Oops. In explaining that social security numbers are not needed for trafficking and other serious crimes, CDSS forgot to say that they are not needed for non-citizen domestic violence cases either. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-01-08: Changes To Use Of Federal Foster Care Funds (1/24/08)
Effective January 1, 2008, counties can use of federal Foster Care funds for children who are both foster care children and regional center clients. The county must document that the children have extraordinary and unusual special behavioral or medical needs that make them difficult to place, and get federal funds only when placed in for-profit group care facilities when no other comparable nonprofit facility exists that is willing to accept placement and capable of meeting the child’s needs. The county is limited to no more than five such children per county at any one time, and only for a maximum of 12 cumulative months, per child. [Download]
ACL 08-03: CAPI Conditional Benefits After Naturalization (1/5/08)
This ACL implements new law to bridge the gap between eligibility for CAPI as a non-citizen and the start of SSI payments. (CAPI used to end when the person naturalized.) W&IC section 18939.5 now provides a conditional continuation of CAPI until SSI starts, but only if many hoops are jumped through. The individual must: remains otherwise eligible; request conditional benefits (by filling out the mandatory Request for Conditional CAPI form (SOC 830) attached to the ACL); applies for SSI within 30 days of signing the SOC 830; and and fully cooperates in the application and appeal process of the Social Security Administration (SSA). If the person does not comply at any point with these requirements, s/he also certifies it’s an collectible overpayment. [Download]
ACL 08-04: New Regulations For Trustline Registry And Requirements For License-Exempt Child Care Providers (1/15/08)
Trustline regulations for families receiving CalWORKs Stage 1 child care will change. Effective February 1, a license-exempt provider is not eligible to be paid until the Trustline registration process has been completed, no matter how long the registration process takes. Once the provider has successfully completed registration, s/he is eligible for a maximum retroactive payment of up to 120 days. If the provider is not successful in getting registered on Trustline, the county will pay nothing for any services provided, and the CalWORKs family will be responsible for payments to the provider. (Grandparents, aunts and uncles continue to be exempt from the Trustline registration requirement.) [Download]
ACWDL 07-34: Medi-Cal Pre-Release Application Process for Wards in County Juvenile Facilities (1/2/08)
This ACWDL lays out the process county welfare departments need to follow to determine the Medi-Cal eligibility of youth prior to their release from county juvenile facilities, pursuant to SB 1469. Before a juvenile is released, the county juvenile facility provides the necessary information to determine the juvenile’s Medi-Cal eligibility to the county welfare department. The date of release is the date of eligibility. If the juvenile is eligible the county welfare department must supply the juvenile with a temporary paper Medi-Cal card that he or she can use immediately upon release. [Download]
ACL 07-49: New Federal Policy Guidelines Relating To The Foster Care Program (12/19/07)
HSS came out with new guidelines for temporary absences and linkage to the TANF program, are are implemented in California by this ACL. Full grants will be paid for brief absences of less than 14 days, after which the grant will be prorated. For linkage, eligibility criteria, including deprivation, must be met in the month of, but
prior to, the child’s removal from the home. The State may not establish the child’s
deprivation based on household circumstances that occur after a child’s removal. The parental deprivation which happened concurrent with or after the child’s removal cannot be used to satisfy deprivation requirements. [Download]