A new form for federal Kin-GAP cases, to supplement the existing state form. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACL 11-33: CalWORKs Program: New 48th-Month Time Limit For CalWORKs Adults (4/29/11)
First in a series of letters to implement SB 72 budget cuts. [Download]
ACIN I-26-11: TANF Penalty For Failure To Meet Work Participation Rate Requirements In FFY 2009 (5/5/11)
The good news is that California, after appealing, got its Federal work participation fiscal years 2007 and 2008 reduced to zero. Bad news is – we failed again, by 2.2%, for the all-families rate. DSS has appealed, citing recession, disasters, our being one of the few states that doesn’t have full family sanctions, etc., and also has attached a survey to counties to allow individual counties to assert reasonable cause. [Download]
ACL 11-24: Duties And Responsibilities Of Adoption Service Providers (4/14/11)
Clarification on what one can do as an Adoption Services provider vis-a-vis the birth parents. Attorneys acting as an ASP may not provide services to the prospective adoptive parent(s), nor can an ASP who has completed a home-study of the prospective adoptive parent(s). The letter also lists when ASPs are required to provide services. [Download]
ACIN I-24-11: Notice Of Mass Mailing To All CalWORKs Households Regarding Some Of The Changes Enacted By Senate Bill (SB) 72 (4/22/11)
Notices that the counties are to send in May 2011, about the following changes: 8% MAP and child only grant cuts; 48 month time limit; changes to Welfare to Work exemptions (young children), and income disregard cut. The ACIN also includes the GEN 1365 multilingual notice which is to go out to all Non-English, Non-Spanish households until further translations are available. [Download]
ACL 11-36: CalWORKs Cal-Learn Program For Fiscal Year 2011-12 (4/21/11)
Another ACL implementing the budget cuts. This one explains the (hopefully temporary) demise of the Cal-Learn program. Pregnant and parenting teens will still be required to get their HSD or GED, and will get bonuses, but are now rolled into welfare to work. No more case management, and WTW instead of Cal-Learn sanctions. [Download]