Information on upcoming materials related to the state “Community First Choice Option” program, which includes a requirement to provide voluntary training for IHSS recipients on how to manage their IHSS care providers. Although announcing the 15 new factsheets, they are not yet available (but will be “on or before” the end of May, with translated versions in Armenian, Spanish and Chinese, to be added by June 30, 2012.). The ACL also links to the new Recipient Handbook. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-69-11E: Child Abuse Prevention And Treatment Act Update And The Application And Allocations For The CBCAP (5/9/12)
Errata to correct heading and total on a chart. [Download]
ACL 12-23: CalWORKs) Program: Stopping Overpayment Collection From Certain Current Minors (5/10/12)
More information on policy changes regarding CalWORKs overpayment collections from minors. (A follow up to ACL 12-02.) This ACL
requires that CWDs terminate OP collections from another segment of the CalWORKs population. As of January 6, 2012, CWDs may no longer recoup prior OPs from any minor who becomes a member of a new Assistance Unit (AU) when the OP occurred while the minor was a member of the previous AU. That’s right – no collections from AU’s if the OP is following a minor!
This also includes stopping all current collection actions via grant adjustment or other collection methods and to prospectively forego pursuit of OP repayment from minors who moved from an overpaid AU to a new AU, including barring reduction of June 2012 grants for this population. More instructions about retros to follow. [Download]
ACIN I-25-12: 2010-11 Title XX Social Services Block Grant Post-Expenditure Report (5/4/12)
Notice that this report, summarizing Title XX expenditures (child welfare, child care, community licensing, etc), program responsibilities, and the populations served, is to be provided, upon request, to any interested public agency that may wish to provide its comments to Congress. [Download]
ACIN I-26-12: New EBT Benefit Type For The Trafficking And Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP) Cash Assistance Benefits (5/8/12)
County coding info for TCVAP folks (singles and families without children) so they can get cash aid. [Download]
ACIN I-23-12: Application Processing Timeliness Corrective Action Plan (CAP) (5/7/12)
Friendly reminder from the state of the importance of meeting the timely processing requirements for CalFresh applications. And that the failure to do so (at least 90% within timeframes) in two consecutive quarters, for either Expedited Service or 30-day normal application processing, will require a corrective action plan. The FNS requires the state rate to be 90%, or else the state must meet a 100% timely rate! We are at 81.8% right now. [Download]