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Resource Family Approval Hearing Procedures
CDSS has issued instructions about administrative hearings in the Resource Family Approval (RFA) program. RFA is a unified process for licensing foster family homes, approving relatives and non-relative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving adoptive…
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Changes to Treasury Offset Program
CDSS has issued instructions to counties regarding the change in federal law in the timeframe for referring debts to the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) from 180 days to 120 days. TOP allows federal debts to be submitted for…
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WTW Participation for Teens
CDSS has issued instructions about Welfare-to-Work (WTW) requirements for 16 and 17 year olds. WTW requirements apply to 16 and 17 year olds in two situations. First, non-parenting 16 and 17 year olds who either a school district…
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Public Charge and CalFresh
CDSS has transmitted a letter from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service stating that receipt of CalFresh or other programs that do not provide cash does not impact immigration status. The letter clarifies that applying for or…
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Social Security COLA Affect on CalWORKs and CalFresh
Effective December 30, 2016, recipients of benefits from the Social Security administration will receive a 0.3% cost of living increase in their Social Security benefits. CDSS has issued instructions counting the increase in Social Security benefits for CalWORKs…
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Restaurant Meals Program on College Campuses
CDSS has issued instructions about implementing AB 1747 (2015) regarding implementation of the CalFresh Restaurant Meals Program on college campuses. The Restaurant Meals Program allows elderly, disabled or homeless CalFresh households to use their benefits at participating restaurants.…
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CalWORKs Overpayments Based on Income or Household Composition Reporting
CDSS has instructions to counties about AB 2062 regarding overpayments based on income or household composition reporting. Effective January 1, 2017, counties cannot assess an overpayment in the month following a change in income over the income reporting…
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Telephone Interviews for CalWORKs
CDSS has issued instructions to counties about SB 947 which allows counties to do telephone interviews for CalWORKs effective January 1, 2017. Counties can choose whether to do telephone interviews for CalWORKs. A county that chooses to do…
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County Welfare Department Use of Consumer Credit Reports
NOTE — The section of this ACL regarding the Work Number being used in conjunction with, but not in lieu of, existing income and eligibility sources, is superseded by ACL 21-23. CDSS has issued instructions to counties about…