Here’s the IRT chart for 2004. (This is the amount of income which triggers the mandatory CalWORKs mid-quarter income report). The ACL reminds counties they must send an informing notice that provides the IRT limits, individualized for each CalWORKs case, (1) at least once a quarter; (2) at redetermination/recertification; (3) anytime there are changes in the CalWORKs AU or Family MAP size; (4) when there is a change of persons who are required to report income; and (5) upon recipient request. And whenever the IRT chart is updated. In other words, constantly! [Download]

This officially transmits the regs, which have been effective since September 15, 2004. What’s new are the Q & A’s attached. Answers like “you must offer the LD screen to exempt adults if they volunteer, to those who are already working, and 16-17 year olds who lose their student exemption” and more. And yes, Virginia, you must provide a copy of the evaluation to the recipient. [Download]

Clarification on the good cause determination, compliance, sanctioning, and curing processes in for two-parent AU-families. No difference in the time frames and other general policies set out in the Sanctions ACL 03-59. The main zing comes from the statement that each parent must cure his or her own sanction, i.e. if the sanctioned parent was supposed to be participating for 35 hours per week, then that parent’s cure would be for 35 hours/week. (So you could wind up with a family doing 70 hours of participation!) Includes revised notices. [Download]

They’re all up, effective July 2004. [Download]

Per court order, CDSS must modify the rule for determining CalWORKs cash aid and eligibility for otherwise eligible 18-year-olds (and their parent/caretaker relatives) who are attending school full-time and are not expected to graduate by age 19 from high school or vocational school because of their disability. Counties are to immediately cease denying, discontinuing or reducing the cash aid for all otherwise eligible 18-year-olds (and their parent/caretaker relatives) who are attending school full-time and are not expected to graduate by age 19. Counties must also rescind the discontinuance of aid or grant reduction for an otherwise eligible 18-year-old (and their parent/caretaker relative) who is attending school full-time and is not reasonably expected to graduate from high school or vocational school by age 19, regardless of the reason between July 7, 2004, (the date of judgment entry) and the date the CWD implements this change, and to issue retroactive payments back to July 7, 2004. Stand by for an ACL in November defining “disability.” [Download]