Supplements ACL 07-29 and reminds CWDs of state requirements that CWDs provide clients and their ARs unrestricted access to non-privileged or non-confidential information in public assistance case records, and to clarify existing law and regulations pertaining to client access to their case files. Access is not limitedto cases in which a hearing is requested. Counties are reminded that they must provide information that is supportive of a claimant’s position. There is a discussion of what may (or may not) be privileged, and a recommendation to get guidance from county counsel. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACL 09-45: Foster Care , Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program And Adoption Assistance Program (9/30/09)
Budget bill implementation meets Child Welfare payments: AB 4 requires certain rates paid in the Foster Care Program decreased effective October 1, 2009. The state-approved foster care rates for out-of-home placements and Foster Care are provided in the letter. On the positive side, it also provides the new clothing supplemental payment information and that the infant supplement remains unchanged. [Download]
HUD 74 FR No. 166, p. 44285 – Refinement of Income and Rent Determination Requirements in Public and Assisted Housing Programs; Delay of Effective Date (8/25/09)
This action relates to the final rule revising HUD’s public and assisted housing program regulations to require that PHAs and owners of assisted housing use HUD’s Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system. The rule was to go into effect on September 30, 2009, after a prior delay. Now the effective date has been postponed once again to January 31, 2010. There was significant public comment on the final rule raising concerns about applicants’ and participants’ ability to obtain identifying documents required under EIV such as birth certificates and children’s social security numbers. The delay will give newly confirmed HUD officials an opportunity to review and consider these comments. [Download.]
PIH Notice 2009-22 – Over Subsidization in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (7/21/09)
This notice renews much of last year’s notice on the same subject, including the restrictions on approval of an extra bedroom for family caregivers and rotating caregivers. The notice includes a specific provision for seeking reasonable accommodation, a mechanism that advocates might use to seek exception such restrictions. [Download.]
PIH Notice 2009-39 Prohibition on Public Housing Agencies Charging Application Fees (9/25/09)
This notice reiterates HUD’s long-standing policy that public housing agencies may not charge application fees to households applying for admission to public housing or the Housing Choice Voucher Program. [Download.]
ACWDL 09-42: Medi-Cal Referrals and BCCTP –County Responsibilities (9/15/09)
Counties are responsible for referring Medi-Cal applicants and beneficiaries with breast cancer to BBCTP. If an applicant or beneficiary may be disabled she should be referred for a disability determination as well as referred to BCCTP. Beneficiaries losing Medi-Cal eligibility should not be cut off until a determination has been made by BCCTP. The letter lays out step by step the process counties are supposed to take in different situations. [Download]