No COLA to food stamps (since the ARRA put the allotments over the COLA amount). Homeless shelter deduction, SUA and telephone deductions remain unchanged, but the new rates for the standard and the LUA deduction are listed. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACIN I-59-09: CAPI Payment Standards Effective 11/1/09 (8/21/09)
To parallel the recent cuts in SSI, this letter announces the CAPI cuts. Rates and how to coordinate SSI/CAPI couple payments included. [Download]
ACL 09-31: Safety And Risk Assessments (8/17/09)
in 2007, the state funded implementation of a Standardized Safety Assessment tool in all 58 counties. (This was to address an indentified problem of lack of consistent safety, risk and needs assessments to child welfare cases.) This letter is the reminder to and guidance how to use the tool and to clarify the requirement for written assessments throughout the life of a child welfare case. [Download]
ACIN I-54-09: Food Stamp Q&As (8/18/09)
A potpourri of questions, including collection of UI’s against excluded household members (ok, but not if excluded because of SSI); not being allowed to do a tax intercept when the FS allotment is being reduced to collect OIs; noncitizens immediately eligible for FS without a waiting period; treatment of Foster Care transitional housing funds; exclusion and budgeting of Vet’s education income, replacement and separate household status, and more. Further notes that eligibility for expedited FS is based on prospective income – if that income is less than need for rent/utilities, the person is eligible for ES-FS – averaged income is only used to determine amount of benefits. [Download]
ACIN I-58-09: Food Stamp Clarification Of The ARRA Overissuance Qs and A’s (8/13/2009)
The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act (ARRA) supplement cannot be the basis of an overissuance. This Notice reviews using the allotment charts from 2008 (pre-ARRA increase) to determine the amount of overissuance, and answers several budgeting questions. [Download]
ACIN I-60-09: CalWORKs) Domestic Abuse Issues With Regard To Intercounty Transfers (8/24/09)
Information on Domestic Violence waivers when the recipient transfers to another county. The notice reviews the basis for granting a DV waiver, the need for secure and confidential information, and includes a form to provide authorization (or not) to transfer DV information to any new county. Reviews provision of referrals, and that the DV waiver from the “sending” county remains in effect during the 30 day transfer period, and thereafter continued if it continues to meets the recipient’s needs. Any prospective modification must be consistent with the DV waiver legal standards and the individual’s needs, according to county criteria. Any change must be via a Notice of Action.
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