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DHS ACL 04-29 – CalWORKs Family Reunification Program (October 7, 2004)
Informs counties of the CalWORKs Family Reunification (FR) Program. FR cases are CalWORKs cases in which the children have been removed from the home and placed in out-of-home care by the county child welfare services agency. Under CalWORKs…
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DHS ACL 04-28 – New Camera-Ready Notices of Action and Transitional Medi-Cal Flyer (August 30, 2004)
Provides counties with copies of English and Spanish Notices of Action (NOAs) that were revised to reflect the requirements from Midyear Status Reporting, SB 87, and Sneede v. Kizer net nonexempt income determination. The Transitional Medi-Cal (TMC) flyer…
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DHS ACL 04-26 – Pregnancy Exemption for the Midyear Status Report (July 8, 2004)
Informs counties that all pregnant women are exempt from the MSR requirement (see ACL 03-41). To qualify for the exemption, pregnant women must report their pregnancy to the county eligibility worker. DHS plans to revise the MSR form…
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ACL 04-39 – CalWORKs Income Reporting Threshold (IRT) Chart (November 2, 2004)
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…
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ACL 04-48 – Final CalWORKs WTW Learning Disabilities Regulations (October 29, 2004)
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…
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DSS ACL 04-14 – Continuation of Medi-Cal Benefits in CalWORKs Intercounty Transfer Cases (April 14, 2004)
This is the companion letter to the DHS ACL [03-12] issued in February 2003. Provides instructions to counties to ensure Medi-Cal benefits continue for cases that are both discontinued from the CalWORKs Program and transferred to another county.…
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DHS ACL 04-08 – Disability Program Reminders to Assist in Reducing Case Errors and Overall Disability Case Processing Time (March 16, 2004)
Identifies and reminds counties and State Disability and Adult Program Division of the procedures for processing disability cases in the areas where errors occur most frequently. Reiterates that Presumptive Disability (PD) decisions allow certain applicants with severe medical…
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DHS ACL 04-06 – Mid-Year Status Report Implementation (March 2, 2004)
Provides Questions and Answers about implementation of the new Mid-Year Status Report (MSR) requirement. Addresses how counties should process the MSRs, which groups are exempt, and what timelines apply. Clarifies that no exempt beneficiaries (such as children, elderly,…
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DHS ACL 04-03 – Medicare-Approved Prescription Drug Discount Card Program (March 1, 2004)
Informs counties that the new Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 signed into law on December 8, 2003 will provide Medicare beneficiaries discounts on prescription drugs through a discount card program with a $600 annual…
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ACL 04-47 – CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work Two-Parent Sanction Procedures (October 27, 2004)
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…