Want to make your client’s life easier? The state has a revised optional “receipt for documents” form out on line. Keep some copies in your lobby, so when your clients arrive with their paperwork, they can just have this stamped. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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HUD Litigation Handbook Directive 1530.1, REV-5 – May 18, 2004
This revised handbook describes in detail the responsibilities of the HUD Office of General Counsel for handling and monitoring litigation (not administrative proceedings) in which HUD or a HUD official is a party and also when a Department-funded entity such as a Public Housing Authority is a party. It may serve as a useful tool in understanding the HUD OGC hierarchy and why HUD OGC responds as it does when you sue the agency. [Download]
No. 04-168
A reminder to teen parents about continuing aid on the caretaker’s case or independently. (Oddly, this 2003 form is just being transmitted now.) [Download]
ACL 04-167 English/Spanish CalWORKs and Welfare To Work Time Limit Exemption Determination
For those nerds out there: There’s a new English/Spanish CalWORKs and Welfare To Work Time Limit Exemption Determination form out. No substitutes permitted; counties are to destroy old stock. [Download]
ACIN I-36-04 – Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program And Entrant Cash Assistance (June 4, 2004)
Clarifies Cuban/Haitians who are eligible for cash-aid, as those: (1) with parole status pending or granted any other special status subsequently established, regardless of the status of the individual at the time assistance or services are provided; (2) paroled into the United States and have not acquired any other status; (3) subject of removal, deportation or exclusion, but who do not have a final order; or (4) have a pending asylum application. (No. 4 is a biggie, as asylum applicants are normally not eligible for CalWORKs.) [Download]
ACIN I-38-04 – CalWORKs Welfare-To-Work Inter-County Transfers (ICT) (6/4/04)
The long-awaited for, but not so pleasant guidelines from the state on developing and approving WTW plans and providing supportive services to CalWORKs recipients who move from one county to another. “CDSS encourages counties to make every effort to help the individual make a smooth and expeditious transition …” The “receiving” (new) County is, within the 30-day ITC period, to establish a CalWORKs WTW case and ensure participation. During this time, the county “can” do an assessment, and review the previous CalWORKs WTW plan, if one was completed, and determine that plan remains appropriate, given the labor market and available resources in the “new” county. If so, the county should refer the individual to that activity, “when feasible.” If a specific activity is appropriate, but not available, the county should refer the individual to a “comparable activity.” If the old plan is no longer appropriate, the county must determine the appropriate WTW activity and amend the plan. Continuation in the original welfare to work plan is specifically stated as being solely within the county’s discretion. The ACIN sets out some considerations, though to guide this discretion, including items not found in the statute or regs, such as whether “the training location is within the norm of how far other people in the same county customarily travel for training or for work,” whether the individual complied with the requirements of his or her current program “in a manner that leads the county to believe that he or she will successfully complete the program,” and whether the individual will be able to complete the current activity within a reasonable period of time. The county should also determine the appropriate support services during the ITC period. [Download]