Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead! Thanks to the budget bill, the SB 72 provisions to cut most child only grants was repealed. All notices are to be rescinded and any households affected given a supplemental payment. Although the CalWORKs budget will be recalculated, there will be no change (or overissuance) in CalFresh, due to the budgeting rules. The budget bill also did away with the county option to provide off-the-clock exemptions of caretakers of 24-35 months children. (The 12-23 month exemption remains in place.) [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACL 11-39: CalWORKs Program: New Incremental Grant Reductions (IGRs) For Certain Child-Only Cases (5/19/11)
This ACL acts as emergency regulations implementing the budget cuts regarding “child only” cases. The letter defines which cases are impacted, and the timing (61st, 73rd, and 85th months on aid, based on child on aid the longest) of the cuts, and noticing requirements. If NOAs cannot be issued by May 31, 2011, overpayments would be incurred for the month of July 2011. However, because those July overpayments will not be cost-effective to establish and recover, CWDs may forgo overpayment determinations and collection efforts. [Download]