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Income reporting threshold charts for CalWORKs
CalWORKs assistance units, under both semi-annual reporting and annual reporting (child only) rules, are only required to report certain changes between reporting deadlines. An increase in income to the income reporting threshold (IRT) is one change that must…
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Federal judge halts implementation of new IHSS overtime rules
On January 14, 2015, Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia issued a ruling vacating the U.S. Department of Labor’s revised companionship services definition scheduled to take effect the following day. In response, CDSS…
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Retroactive disability determinations and CalWORKs
Medical documentation of disabling conditions that render a recipient exempt from work activity under CalWORKs rules can sometimes be delayed until after recipients have been on aid for several months. Counties must provide the CalWORKs Exemption Request form…
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When time is running out on the 24-month clock in CalWORKs
Updating instructions offered in early 2014 in ACL 14-09, CDSS has provided further guidance regarding extensions of the relatively new welfare to work 24-month time clock for CalWORKs recipients in three all county letters. Recipients who still have time…
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Maximum asset limits in CalWORKs adjusted
Bringing CalFresh and CalWORKs rules into alignment, CalWORKs families can have $250 more in assets effective October 2014. The new maximum asset amount is $2,250 for most assistance units and $3,250 for assistance units that include a person who is…
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CDSS instructs counties on Social Security process
CalWORKs eligibility rules require applicants and recipients to seek and accept potentially available income, such as other public benefits. Due to a lack of understanding regarding the Social Security and SSI disability determination and appeals processes, some counties have…
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IHSS provider enrollment orientation rules change next month
Beginning April 1, 2015, prospective IHSS providers must attend an in-person provider enrollment orientation that includes training and materials detailing the applicable federal and state minimum wage, overtime, travel time and wait time laws. Counties must provide the…
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New IHSS time sheet and reimbursement processes implemented
IHSS providers who provide services to different recipients at different locations on the same workday are now eligible to be paid for up to 7 hours of travel time per work week in accordance with Welf. & Inst.…
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2015 child care reimbursement rates for CalWORKs
Effective January 1, 2015, CDSS issued new regional market rate ceilings, or caps on the amount child care providers can be reimbursed for subsidized childcare under CalWORKs Stage One child care. The changes increased the reimbursement rate for…
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New CalWORKs immunization good cause request form in use beginning this month
Coincidentally, given the recent outbreaks of measles and whooping cough in California, CDSS recently issued a revised form for CalWORKs recipient families who seek a good cause exception to the child immunization requirements. As of March 1, 2015,…