CalFresh / SNAP
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ACIN I-55-11: Compilation Of The Annual CalFresh Survey Of Operations And Access – Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-10 (9/16/11)
Read how the state, as a whole, and your individual county, is doing on food benefits access. [Download]
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ACIN I-54-11: CalFresh Outreach (8/31/11)
A reminder of the importance of Outreach, and that counties can use SNAP admin funds to do it. Of interest, an included example is the translation of materials and encouraging counties to continue fostering relations with community organizations. …
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ACIN I-14-11E and 1-14-11: Application Processing Time Frame Requirements For The CalFresh And CalWORKs Programs (8/16/11)
The first letter clarified regular and emergency processing times; the Errata corrects the Expedited Services/CalFresh information. The notice also reminds counties that staff turnover and loss and workload increases don’t excuse late processing. The Errata focuses on…
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ACL 11-49: CalFresh Eligibility and Budgeting of Anticipated Unemployment Insurance Income (8/11/2011)
Shedding further light on what CDSS thinks the term “reasonably anticipated” means, this ACL explains when to use expected unemployment benefit income in prospective quarterly budgeting. That income is only “reasonably anticipated” and countable when a CalFresh recipient…
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ACIN I-46-11: Federal Fiscal Year 2012 Plan Template, Policy Guidelines and Allocations for Counties Participating in the CalFresh Employment and Training Program (8/9/2011)
By September 28 participating counties are required to submit their FFY 2012 plan for CalFresh Employment and Training (E&T) to the state or they risk having their share of E&T funding reallocated among those counties that do submit…
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ACL 10-32: Food Stamp Waiver For The Restoration Of Eligibility And Benefits (7/23/10)
The latest in the attempt to maximize food stamp participation. Instructions for restoring eligibility and benefits to Non-Assistance Food Stamp (NAFS) households within the month following termination without the need for a new application or an interview should…