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]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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.
ACL 06-09 – CalWORKs Emergency Welfare-To-Work (WTW) Regulations (April 18, 2006)
The emergency WTW regulations implementing SB 1104 and 68 regarding “universal engagement” and “core” work activities are now out and attached to this ACL. The ACL also includes the new forms, most importantly, the new WTW 2 welfare-to-work plan document. Note: counties are now told that they should get a new WTW 2 whenever there is a change within the existing activity (like a change in schedule). [Download]
ACL 06-03 – Workers’ Compensation and IHSS providers (March 10, 2006)
Skipping the gory details, “the changes in SB 899 affect every employee in the State of California.” One change involves Worker’s Comp (“WC”) “Return to Work” programs. This impacts some, but not all, IHSS providers, as some, but not all, receive employer (i.e. state) provided workers’ comp. The State must provide WC to IHSS providers in the Individual Provider (IP) and the County Contract Modes. Accordingly, the State shall provide Return-to-Work and Supplemental Job Displacement benefits for these two modes. In addition, the State shall be responsible for the requirements to offer modified/alternative work to an injured employee under the IP Mode. Those program benefits are also described in the ACIN. [Download]