First in a series of letters to implement SB 72 budget cuts. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACIN I-26-11: TANF Penalty For Failure To Meet Work Participation Rate Requirements In FFY 2009 (5/5/11)
The good news is that California, after appealing, got its Federal work participation fiscal years 2007 and 2008 reduced to zero. Bad news is – we failed again, by 2.2%, for the all-families rate. DSS has appealed, citing recession, disasters, our being one of the few states that doesn’t have full family sanctions, etc., and also has attached a survey to counties to allow individual counties to assert reasonable cause. [Download]
ACIN I-24-11: Notice Of Mass Mailing To All CalWORKs Households Regarding Some Of The Changes Enacted By Senate Bill (SB) 72 (4/22/11)
Notices that the counties are to send in May 2011, about the following changes: 8% MAP and child only grant cuts; 48 month time limit; changes to Welfare to Work exemptions (young children), and income disregard cut. The ACIN also includes the GEN 1365 multilingual notice which is to go out to all Non-English, Non-Spanish households until further translations are available. [Download]
ACL 11-36: CalWORKs Cal-Learn Program For Fiscal Year 2011-12 (4/21/11)
Another ACL implementing the budget cuts. This one explains the (hopefully temporary) demise of the Cal-Learn program. Pregnant and parenting teens will still be required to get their HSD or GED, and will get bonuses, but are now rolled into welfare to work. No more case management, and WTW instead of Cal-Learn sanctions. [Download]
ACL 10-43E: Correction To ACL 10-43 End of TANF Emergency Contingency Funds Program And Resumption Of AB 98 Provisions (4/18/11)
An Errata to correct information regarding third-party funding for subsidized employment programs. Question 6 incorrectly stated that “in-kind” contributions are allowable for third party funding of wage subsidies. The correct answer is “more robust”: They are permissible IF there is a written agreement with the source of third-party funds, indicating the third party is aware of and agrees to allow the state to count the contribution of funds toward the state’s Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirement, and that the 3rd party’s contribution is not funded through federal funds or through funds that are used or will be used to satisfy a cost-sharing or matching requirement of another federal programs. Phew! [Download]
ACL 11-38: CalWORKs Child Care Program Budget Changes (4/19/11)
Implementing more budget bad news: Instructions for the reduction in payment ceiling for license exempt care, and the elimination for coverage for 11-12 year olds, with limited exceptions. Regional market rates are frozed at the 2005 level, and the state median income rate will remain at the 2007-8 level. [Download]