CalWORKs
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Eligibility of Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parolees for federal and state benefits
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding eligibility of Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parolees for federal and state benefits. Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan refugees and asylees are eligible for CalWORKs, CalFresh, SSI,…
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Requirements for truncating Social Security Numbers
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding AB 499 (2020) that requires mailings from state agencies, which includes counties operating state and federal programs on behalf of CDSS, to only include the last four…
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County requests for approval of exemption of Guaranteed Income project income for CalWorks and CalFresh
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a notice to describe how counties with Guaranteed Income (GI) projects can request that their programs be approved as CalWORKs GI Projects and therefore not be counted as income…
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AB 2300 changes to sanctions, exemptions and good cause and counting of Paid Family Leave
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) informs counties of changes in sanctions, exemptions, good cause, and counting of Paid Family Leave. For CalWORKs, the first $225, and then one-half of remaining disability-based income is disregarded. Effective October…
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Welfare-to-Work during COVID-19 pandemic recovery
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding Welfare-to-Work during recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Counties currently can grant blanket good cause, that is, not requiring anyone to participate in Welfare-to-Work, because of COVID-19. The…
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CalWORKs and winter storm disaster
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a reminder about policy for processing CalWORKs cases for victims and evacuees of state and/or federally declared disasters. Because of the winter storms, Governor Newsom issued statewide Emergency Proclamations…
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Potential Intentional Program Violation policy
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a policy about potential Intentiional Program Violations (IPVs). Counties can only establish nonfraudulent CalWORKs overpayments and CalFresh overissuances for two years prior to the date of discovery. Any benefits…
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Time limit exemption for zero basic grant cases.
The California Department of Social Services has issued a reminder about counting zero basic grant cases toward the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) federal time on aid clock, and CalWORKs state time on aid. TANF and CalWORKs…
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Additional extension of benefits eligibility for Afghan migrants
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has provided guidance about an additional extension of the arrival timeframe for Afghan Humanitarian Parolees and other persons who have left Afghanistan to be eligible for CalWORKs and CalFresh and refugee…
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Changes to electronic benefits theft replacement form and policy
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a new form EBT 2259 for reporting benefits stolen by electronic theft. CDSS has also changed its policy about electronic theft. People reporting electronic theft no longer need to…