Only time will tell if this latest automation step will help or hurt, but read how child support wage assignment payments will now all go to the State Disbursement unit (SDU) instead of to the local child support agency or the custodial parent. This change is intended to correct the problem of the employer sending the payment to the local county, when the non-custodial parent (NCP) actually owed support to more than one household, especially when the children lived in different counties. This may impact the CalWORKs 60 month time limit (for better or worse) as disbursements get distributed to all the NCP’s children subject to a collection order. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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Home Visits by Fraud investigators
The 9th circuit upheld home visits to public aid applicants, conducted by fraud investigators, including searches of visible areas, and closed areas based on “consent.” [Download]
ACIN I-72-06 – Federal Fiscal Year 2006, 15% Exemption Allocations For Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) (September 22, 2006)
Listing the number of exemptions per county, plus which counties have waivers for what period of time. A reminder that if counties are under an ABAWD waiver (they don’t limit FS recipients to 3 in 36 months), they are not to use the exempitons, which (duh) are for those counties that apply the ABAWD rule. [Download]
ACL 06-41 – CalWORKs Income Reporting Threshold (IRT) For Quarterly Reporting (September 22, 2006)
Here’s the IRT chart effective October 1, 2006, and a review, for those still trying to get a handle on Quarterly Reporting rules, on what the heck IRT is and when you report it (mid-quarter) and based on what income (all for everyone, including sanctioned and excluded, unless it’s completely unearned income). Phew. [Download]
ACL 06-38 – State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2006-2007 County Allocation for the Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP) and the Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus)
CDSS and the County Welfare Director’s Association issued this transmittal to provide counties participating in the THPP and THP-Plus with their allocation for state fiscal year 2006-2007. THPP is a community care licensed placement opportunity for youth age 16 to 18 years currently in the foster care system. THP-Plus is a certified placement opportunity for youth age 18-24 years who have emancipated from foster care. Most of the nearly $7 million (approximately $4.5 million) will go to counties already participating in the THP-Plus program. The letter spells out the remainder of the funding hierachy and guides counties regarding the fiscal claiming process. [Download]
ACL 06-37 – EBT Support Services for the Disaster Food Stamp Program (September 12, 2006)
Information to help counties “evaluate the needs for benefit issuance in the event of a disaster.” Learn about such things as pre-embossed disaster EBT cards, EBT “interface systems” (with the scar reminder that they may require “priority modifications” to the counties’ eligibility systems). This 27 page letter also reviews which agencies do what, and how to trigger Disaster Food Stamps. [Download]