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New NA Back 9 form
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a revised version of the NA Back 9 form, which is the form on the back of every Notice of Action for a CDSS administered program about hearing rights…
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CalFresh benefits in case of government shutdown
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has commited to pay CalFresh benefits in advance for October, 2023. This means benefits for October, 2023 will be committed to be paid in September, 2023. As a result, CalFresh benefits…
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CalFresh mass replacement for Northern California power outages
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved mass replacement of CalFresh benefits for area impacted by public outages in Northern California in August, 2023. Based on USDA’s approval, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will…
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CalWORKs Income Reporting Threshold for Fiscal Year 2024
Effective October 1, 2023, new CalWORKs Income Reporting Threshold (IRT) will be effective. The new IRT amounts are in a chart attached to this ACL. Income over the IRT amount must be reported mid-period, that is, when it…
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Increase in CalWORKs Maximum Aid Payment
Effective October 1, 2023, the CalWORKs Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) will increase by 3.6%. In addition, the 10% MAP increase that was scheduled to end on September 30, 2023 will continue. The 3.6% increase in the MAP may…
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Increase in CalWORKs resource limit
Effective January 1, 2024, the CalWORKs resource limit for applicants and recipients will increase to $11,634 or $17,452 for assistance units that include at least one member who is age 60 or older, or disabled. This is a…
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Waivers and flexibilities for application for RCA, ECA, TCVAP and RSS
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding waivers and flexibilities that apply to Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Entrant Cash Assistance (ECA), Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP), Refugee Support Services (RSS), and RSS…
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CalFresh waivers of 10-day requirement to report food loss
CalFresh recipients who lose food because of a power outage have 10 days to ask for replacement of the food they purchased. The Food and Nutrition Service has approved a waiver of the 10-day time frame to request…
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General overview of Refugee Cash Assistance and Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program
California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a general overview of the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program and Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP). RCA is a federally-funded, 12-month cash assistance program available for non-citizen populations…
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Change to CalFresh treatment of Guaranteed Income
Effective immediately, Guarantee Income (GI) payments that have any amount of non-government funding and are exempt from being considered as income for CalWORKs are also not counted as income for CalFresh. This means that CalFresh GI exemptions are…