Budget cuts shrink the CDSS size, but at least they keep up with informing the public of who does what. At least the Eligibility Bureau! Here’s the latest list. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACL 04-04 – Q’s and A’s re: CalWORKs Ancillary Support Services (corrected letter, January 26, 2004)
At long last, another Q and A on support services, squeezed out just before CDSS terminated all advocate workgroups due to the budget. Carry this one around with you, as it goes over a lot of ground. Of note: Counties are reminded that they must explain what ancillary support services means, how to get ‘em, and the availability of advance payment. Capping, school supplies and financial aid, high cost items, disability accommodations, support services post 18-24 months, you name it, it’s here! [Download]
ACL 04-07 – Retroactive Child Care Final Regulations (March 5, 2004)
Remember that lovely bill that eliminated retroactive child care support services Stage One payments for CalWORKs subsidized child care? Well, the final regs are out, with some changes from the emergency regs that went into effect February 2nd. Counties are now “encouraged” to inform families orally of the availability of child care subsidies and required to provide the county’s child care request form upon request. (Bad news is the counties have 10 days, up from five, to process the child care requests.) [Download]
WTW 26 Good Cause Determination Form
More on the sanctions/good cause front. WTW 26 Good Cause Determination Form is out. (It’s a “recommended form,” but counties must have alternative with at least these reasons). [Download]
CalWORKs Sanctions Forms
Educational Awards/Scholarships and Eligible Teens’ Exemption (comments were due by 1/14/04)
These emergency regulations exempt as income any awards or scholarships provided by a public or private entity to, or on behalf of, a CalWORKs child based on the child’s academic or extracurricular achievement or participation in a scholastic, educational, or extracurricular competition. It also exempts from welfare-to-work 16 and 17 year olds who graduated High School or obtained a GED, and who are enrolled or are planning to enroll in a post-secondary education, vocational, or technical school training program. [Download]