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Extended Foster Care for trafficking victims
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions implementing AB 604 which allows continued eligibility for extended foster care if the court vacates the youth’s underlying adjudication because they were a victim of human trafficking. SB…
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Statute of Limitations for collection of CalFresh overissuances
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions implementing the settlement agreement in Brown and Espinosa-Tapia v. Lightbourne. Counties can now collect administrative error and inadvertent household error overissuances going back only three years from the…
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New Administrative Disqualification Hearing notices
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued new notices for Administrative Disqualification Hearings (ADH). Counties must investigate cases of alleged Intentional Program Violations and act upon appropriate cases either by referring them for criminal prosecution or…
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ABAWD time limit waiver
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions about waiver of the CalFresh Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependants (ABAWD) time limit. The federal government granted California a waiver of the ABAWD time limit for 55 of 58…
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Study time for SIPS
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions about counting study time for Welfare-to-Work (WTW) participants in a Self-Initiated Program (SIP). A SIP is an education program that the WTW participant was enrolled in at the…
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Increase in Temporary Homeless Assistance payment amount
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions implementing AB 1811 increase the temporary homeless assistance payment amount. Temporary homeless assistance pays for up to 16 days of temporary shelter while a family searches for permanent…
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CalFresh Employment & Training Counties Partnering with Social Enterprises
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance to County Welfare Departments (CWDs) regarding partnering with an employment social enterprise in the development of their county CalFresh Employment and Training (E&T) programs. The purpose of CalFresh…
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Transitional Nutrition Benefit Program
Transitional Nutrition Benefit Program The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions implementing the Transitional Nutrition Benefit (SNB) Program. TNB is part of the end of SSI cash-out. As a result of eligibility of previously excluded SSI/SSP…
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Supplemental Nutrition Benefit Program
The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions implementing the Supplemental Nutrition Benefit (SNB) Program. SNB is part of the end of SSI cash-out. As a result of eligibility of previously excluded SSI/SSP recipients, some households will…
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The end of SSI cash-out
The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions implementing the end of SSI cash-out. SSI/SSP recipients are ineligible for CalFresh. Instead, SSI/SSP recipients receive an extra $10 per month in SSP benefits. AB 1811 Sections 38-41 end…