For counties challenged by the sampling process for calculating the work participation rate, this notice provides instructions on a less onerous method of sampling that still maintains the current all Families and Two-Parent sampling methodology. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-48-11: Instructions for the Annual Report for the Child Abuse Prevention Intervention and Treatment, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Promoting Safe and Stable Families; and County Children’s Trust Fund Programs
This notice informs counties that their annual reports on four child abuse prevention and related programs are due in mid-October and provides instructions on compiling those reports. [Download]
ACL 11-05E: Correction to Computation of Income for Households with an Elderly or Disabled Member and Treatment of Child Support Exclusion (8/12/2011)
When forms are printed in a typeface that nearly requires a magnifying glass to read, one has to expect a few typos and other errors might occur. Accordingly, the state issued this errata notice fixing the typos and correcting the QR 285B (removal of references to elderly and disabled households except for documentation of separate household status), DFA 285B (removal of reference to quarterly reporting and elderly and disabled households except for documentation of separate household status) and DFA 285D (removal of references to quarterly reporting) forms. The new forms also correct the treatment of court ordered child support payments, making them income exclusions with the 20 percent earned income deduction taken prior to the child support exclusion. [Download]
ACIN I-47-11: Title XX Social Services Block Grant Pre-Expenditure Report (8/11/2011)
With this notice, the state announces it has published its annual report to the federal Department of Health and Human services on expenditures, program responsibilities and populations to be served with Title XX Social Services block grant funds. The report is attached to this notice. [Download]
ACL 11-49: CalFresh Eligibility and Budgeting of Anticipated Unemployment Insurance Income (8/11/2011)
Shedding further light on what CDSS thinks the term “reasonably anticipated” means, this ACL explains when to use expected unemployment benefit income in prospective quarterly budgeting. That income is only “reasonably anticipated” and countable when a CalFresh recipient has (1) been formally notified, in writing, of a pending unemployment insurance benefit award, (2) when that benefit amount is known, and (3) the date of expected receipt is known. It also clarifies that an unemployment benefit award received mid-quarter that was not reasonably anticipated during budgeting will not create an over-issuance. [Download]
ACIN I-46-11: Federal Fiscal Year 2012 Plan Template, Policy Guidelines and Allocations for Counties Participating in the CalFresh Employment and Training Program (8/9/2011)
By September 28 participating counties are required to submit their FFY 2012 plan for CalFresh Employment and Training (E&T) to the state or they risk having their share of E&T funding reallocated among those counties that do submit a plan on time. This notice provides a “how to” guide for counties to develop programs that are consistent with CDSS policies and procedures. [Download]