It is expected that approximately 17,000 full-time and part-time workers will be hired as census takers in California beginning on April 1, 2009. Most workers will be working from four to ten weeks. While the income is not exempt, it can only be counted (for quarterly reporters) if reasonably anticipated. “The nature of these temporary part-time and full-time jobs is such that the income received will often be difficult to reasonably anticipate.” Any income received mid-quarter that does not exceed the Income Reporting Threshold, does not need to be reported until the next QR7 is due and may not affect the CalWORKs grant, if it is not expected to continue. All these rules also apply to RCA, and Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP) folks. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACIN I-38-09: Disaster Guidance Attachment (5/19/09)
This Notice transmit the new Disaster Guidance Attachment effective April 1, 2009. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created a 13.6 percent temporary increase in the food stamp benefit allotments. This increase also applies to the Disaster Food Stamp Program Income Eligibility Standards and Allotments that are effective April 1, 2009. [Download]
ACL 09-24: Modified Categorical Eligibility For The Food Stamp Program; Questions And Answers (5/27/09)
Would’ve been eligible for non-assistance Food Stamps (NAFS) “but for” your resources? You are now categorically eligible for Food Stamps if your household has a child under 18! Check out the new “categorical eligibility” program listed in this letter. Counties are to implement July 1, 2009 for the existing NAFS caseload and no later than January 1, 2010 for new FS applicants. All it takes is giving these families the “Family Planning – PUB 275” brochure. [Download]
ACIN I-35-09: Food Stamp Program Information Handout For Clients About The Increase In Food Stamp Benefits (4/30/09)
Transmits informational flyers developed by the FNS in English and Spanish for counties to use as a tool to help raise awareness of increased food stamp benefits, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Counties are encouraged , but not required, to use these handouts. [Download]
ACIN I-29-09: Mass Change Notice (Due to Change in the Food Conservation and Energy Act (May 1, 2009)
The mass change notice includes information about the elimination of the child care cap of $175/$200; exclusion of tax preferred savings for education and retirement accounts; loss of benefits in an inactive Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) account and usage of paper coupons ending on June 18, 2009. If counties use this notice, they must Prior to duplication, County Welfare Departments (CWDs) must ensure it contains the county-specific address that clients should use to send written state hearing requests. CWDs may opt instead to notify households via the news media or may post this information in certification offices, issuance locations or other sites frequented by certified households. [Download]
ACIN I-37-09: Handbook For Counties Not Offering A Food Stamp Employment And Training Program (5/8/09)
Counties not participating in the FSET program must submit data for inclusion in California’s statewide FSET plan. The non-FSET handbook consists of a template and instructions. [Download]