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ACL 07-23: CalWORKs: COLA Increase To The Minimum Basic Standard Of Adequate Care (MBSAC) Levels (6/13/07)
That time of year again – the proposed state budget may not include a COLA to the grant, but at least there are COLA’s to the MBSAC. They are effective 7/1/07, and also affect the Refugee Cash Assistance…
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ACIN I-25-07: Disaster Unemployment Assistance Due To 1/07 Freeze In Food Stamp/CalWORKs (5/31/07)
EDD has extended the filing deadline for emergency UI to May 25th (after the date of this letter…). The Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) covers those who normally would not get UI (self-employed or exhausted benefits). The disaster counties…
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ACIN I-27-07: Employment Development Department Wage Data Requests (5/1/07)
A reminder to counties that they are NOT just to send applicants/recipients willy-nilly to EDD to apply for Unemployment Benefits. Since the EDD files are available on-line to county workers, they are required to check for potential eligibility…
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ACIN I-29-07: CalWORKs Maximum Family Grant (MFG) Requirement Reminder (5/5/07)
A much needed once-over of the MFG rules. The letter notes that counties must provide the CW 2102 MFG informing notice form at application and each subsequent annual redetermination. Failure to issue/get the form signed at an annual…
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ACIN I-24-07: Identifying Combat Zones Due To Deployment Of Military Personnel To A Combat Zone (5/11/07)
Good news/bad news. There are more FNS identified combat zones, but here is the list of them, so that the income of people posted to a zone is excluded for the Food Stamps program. [Download]
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Errata to ACL 06-34: Correction ACL 06-34, Hourly Task Guidelines Regulations For IHSS/PCSP/IPW Programs (5/4/07)
If you felt attached to Attachment B to ACL 06-34…. get over it! This Errata provides the correct Attachment, which pertains to Annotated Assessment Criteria. The goal was to improve clarity, consistency and correct the listing of specific…
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ACL 07-14: Changes To Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Program Federal Financial Participation and Rosales (4/27/07)
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) changed some administrative billing abilities for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, and confirms that the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has issued program instructions to carry out the DRA/court reversal of the…
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ACIN I-21-07: CalWORKs: Forms Changes Due To Changes In Homeless Assistance, Food Stamp Utility Allowance Deductions, Racial And Ethnic Data Collection, And Welfare To Work Sanctions (April 26, 2007)
Pretty self-explanatory title. Mostly notable because it impacts the FS calculation, and people should be getting the correct forms. [Download]
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ACIN I-18-07 Food Stamp Q & As (4/10/07)
Answers to questions such as whether you can budget the foster care income of a child on FS with the Foster Parent (as a boarder), to the parents if the child is returned home mid-quarter (no); eligibility for…
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ACIN I-19-07: Online Data Publication (4/12/07)
For those of you who have not poked around in CDSS data, here’s a good introduction! The CDSS Research and Development website now has postings required by AB 1808. Read all about how counties are doing on Pay…