Clarification on determining the number of Special Investigative Unit (SIU) investigators counties need to investigate suspected cases of fraud in CalWORKs, Food Stamps, and CalWORKs Stage One Child Care programs. The clarification is that the one investigator for every 1,000 CalWORKs case includes CalWORKs stage One child care, and that food stamps requires a fraud detection unit in areas where 5000 or more households participate in the program. The case starts as a CalWORKs child care case once a person is on CalWORKs. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-25-09: Income And Eligibility Verification Reports Transmittal Change (4/6/09)
Te Income and Eligibility System (IEVS) report transmittal process is going to change. Currently, the New Hire Registry System (NHR) and Integrated Fraud Detection (IFD) System reports are via automated file. In addition, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) currently provides printed reports to some counties. Effective May 31, 2009, CDSS will make the NHR and IFD information only in electronic format. Counties must choose between the option of using their automation consortium’s IFD and NHR solutions or receiving IFD and NHR information directly from CDSS as data files or print image files. Poor ole’ ISAWS counties must choose to receive data files or print image files. [Download]
ACIN I-24-09: Option to Modify County TANF Work Participation Rate E2Lite Sample Size (4/1/09)
Given the increased workloads, DSS is offering counties the option to change the sample size used to determine compliance with federal work participation rates, although maintaining the methodology. [Download]
ACL 09-19: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) And County Welfare Department Agencies Operating A Public Authority (4/2/09)
A state law change affects financial participation in wages and health benefits for IHSS Public Authority (PA) counties. It reduces the level of state participation in IHSS Individual Providers’ wages and health benefits, from $12.10 to $10.10 per hour, effective July 1, 2009. The ACIN describes the process for implementing this change, including that Counties must submit a Rate Change Request to reduce the wages and health benefits to the $10.10 state participation level no later than May 1, 2009. Counties which opt to remain above the $10.10 state participation level will have a different sharing ratio for the amounts over $10.10. [Download]
ACIN I-26-09: CAPI Payment Standards Effective July 1, 2009 (4/2/09)
A follow up to ACIN I-23-09 (May, 2009 standards). The Dept. of Finance has indicated that the additional 2.3 percent reduction provision will NOT be rescinded. As a result, effective July 1, 2009, the SSI/SSP payment standards will be reduced by 2.3 percent, with a concomitant reduction in the CAPI payment standards. The new CAPI payment standards chart is attached. [Download]
ACIN I-21-09: Q & A On Child Welfare Training Regulations (3/12/09)
Questions and Answers regarding the regulations issued via ACL No. 08-23 regarding the training and supervision requirements of child welfare workers, supervisors and parole/probation workers for Title IV-E wards.
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