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Changes to Social Security overpayment policies
The Social Security Administration has announced four changes to its policies about overpayments. Reducing the default withholding rate for overpayments from Social Security benefits from 100 percent of monthly benefits to 10 percent of monthly benefits. Shifting the…
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Changes to CalFresh Restaurant Meals Program
The CalFresh Restaurant Meals Program allows eligible household buy hot or prepared food at participating restaurants. Eligible CalFresh participants are adults age 60 or over and their spouses, people with disabilities and their spouses, and people experiencing homelessness.…
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Prepopulated SAR 7
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has developed a new SAR 7 semi-annual report form. Effective the date automation is complete, counties must provide the new SAR 7 form prepopulated to recipients of CalWORKs, CalFresh, California Food…
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Calculating CalFresh Overissuances
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding calculating CalFresh overissuances. This guidance supersedes ACL 15-95 for CalFresh overissuances. When determining the amount of a CalFresh overissuance, counties must recreate the circumstances of the case,…
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Changes to Social Security overpayment policies
The Social Security Administration has announced four changes to its policies about overpayments. Reducing the default withhold for overpayments from Social Security benefits from 100 percent of monthly benefits to 10 percent of monthly benefits. Shifting the burden…
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Change to SSI In Kind income rule for food
The Social Security Administration has published a final rule changing the In Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) rule. Currently, the ISM rule counts both food and shelter that a SSI recipient receives as unearned income that can reduce…
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Changes to the Bringing Families Home program
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding changes to the Bringing Families Home Program. Bringing Families Home provides financial assistance and housing support services to families receiving child welfare services, including tribal child welfare…
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Changes to the Home Safe program
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding changes to the Home Safe Program. Home Safe provides housing support services to older adults and dependent adults who are both at risk of homelessness, and who…
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Changes to the HDAP program
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding changes to the Housing and Disability Assistance Program (HDAP). HDAP provides housing support and disability benefits advocacy for people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of…
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Social Security benefits statements available online
Clients can now download their Social Security Benefits Statements for the past six years from their My Social Security account. A Benefit Statement shows the total amount of benefits a person received from Social Security in a calendar…