A Q & A on the changes to the Homeless Assistance (HA) program to include homeless prevention. Covers such things as whether: the payment of rent arrearages counts as the “once in a lifetime” homelessness aid payment (yes), the HA program can pay the full rent arrearages in shared housing with non-CalWORKs members (no); payment of arrearages is required if it won’t prevent the eviction (no). The ACL also includes a discussion of extraordinary circumstances and financial hardship, giving some examples, but ultimately leaving this to the discretion of the county and their “reasonable assessment of the facts.” [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACIN I-91-06: Food Stamp Q & A (12/5/06)
Info on calculating fair market value/exclusions of non-exempt property, drug felonies, loans, and more. And, in the perverse world of benefits, if you save your own retirement funds (IRAs, Keoghs) they are not exempt, but if done through an employer (401(k) and 403(b) plans) they are. Go figure. [Download]
ACIN I-89-06: Revised Family Fee Schedule (11/27/06)
This ACIN transmits the new family fee schedule for subsidized child care that will be effective 1/1/07. [Download]
ACIN I-85-06 – January 2007 COLA For CAPI (November 16, 2006)
Because the pass-through of the federal SSI COLA was reinstated effective January 1, 2007, the CAPI payment standards will also change at the same time. CAPI payments are based on the SSI/SSP payment standards, minus $10.00 for an individual and $20.00 for a couple. (The one exception is the Title XIX medical facility standard, which will not increase because there is no federal SSI COLA for this living arrangement.)
These changes also affect: In-kind Support and Maintenance, the allowances for Ineligible Children and Parent-to-child Deeming; the Sponsor’s Allocation in Alien Deeming, and the CAPI/SSI combo couple. Comes with a handy-dandy chart. [Download]
ACL 06-33 – Records Retention All County Letter (ACL) (October 30, 2006)
Time for the perennial reminder about record retention. This one includes information about maintaining records on the 60-month TANF limit, the 18-24 time limit on training. [Download]
ACIN I-80-06 – Social Security COLA – Effective December 1, 2006 (November 9, 2006)
It’s that time of year again. Social Security will be going up (3.3%) December 2006, which is payable in January 2007. This ACIN walks the counties through the applicant and recipient budgeting under the quarterly reporting (and for food stamps, change reporting) systems. [Download]