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ACL 04-30 – Regulations to Implement Quarterly Reporting (July 26, 2004)

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Effective July 1 (okay, so they weren’t issued until three weeks later), the QR regs are officially in place, with links in the ACL to the actual regs. What’s new since the ACL? A QR 7 report of a decrease of income shall be treated as a mid-quarter report (i.e. your bennies can go up), and any starting or increase in other income (like getting UI when you lose your job) doesn’t count till the next quarter; when seeing if adding a person to an AU/HH mid-quarter results in an increase in benefits, the county must use the AU/HH’s existing anticipated income, not recalculate it; when a change in exempt/non-exempt MAP status would occur under QR, and more! (Yes, Virginia, you DO need to read these.)

And while we’re at it: these regulations are open for public comment, due August 25th. [Download]

ACIN I-49-04 – CalWORKs Family Reunification (FR) Program (July 14, 2004)

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Although the Family Reunification (FR) regulations were effective in April, the notice is just going out now, the state having given up on writing Q & A’s to clarify the new policy for now. Counties must provide welfare-to-work (“WTW”) activities and supportive services to the parents of children in out-of-home care, via Child Welfare Services, if necessary for family reunification (“FR”). Of note:

• 18- or 24-month time limit does not apply to FR services.

• Sanctioned adults can still get FR WTW services.

• A CalWORKs assessment and WTW plan are required for any WTW activities and services separate and beyond those specified in the FR plan.

• CalWORKs WTW sanction provisions don’t apply to reunification parents if they are soley in an FR (vs. a WTW) plan.

• Time during which a sanctioned individual is a reunification parent counts toward meeting the CalWORKs minimum sanction period. [Download]

ACIN I-36-04 – Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program And Entrant Cash Assistance (June 4, 2004)

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Clarifies Cuban/Haitians who are eligible for cash-aid, as those: (1) with parole status pending or granted any other special status subsequently established, regardless of the status of the individual at the time assistance or services are provided; (2) paroled into the United States and have not acquired any other status; (3) subject of removal, deportation or exclusion, but who do not have a final order; or (4) have a pending asylum application. (No. 4 is a biggie, as asylum applicants are normally not eligible for CalWORKs.) [Download]