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ACIN I-49-09: Welfare To Work Best Practices Website (7/8/09)
The CalWORKs WTW Best Practices website is up and running. Also includes “promising practices” (the difference being whether there is data to support the success.) [Download]
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ACL 09-05E: Correction to ACL 09-05 Re: Registered Domestic Partners And Same-Sex Spouses (6/4/09)
The revisions were made to clarify that the date of the marriage, not the date a marriage license was issued, will determine whether the marriage is deemed valid for the purpose of CalWORKs eligibility determinations. This errata also…
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ACIN I-48-09: Order Affecting State Participation In-Home Supportive Services Provider Wages And Health Benefits (6/30/90)
This notice relays the injunction issued in Martinez v. Schwarzenegger. The proposed IHSS wages cut, from $12.10 per hour to $10.10 per hour, is stopped. [Download]
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ACL 09-25: Food Stamp Application Process For Youth Who Are “Aging Out” Of Foster Care (6/16/09)
Starting now, but no later than August 1, 2009, counties should essentially pre-file and pend food stamps applications for youth who are expected to “age out” of the foster care system. The letter describes transmitting an application during…
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ACIN I-46-09: Time-Eligibility For Refugee Cash Assistance And Entrant Cash Assistance Recipients (6/9/09)
Just letting the counties know that the state has improved automation to help cut folks off aid (to avoid overpayments). Programming changes made to the Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS) will provide an alert 90 days before the…
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ACL 09-22: CalWORKs): Impacts Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009 (6/3/09)
The ACL focuses on the impact to the CalWORKs program of four sections of the ARRA: (1) increased Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB) [counts as income]; (2) a one-time payment of $250 to recipients of Social Security, SSI, Railroad…
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ACL 09-26: CalWORKs And Food Stamp: Treatment Of 2010 United States Census Workers’ Income (6/4/09)
It is expected that approximately 17,000 full-time and part-time workers will be hired as census takers in California beginning on April 1, 2009. Most workers will be working from four to ten weeks. While the income is not…
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ACL 09-28: Indian Child Welfare Act And Adoptions – Forms, Processes, And Standards (6/4/09)
This letter rescinds ACL No. 06-05, which required the use of certain forms. It also clarifies how the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) requirements and the new Judicial Council forms, ICWA-010(A), ICWA-020, ICWA-030, and ICWA-030(A), impact adoption proceedings.…
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ACL 09-18: Revisions To Various Eligibility, Operational, Reporting, And Foster Parent Training Components of Intensive Treatment Foster Care Programs (6/3/009)
This letter is a summary of the new requirements from SB 1380 for intensive treatment foster care (ITFC) (youth who are emotionally disturbed, now to include youth with serious behavioral problems). The bill revises eligibility, operation, reporting, and…
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ACIN I-43-09: Social Services Available Under The U.S. Repatriation Program (6/3/09)
The ACIN reiterates what services are available for eligible recipients and clarify the responsibilities and roles of federal, state, and county governments under the U.S. Repatriation Program (Program), temporary assistance to U.S. citizens and their dependents who become…