Once again, California has qualified for a waiver of the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) work requirement. Effective October 1, 2010, the ABAWD requirement will be waived for all counties within California except for those counties that decline to participate. The Notice provides instructions for both groups. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACIN I-84-09E: Correction To Food Stamp Q&As (6/7/10)
Correction to the answer about “Severance Pay” to clarify the determination and treatment of vacation pay. [Download]
ACIN I-16-10: Public Charge (6/8/10)
Clarification regarding “public charge” for immigration purposes. The Notice includes a USCIS Fact Sheet, which provides general information and specifically states that Food Stamp benefits is not a “public cash assistance program for income maintenance,” that would trigger public charge considerations. After very helpful information about why immigrants fear seeking benefits, DSS encourages the counties to work with immigrant community partners to produce a county-developed flyer to better inform and reduce the potential of eligible households
not applying for food stamp benefits due to misinformation. The state also suggests counties share this information with noncitizen households at application and recertification to help alleviate the fear of being considered a “public charge” in the Food Stamp Program. [Download]
ACIN I-51-10: Food Stamp Program Waiver of Face-To-Face Interview (6/1/10)
A reminder about the benefits of waiving the face to face interview, with a link to the California Food Policy Advocates helpful webpage on this issue. [Download]
ACIN I-42-10: Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System (SFIS) Equipment And Software To Be Distributed Under The New SFIS Vendor Contract (5/5/10)
The schedule and what to expect as the new SFIS vendor distributes the new equipment. [Download]
ACL 10-18: FNS Census 2010 Demonstration Project-Exclusion Of Earned Income Of Temporary Census Employees (4/19/10)
Information and instructions regarding a Food Stamps demonstration project to exclude earned income from temporary employment in the 2010 Census. The Project is effective January 1, 2010. Counties are to begin excluding income earned by census takers retroactive to January 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010. The information in ACL 09-26 to treat census income as earned income in CalWorks, Refugee Cash Assistance, and the Trafficking and Crime Victims’ Assistance Program still applies. [Download]