Notice of the new Provider Orientation materials, developed after a stakeholders redesign. Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-04-12: Q & A Regarding Criminal Background Checks For IHSS Providers (1/24/12)
Answers to those burning questions. A ton of questions about Tier 1 and 2 crimes, as well as Provider Enrollment issues. The ACIN also includes a new notice, awkwardly entitled, “Notice to Provider of Provider Eligibility Acknowledgement of Receipt of Waiver,” a topic covered in the forms/notices portion of the ACIN. [Download]
ACL 12-08: Revised Process On Out-Of-State EBT Card Usage Reports (1/31/12)
In a case of TMI, CDSS issued this notice, revising the county EBT reporting requirements originally set out in ACL 10-44 . The counties are now only supposed to report cases that have had 100 percent of their cash transactions occurring out-of-state for 90 consecutive days or longer. (The state found that most cases timely discontinued and it was a waste of effort to check the list every 30 days.) [Download]
ACIN I-05-12: New Notice For Providers, Procedures And Processes In Case Management, Information, And Payrolling System (CMIPS) (1/27/12)
ACIN I-81-11: CalWORKs) Program: New Procedures To Request Eligibility Policy Interpretations (12/31/11)
To start automating CalWORKs Policy Interpretations (PI’s) , the State has rescinded instructions in ACIN I-35-10, and issued a new form (CW 2202W) and request guidelines. This ACIN does not apply to WTW PI’s, which are still governed by ACIN I-75-11. Automation systems consortia, Welfare Advocates, or ALJ’s can also use this form to submit questions, to calworkscountypirequest@dss.ca.gov. (This is an alternate avenue, and does not replace the WARRA process for advocates.) [Download]
ACL 12-04: Implementation Of SB 930 (1/26/12)
SB 930 eliminated several IHSS program requirements established under prior legislation. This letter implements the repeal of the provisions requiring finger images and assessments and on timesheets, and the bar on PO Boxes for IHSS providers. It also permits the release of state-level criminal offender record information (CORI) search responses to individuals determined ineligible to be IHSS providers based on CORI information. [Download]