More on the sanctions/good cause front. WTW 26 Good Cause Determination Form is out. (It’s a “recommended form,” but counties must have alternative with at least these reasons). [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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DHS ACL 03-52 – Questions and Answers on SB 87 Redetermination Process for all Discontinued SSI/SSP Beneficiaries as Ordered in Craig v. Bonta (November 14, 2003)
Provides questions and answers about implementation of the Craig v. Bonta order requiring counties to redetermine eligibility for Medi-Cal recipients when they lose SSI/SSP, instead of terminating their Medi-Cal. A chart is attached to the ACL that identifies each category of SSA discontinuance, codes and potential aid types, rules for each aid type (income, resources, immigration status), and other useful information to determine how a person discontinued from an SSA benefit can retain Medi-Cal. [Download]
DHS ACL 03-24 – SB 87 Redetermination Process for all Discontinued SSI/SSP Beneficiaries as Ordered in Craig v. Bonta (May 6, 2003).
The court in Craig v. Bonta ordered the three-step Medi-Cal redetermination process under SB 87 also applies to recipients that have been terminated due to loss of SSA benefits. Reviews the three-step process: (1) ex parte review; (2) direct contact; and (3) request for information form (MC 355). Provides timeline for implementing SB 87 determination process for backlogged cases and issues new aid codes for terminated Medi-Cal SSI recipients. [Download]
CalWORKs Sanctions Forms
ACL 03-66 – Several emergency regulations (i.e. immediately effective) are out, and are described in ACL 03-66
- Transitional Food Stamps (Reg Packet 1003-23) – Individuals and families losing public assistance eligibility remain on Food Stamps for 5 months at the last allotment level, without reapplying, unless terminated because moving out of state or for a sanction. The certification period is readjusted to the end of the 5 months, and the County is to send a timely notice regarding the need to reapply prior to ending the food stamps.
- Face-to-Face interview waiver (same as above) – Counties are now required to screen applicant families to see if they need a waiver of the face-to-face interview. (Before it used to be when requested by the family, who, of course, didn’t know they could get a waiver.) The county is to grant, as appropriate, for hardship, when the family can’t appoint an Authorized Representative to come in.
- New Vehicle rule (ACL 03-66; Reg Packet 1003-27) – The property resource for CalWORKs is now $3,000 for disabled households, as well as aged, and other Food Stamps car rules now apply and are reprinted in the CalWORKs regs. (AB 231, which would permit excluding a car altogether, requires separate federal approval prior to implementation.) [Download]