The annual list of California Tribal Reservations and Rancherias with unemployment rates of fifty percent or higher. Individuals living in these areas have a 60-month exemption. More notably, this notice reminds counties that CalWORKs applicants and recipients must be informed of all time limit requirements, including the process to claim exemptions , and must be provided information on their time on aid at specific intervals. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACIN I-54-09: Food Stamp Q&As (7/22/09)
Latest clarifications from DSS. Includes collections against excluded (non SSI) household members, prohibition on tax intercepts when allotment is reduced for OI’s; TFS reductions for departed HH member; non-citizen eligibility (with handy charts on immediate eligibility, eligibility with verification, and eligibility after 5 years); exclusion of Emancipation Funds as a resource; education benefits exclusion; and use of actual (not averaged quarterly) income to determine EFS eligibility. [Download]
ACIN I-49-09: Welfare To Work Best Practices Website (7/8/09)
The CalWORKs WTW Best Practices website is up and running. Also includes “promising practices” (the difference being whether there is data to support the success.) [Download]
ACL 09-05E: Correction to ACL 09-05 Re: Registered Domestic Partners And Same-Sex Spouses (6/4/09)
The revisions were made to clarify that the date of the marriage, not the date a marriage license was issued, will determine whether the marriage is deemed valid for the purpose of CalWORKs eligibility determinations. This errata also clarifies that same-sex spouses are to be treated as stepparents unless they are the natural or adoptive parent of their partner’s children. In addition, the language was changed to reflect the California Supreme Court’s Proposition 8 decision. [Download]
ACL 09-07: COBRA premium assistance exemption for CMSP (6/29/09)
Under ARRA eligible individuals will have their COBRA premiums reduced to 35% of the premium with the federal government paying the other 65%. CMSP will exempt the COBRA premium reduction or reimbursement as income or property for CMSP eligibility determinations. CMSP applicants/ beneficiaries need to provide proof of the start date of the premium assistance and the amount of assistance they are eligible for. [Download]
ACWDL 09-34: Medi-Cal eligibility division eligibility policy and regulation center pilot website (6/29/09)
DHCS launched a pilot website, E-PARC, that is intended to make searching ACWDLs easier and to be more effective for researching Medi-Cal eligibility policy. It is up and running, but not to be solely relied upon yet as it currently is displaying letters from only four subjects- Citizenship, Identity, Continuous Eligibility for Children and Mid-Year Status reporting. Anyone can access the website at www.e-parc.ca.gov. There is an evaluation survey on the website; surveys filled out in the month of July will be evaluated for the website enhancement work beginning in August. [Download]