Attached is a chart which gives a listing of tax-preferred retirement savings vehicles which are now excluded as resources in the Food Stamp Program. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-08-09E: Correction To The ACIN Regarding The Compilation Of The Annual Food Stamp Program Survey Of Operations And Access Results (4/14/09)
Oops. This ACIN transmits the correct link to the final survey results re: Food Stamp Access. [Download]
ACIN I-30-09: Final WTW Regulations Regarding Durational Sanctions and County Plan Addendas (4/15/09)
ACL 09-21: Providers And Premium Assistance For COBRA Benefits And Extension Of COBRA Benefits For Older Or Long-Term Employees (4/16/09)
More American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 goodies. CDSS will not pay, and cannot claim reimbursement for the 65 percent COBRA subsidy under the federal law. For purposes of COBRA, the entity administering the health benefit, typically the county or an entity they delegate this to, such as the Public Authority (PA), will need to modify its current accounting procedures to include the COBRA claiming process. The ACL includes model notices to employees. [Download]
ACIN I-15-09: Individualized Education Plan (2/26/09)
W&I Code § 16010 requires that each child placed in foster care has an education record that includes the names and addresses of the child’s education providers, the child’s grade level performance, the child’s school record, and assurances that the child’s placement in foster care takes into account the proximity to the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of the placement.
This ACIN addresses how to report the percentage of children in foster care who have an Individual Family Services Plan or an IEP documented in the CWS/CMS Education Record. [Download]
ACL 09-20: CalWORKs: Grant Reduction; Suspension Of COLA To The Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) Levels; COLA Increase To The Minimum Basic Standard Of Adequate Care (MBSAC) Levels (4/8/09)
The state budget cut CalWORKs grants (both regions, exempt and non-exempt households). This ACL lists the new grant amounts, and reminds counties that this cut may result in higher Food stamps. The Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) COLA is suspended, but the Standard of Need (the MBSAC) goes up. All clients will get the attached stuff in a May mailing.
The cut also applies to Refugee Cash Assistance and the Trafficking/Crime Victims programs. [Download]