responses to people when CDSS takes an administrative action based on the CORI information, such as the denial of criminal exemptions for licensing. The affected individual must request the responses in writing, and the ACL lists all the information that is required in order to comply. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACWDL 07-20 – Information Privacy and Security Assessment- (October 19, 2007)
This ACWDL requires counties to assess their privacy and security practices and report that information to DHCS. This will allow the counties to have continued access to SSA’s data. [Download]
ACWDL 07-21 – January 2008 COLAs and Related Issues- (November 5, 2007)
The Title II COLA is going up by 2.3%; this ACWDL instructs counties on how to do the computations for interactions between the COLA and the new Medicare Part B premium (96.40) as well as the COLA and Pickle eligibility. [Download]
ACIN I-45-07: Food Stamp Benefits COLA Adjustments (8/23/07)
Announcing the annual Cost of Living changes to the Maximum Allotments, Standard Deduction, Shelter Deduction, Homeless Household Shelter Allowance, Standard Utility Allowance (SUA), Income Eligibility Standards. Includes an updated Food Stamp Tables Of Coupon Issuance chart. All changes effective October 1, 2007. [Download]
ACIN I-18-07 Food Stamp Q & As (4/10/07)
Answers to questions such as whether you can budget the foster care income of a child on FS with the Foster Parent (as a boarder), to the parents if the child is returned home mid-quarter (no); eligibility for folks with temporary residency who have applied to adjust (no), Transitional Food Stamps when someone leaves to join another food stamp household (weirdly, you remove the person from the unit, but NOT their income — the TFS household must reapply to get the income of the absent person excluded), a reminder about separate household status for elderly/disabled recipients unable to purchase/prepare food; and various “how do you treat” sources of income questions (“Gate money” money given to someone leaving jail/prison, Tribal per capita payments, Veteran’s Aid and Assistance payments, etc.
A key answer: If a person gets CalWORKs Immediate Need, they are categorically eligible for Food Stamps, even if the CalWORKs application is later denied. [Download]
ACIN I-19-07: Online Data Publication (4/12/07)
For those of you who have not poked around in CDSS data, here’s a good introduction! The CDSS Research and Development website now has postings required by AB 1808. Read all about how counties are doing on Pay for Performance measures (employment rates and cases with earned income) and various Work Participation measures. [Download]