Answers questions about anticipated and fluctuating income, verifying decrease or termination in income and the weekly/bi-weekly multipliers. Highlights: not counting SSI or UI income that is awarded but no started date indicated, budgeting $0 income if people indicate they “have no idea” about inconsistent income, and accepting an affidavit if unable to verify drop/stop in income. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACL 09-44:Change In File Format For Information Received From County Contractors (9/3/09)
Information for counties using “contractor mode to provide services to IHSS recipients. CDSS is finishing the design of the new Case Management, Information, and Payrolling System (CMIPS) II. When CMIPS II rolls out, county contractor providers will have to claim time worked in hours and minutes (HH:MM) rather than the current decimal (999.9) format. CMIPS II will be unable to convert the decimal format into hours and minutes, so counties will have to instruct their contractors to make this change to their invoices.[Download]
ACIN I-62-09:Inapplicability of ARRA Temporary Medi-Cal Assistance Increase for Public Authority Administrative Costs (9/3/09)
Information on the inapplicability of the temporary enhanced California’s Federal Medi-Cal Assistance Percentage (FMAP) (under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) for administrative expenses. As part of ARRA, a temporary increase to FMAP was enacted for Medicaid covered services. The enhanced FMAP does not apply to administrative costs. See if you can find the creative math in the letter.[Download]
ACIN I-61-09: Information on COLAs for Foods Stamps Allotments and Deductions (8/31/09)
No COLA to food stamps (since the ARRA put the allotments over the COLA amount). Homeless shelter deduction, SUA and telephone deductions remain unchanged, but the new rates for the standard and the LUA deduction are listed. [Download]
ACL 09-37: Instructions For Termination Of In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) For Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Enrolled In the Program Of All-Inclusive Care For The Elderly (PACE) (9/3/09)
Information on how to avoid duplication of IHSS services authorized by the county and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program. It lists a process for terminating IHSS for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who enroll in PACE. (PACE is an all-inclusive program, designed to coordinate and provide necessary preventive, primary, acute, long term care, social and rehabilitative services through one comprehensive program. It is only in 5 counties. There are no limits on the amount or duration of services.) Download]
ACIN I-59-09: CAPI Payment Standards Effective 11/1/09 (8/21/09)
To parallel the recent cuts in SSI, this letter announces the CAPI cuts. Rates and how to coordinate SSI/CAPI couple payments included. [Download]