Info on calculating fair market value/exclusions of non-exempt property, drug felonies, loans, and more. And, in the perverse world of benefits, if you save your own retirement funds (IRAs, Keoghs) they are not exempt, but if done through an employer (401(k) and 403(b) plans) they are. Go figure. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-89-06: Revised Family Fee Schedule (11/27/06)
This ACIN transmits the new family fee schedule for subsidized child care that will be effective 1/1/07. [Download]
ACIN I-85-06 – January 2007 COLA For CAPI (November 16, 2006)
Because the pass-through of the federal SSI COLA was reinstated effective January 1, 2007, the CAPI payment standards will also change at the same time. CAPI payments are based on the SSI/SSP payment standards, minus $10.00 for an individual and $20.00 for a couple. (The one exception is the Title XIX medical facility standard, which will not increase because there is no federal SSI COLA for this living arrangement.)
These changes also affect: In-kind Support and Maintenance, the allowances for Ineligible Children and Parent-to-child Deeming; the Sponsor’s Allocation in Alien Deeming, and the CAPI/SSI combo couple. Comes with a handy-dandy chart. [Download]
ACL 06-33 – Records Retention All County Letter (ACL) (October 30, 2006)
Time for the perennial reminder about record retention. This one includes information about maintaining records on the 60-month TANF limit, the 18-24 time limit on training. [Download]
ACIN I-80-06 – Social Security COLA – Effective December 1, 2006 (November 9, 2006)
It’s that time of year again. Social Security will be going up (3.3%) December 2006, which is payable in January 2007. This ACIN walks the counties through the applicant and recipient budgeting under the quarterly reporting (and for food stamps, change reporting) systems. [Download]
ACL 06-51 – CalWORKs: Retroactive COLA Increase To MBSAC Levels (November 3, 2006)
Ok, a tad late, but here it is. The Monthly Basic Standards of Aid and Care (MBSAC) and Income in Kind levels have gone up … 4 months ago! (The Maximum Aid Payment, unfortunately, remains frozen through June 2007.) So, ALL eligibility determinations since July need to use these new numbers. That’s right: the county needs to go back (that’s right, an actual case search) and figure out if they improperly denied cases for excess income, and issue retroactive benefits, as appropriate. [Download]