ACL 09-23: Supplement To The Rate Requests For Dual Agency Aid To Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) And Adoption Assistance Program Children Quarterly Statistical Report (5/20/09)

SB 84 provided for supplementmental rates based on the extraordinary care and supervision needs of a dual agency (Regional Center and foster care) child. It also required various data reporting, not all of which can be collected via the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System. Voila! This letter transmits the new report to get this additional data: the “Supplement to the Rate Requests for Dual Agency AFDC/FC and AAP Children Quarterly Statistical Report (FC-AAP 84).” [Download]

ACIN I-35-09: Food Stamp Program Information Handout For Clients About The Increase In Food Stamp Benefits (4/30/09)

Transmits informational flyers developed by the FNS in English and Spanish for counties to use as a tool to help raise awareness of increased food stamp benefits, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Counties are encouraged , but not required, to use these handouts. [Download]

ACIN I-29-09: Mass Change Notice (Due to Change in the Food Conservation and Energy Act (May 1, 2009)

The mass change notice includes information about the elimination of the child care cap of $175/$200; exclusion of tax preferred savings for education and retirement accounts; loss of benefits in an inactive Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) account and usage of paper coupons ending on June 18, 2009. If counties use this notice, they must Prior to duplication, County Welfare Departments (CWDs) must ensure it contains the county-specific address that clients should use to send written state hearing requests. CWDs may opt instead to notify households via the news media or may post this information in certification offices, issuance locations or other sites frequented by certified households. [Download]