CalFresh / SNAP
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CalFresh Expedited Service Entitlement and Application Timeframes
The California Department of Social Services has issued guidance for County Welfare Departments (CWDs) clarifying the timeframes for processing CalFresh applications and the circumstances when a household is entitled to expedited service (ES). All CalFresh applications must be…
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Advising CalFresh Work Registrants of Employment Services
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding a new federal requirement for County Welfare Departments to inform all CalFresh work registrants (individuals subject to the general CalFresh work requirements) with no earned income of…
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CalFresh Student Eligibility Handbook
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has released its CalFresh Student Eligibility Handbook. The Handbook provides guidance regarding student eligibility for CalFresh including definition of a student, income exclusions for students, exceptions from the general rule that…
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Social Security and SSI COLA
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive a 1.6% cost of living adjustment (COLA) effective January 1, 2020. The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions regarding how the COLA will impact CalWORKs and…
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Disaster CalFresh income limits
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued the Disaster CalFresh income limits for the period October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. Disaster CalFresh allows people living in federally declared disaster area who had not been…
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CalFresh disaster response notices and replacement methodology
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued new disaster response notices and an overview of the replacement benefit methodology. CDSS has issued a new CF 303 form to request replacement CalFresh benefits. When a food loss…
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CalFresh ABAWD Handbook 2.0
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued version 2.0 of the CalFresh Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Handbook. Federal law limits Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (CalFresh in California) benefits to 3 months in a 36 month…
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CalFresh ABAWD waiver
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding the new federal waiver of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Able Bodied Adults Without Dependants (ABAWD) time limit. The new waiver is effective September 1, 2019 through…
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Additions to Resource Family Approval program
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has provided information about additions to the Resource Family Approval (RFA) program made by AB 1930. The RFA program created a new approval process for foster family homes, relative and non-relative…
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CalFresh and CFAP ABAWD percentage exemptions
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has guidance regading percentage exemptions from the Able-bodied Adults Without Dependants (ABAWD) work rules and time limit for CalFresh and the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Federal law gives each state…