CalFresh / SNAP
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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…
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CalFresh Reinstatement of Benefits
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions regarding the approved extension of Food and Nutritional Services (FNS) waiver 2090046 which allows a household participating in CalFresh that has become ineligible for failure to complete semi-annual…
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New Treasury Offset Program Pre-Offset Warning Notices
The California Department of Social Services has issued updated Treasury Offset Program (TOP) and Franchise Tax Board pre-offset warning letters. These letters give notice of submission of a CalFresh overissuance debt to TOP and to the Franchise Tax…
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CalFresh waiver to combine reminder notice and notice of adverse action for periodic reporting
California has been granted a waiver which counties to continue to combine the reminder notice and the notice of adverse action for failure to complete semi-annual reporting. This notice is sent to clients when they do not submit…
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Criminal welfare fraud prosecution timeframe
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions implementing SB 360 regarding criminal prosecution for welfare fraud based on a match from the Income and Eligibility and Verification (IEVS) system. Counties must review and compare information…
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CalFresh student eligibility
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions implementing AB 214 regarding CalFresh student eligibility. The California Student Aid Commission must now provide written notice to Cal Grant A and B recipients of their potential eligibility…
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New CalFresh overissuances Notices of Action
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued new redesigned notices of action for CalFresh overissuances. The new notices are a change in form not content. The new forms are the result of a workgroup with assistance…
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Changes to CalFresh Restaurant Meals Program and Employment and Training Program
CDSS has issued instructions implementing SB 282, the Reducing Hunger Among Vulnerable Californians Act of 2017. CDSS must now issue an annual ACL providing a list of counties or regions participating in the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP), instructions…
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CalFresh policy regarding men and boys residing in domestic violence shelters
CDSS has issued a clarification regarding CalFresh policy about men and boys residing in domestic violence shelters. AB 2057 entitles domestic violence victims who reside in shelters to receive an additional allotment of CalFresh as a separate household. …
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Disaster CalFresh changes
CDSS has provided implementing instructions for changes to Disaster CalFresh (D-CalFresh) mandated by AB 607. CDSS and counties must now request to operate D-CalFresh when the President of the United States issues a major disaster declaration. The request…