In yet another effort to boost former foster youth and non-minor dependent participation in CalFresh, DSS has issued a best practices review, to supplement ACL 09-25 and ACIN I-22-12. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACL 13-60: 2012 Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review Results And Findings (7/24/13)
Notice to counties of the upcoming federal review, a review of the prior errors and a note about promising practices. (California was in substantial compliance last go round.) [Download]
ACL 13-61: CalFresh Waiver To Send E-Notifications And View Notices Electronically (7/24/13)
Announcing that FNS has approved California’s waiver for e-notice, and implementation instructions. CalFresh sweeps in CalWORKs (which didn’t need a waiver), so the two main programs are now on board. Medi-Cal is seeking approval to join the party. Under this waiver, households can choose to get an electronic notification of official correspondence. The waiver will become effective once programmed by statewide automated welfare systems. (The notice tells you to go to a secure on-line account to view the actual notice.) CalFresh and CalWORKs clients may opt opt out and get traditional paper correspondence at any time. The instructions include what happens if the e-notice is not received/retrieved. [Download]
ACIN I-40-13: Release Of The CalWORKs MBSAC Region Two Table To Assign A Value to In-Kind Assistance Only To Determine Indigence In The CalFresh Program (7/15/13)
A note to counties that they can use the aid-in-kind charts for Region 2 to determine sponsor support, when the support is in-kind, to determine the amount of income through sponsor deeming and whether the indigency exemption applies. [Download]
ACL 13-51: CalWORKs Immunization And School Attendance Notices Of Action (NOAs) And Immunization Information (7/16/13)
New NOAs, ensuring that caretakers are advised whether the verification was not received or that the verification shows a problem, and listing good cause reasons to avoid the penalty. [Download]
ACL 13-52: CalWORKs New Young Child 48-Month Time Limit And WTW Participation Exemption Clarifying Guidance (7/16/13)
Q & A’s clarifying the new “once in a lifetime” young child (under 2) exemption. Includes topics such as sharing between parents, going on-off aid, changing your mind on using the exemption, etc. [Download]