This letter clarifies that the Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level Program (A&D FPL) follows the Medically Needy Rules, including all income deductions, allocations, and exemptions. It refers to ACWDL 00-57, which contains the A&D FPL financial eligibility form. [Download]

This letter has revisions to the effective date of the 2008 SSI/SSP cash grant levels. The SSP COLA increases originally scheduled for June 1, 2008, and then delayed to October 1, 2008, will not be going into effect on October 1, 2008. The ACWDL includes a revised chart showing the rates from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. The rate for an independently living couple where both are aged or disabled will remain at $1,524. [Download]

DSS anticipates that the statute authorizing the SSP COLA increase on October 1, 2008 will be repealed, so the COLA increase will not be implemented on October 1, 2008. Income limits for a couple on A&D FPL Medi-Cal will not be increased on October 1, 2008 as planned but will remain at $1524 through March 31, 2009. [Download]

DHCS will no longer mail out paper copies of new All County Welfare Director Letters or Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Information Letters. New ACWDLs and MEDILs will only be issued electonically and placed on the website at http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/medi-cal/eligibility/Pages/ACWDLbyyear.aspx. [Download]

Aid code 8X, the Child Health and Disability Prevention Gateway Healthy Families Program aid code, will be included on the county exception eligible report. This will stop the problem of a child indefinitely being on presumptive eligibility Medi-Cal even after the child has been determined Medi-Cal eligible. [Download]

The SSP COLA implementation date has been pushed back meaning budget calculation charts previously released by DHCS are no longer accurate. Updated budget calculation charts are attached to this ACWDL. [Download]