Transmittal of the latest IRT chart. [Download]

Program instructions for implementing the expansion of CalWORKs subsidized employment programs through the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund (ECF). Counties can expand subsidized employment programs now, but access to TANF ECF funds for county programs is contingent upon federal approval, and counties would be on the hook if denied. The letter also provides instructions re: providing such positions to low-income needy families who have not previously been eligible for TANF. (Guidance for implementing new expanded basic assistance and nonrecurring short-term benefits under TANF ECF will be released under a separate All County Letter.)

States may be reimbursed up to 80 percent of increased TANF/TANF MOE spending in FFY 2009 and FFY 2010 on any of the following three categories:
1. Increased basic assistance expenditures, as long as there is an increased caseload
2. Increased expenditures for subsidized employment
3. Increased expenditures for non-recurring short-term benefits.

All expenditures related to operating a subsidized employment program, including the cost of overseeing the program, developing work sites, and providing training to participants, may be claimed. Includes a list of eligible populations. [Download]

Information on Domestic Violence waivers when the recipient transfers to another county. The notice reviews the basis for granting a DV waiver, the need for secure and confidential information, and includes a form to provide authorization (or not) to transfer DV information to any new county. Reviews provision of referrals, and that the DV waiver from the “sending” county remains in effect during the 30 day transfer period, and thereafter continued if it continues to meets the recipient’s needs. Any prospective modification must be consistent with the DV waiver legal standards and the individual’s needs, according to county criteria. Any change must be via a Notice of Action.
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A reminder of the appropriate procedures used when referring a CalWORKs applicant or recipient to apply for Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB). As part of the county’s duty to assist recipients, CWDs shall help applicants or recipients establishing their eligibility for UIB. In order to avoid useless referrals to EDD, counties are to review the EDD on-line, real-time UIB claims database for wage and claims information via the Income and Eligibility Verification System. In the (unlikely) event that the CWD does not have access to the internet, it can request an abstract of the wage and claim information, via form DE 8720, as described in ACIN I-27-07.

This notice also includes a form that can be used by the CWD to facilitate the referral to EDD. The form tells folks how to apply (and with what information) and a space to show how and when the application was filed. Upon receipt of this document, the applicant or recipient is deemed to have met this condition of eligibility. [Download]