Assembly Bill 129 allowed children to be both dependents and delinquents in foster care. Counties must implement a protocol on how/when to make a recommendation for concurrent (DSS and Probation) jurisdiction. This ACIN has Q & A’s, including programmatic issues, such as how the foster care time frames are affected when the child moves between foster care and juvenile detention (they stay the same), same visit requirements, and more. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-33-06 – Access to Case Records and Use of Manual Workarounds (May 8, 2006)
Though intended to make everyone’s life easier, automation has posed many problems for counties, clients and advocates. This letter reminds counties that, regardless of what the automation system will allow, recipients and advocates must be permitted to review the entire case file, even if that means a “manual workaround.” If counties have folks review the entire file electronically, they must help show how to navigate the system. The alternative is printing out the entire file. And if the computer won’t let the worker comply with the law … manual workaround. This includes issuance of benefits and payment of Aid Paid Pending. [Download]
ACIN I-21-06 – Protective Supervision Form (April 4, 2006)
Back of the new “Quality Assurance Initiative,” the state was required to develop a standard form to get the appropriate certification for a person’s need for Protective Supervision. Here it is! Counties are to use the form at the initial assessment when the county worker identifies the potential need for Protective Supervision. If the doc fails to return the form, the county “shall make its determination of need based on the available evidence.” [Download]
ACIN I-28-06 – IHSS Q & A Regarding Eligibility and Assessment (April 11, 2006)
Fun stuff about the changes thanks to the “Plus Waiver” program (called “IHSS-IPW”). Things like “in how many waivers may a person participate” (one 1115, several 1915’s, but never more than one 1115), who stays in residual IHSS, and whether they get state Medi-Cal, issues regarding parental/spousal care providers. Of note: parents can work, but not full-time, to get paid through IHH-IPW, and protective supervision and respite care hours are permissible. [Download]
ACIN I-24-06 – Inter-County Transfers for CAPI (April 5, 2006)
You want it, you get it. At least if you are a county. By county request, the state has issued an Inter-County Transfer (ITC) coversheet form for the CAPI program. Along with the coversheet, a reminder that CAPI is a statewide program, so CAPI benefits should not be terminated for a recipient who moves within the state. [Download]
New CalWORKs Forms
New forms for your clients. A Request for a Welfare to Work Exemption (the 2186A) and a new Plan Rights and Responsibilities. Hopefully a little clearer than the prior forms.