Notice of the invalidation of ACWDL 11-11. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACWDL 12-16: 2012 Tuberculosis Income Standard and Related Issues (4/5/12)
The updated 2012 income standards for this special eligiblity program. [Download]
ACL 13-01: Reengagement Of CalWORKs Short-Term Exempt Individuals In WTW Activities (12/28/12)
A “must read” for anyone doing CalWORKs welfare to work advocacy/assistance. The instructions of how/when to reengage those who were exempt for young children or no funding for support services, and when their new 24 months “clock” on the full range of WTW activities will start. [Download]
ACL 12-70: Educational Stability And Case Plan Assurances (12/7/12)
Instructions on implementing PL 110-351 and 112-34, which amended Title IV-E to require that the foster care case plan include a plan for ensuring the educational stability of the child. Each placement of the foster child is to take into account the appropriateness of the current educational setting and the proximity of the foster home placement to the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement. The county agency must assure that there is coordination with the appropriate Local Educational Agency (LEA) to ensure that the foster child remains in the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of each placement; or if remaining in such school is not in the best interest of the child, to provide immediate and appropriate enrollment in a new school, which includes submission of all educational records to the new school. [Download]
ACL 12-72 : CalWORKs SB 1041 Extension Of Short Term Changes And The New Young Child Exemption (12/20/12)
This is a meaty one, folks!
- Counties must continue to exempt all clients who qualify for the young child exemptions (children 12-23 months or 2 under 6) through December 31, 2012; if exempt by the end of the year, they remain exempt until the client is reengaged sometime after January 1, 2013. (More instructions to come on that!)
- The “no funding for support services” exemption ends 12/31/12, if there are no supportive services, it will be good cause, but the clock runinng. Counties must notify affected clients of this before the end of the year (and hopefully get them services!).
- Counties can continue to redirect mental health/substance abuse funds to WTW.
- There is a new once in a lifetime young child exemption for clients with children birth through 23 months, starting 1/1/13 – this is “off the clock” time; clients have discretion when to use this (cannot be automatically applied). The “new baby” exemptions that don’t stop the clock remain in place.
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ACL 12-71: Relative And Nonrelative Extended Family Member (NREFM) Assessment/Approval (12/14/12)
Implementation Of The Harris v Wagner lawsuit, involving due process for a relative or NREFM who is denied assessment or approval to provide foster care. People who are denied approval or found not to be a NREFM now have a right to a state fair hearing. The leter goes through the notices that must be issued, divided up into two time periods (12/1-17 and post 12/18/12); hearings will begin next year. [Download]