CalFresh / SNAP
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ACIN I-12-12: Annual CalFresh Survey of Operations and Access (2/23/12)
That time of year again. The survey, however, has been revised to include additional questions on Expedited Services (timing of questions), modified categorical eligibility, face-to-face interview waivers, call/change centers, on-line applications, and document imaging. This Notice goes over…
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ACL 12-09 : Revised CalFresh Monthly Caseload Movement Statistical Report (2/17/12)
New name, new form! Also includes data request for Inter-County transfers and restorations of aid, now that they’ve been happening for CalFresh. [Download]
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ACL 12-08: Revised Process On Out-Of-State EBT Card Usage Reports (1/31/12)
In a case of TMI, CDSS issued this notice, revising the county EBT reporting requirements originally set out in ACL 10-44 . The counties are now only supposed to report cases that have had 100 percent of their…
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ACIN I-80-11: Social Security COLA – Effective December 1, 2011 (12/13/11)
3.6% COLA increase in Social Security this last December…translates into the January budgeting information of the ACIN. [Download]
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ACL 12-06: Lopez v. Wagner Settlement Agreement (1/18/12)
Clarification and additional procedures for CalFresh Intentional Program Violations (IPVs) per the Lopez v. Wagner lawsuit. The settlement requires all the counties to list additional information to the disqualified household member along with a revised CalFresh Notice of…
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ACL 12-03: Passage Of Senate Bill 43 And Changes To The CalFresh Employment And Training Program (1/9/12)
Important changes for Non-Assistance CalFresh folks regarding the CalFresh Employment and Training program (CFET, formerly the FSET program.) SB 43 adds additional deferral criteria to which all E&T counties must adhere, irrespective of their existing deferral policies. By…
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ACIN I-73-11: CalFresh Trafficking Violations (12/15/11)
Information on how to “strengthen federal-state-local collaboration to pre-empt, detect and terminate the trafficking” of SNAP benefits, and a review of referral and investigation requirements, including that fraud requires intent. Of note: “CWDs should be aware of, and…
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ACL 11-83: Discontinuance Of The Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System (SFIS) Requirement For The CalFresh Program (12/6/11)
As of 1/1/12, no more finger-imaging for CalFresh applicants and recipients. This letter discusses the implementation of the changes, in particular the joint CalWORKs/CalFresh applications (CalWORKs will still require a finger-image, but it cannot be a basis for…
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ACIN I-45-11: Verification Requirements In CalFRESH (10/28/11)
An important ACIN, albeit posted tardily on the DSS website. This Notice reviews mandatory and optional verification requirements for CalFRESH, and includes a handy-dandy chart. [Download]
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ACIN I-62-11E: (COLAs): Maximum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Allotments, Standard Deduction, Shelter Deduction, Homeless Household Shelter Allowance, Standard Utility Allowance (SUA), Limited Utility Allowance (LUA), Income Eligibility Standards And CalFresh Tables Of Coupon Issuance, Increase In Resource Limit For Elderly/Disabled Households – Effective October 1, 2011 (11/18/11)
Lots of minor corrections, the most important of which is announcing that the 2010-11 rates will remain in place through September 2012. [Download]