CalWORKs
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CalWORKs and CalFresh file access rules
CDSS has issued instructions about access to county welfare department case files for CalWORKs, CalFresh, Trafficking and Crime Victim’s Assistance Program and Refugee Cash Assistance. The general rule is the client may inspect non-privileged, non-confidential documents in their…
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2016 CalWORKs IRT
The CalWORKs Income Reporting Threshold (IRT) is the income amount which CalWORKs recipients are required to report mid-period. The CalWORKS IRT is the lower of 1) 55% of the Federal Poverty Level plus the amount of income used…
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CalWORKs learning disability screening
CDSS issued new forms for learning disability screening and waiver of learning disability screening and evaluation. CDSS also issued rules about using these forms. Counties must offer learning disability screening both verbally and in writing. Counties must provide…
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CalWORKs, CalFresh and EITC
CDSS issued guidance about treatment of federal and state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for purposes of eligibility for CalWORKs and CalFresh. For both programs, both federal and state EITC is permanently excluded as income and does not…
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Unticking CalWORKs clock for zero participation months
CDSS has issued guidance about unticking months on the 24 month time on aid clock for adults with zero participation hours. Months should be unticked from the 24 month time on aid clock if, for any six consecutive…
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Computation of CalWORKs and CalFresh overpayments and overissuances
NOTE: This ACL is superseded in part by ACL 24-23, summarized here. It no longer applies to CalFresh overissuances. CDSS has changed its policy regarding computation of CalWORKs overpayments and CalFresh overissuances. The amount of an overpayment or…
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Welfare-to-work satisfactory progress determination
CDSS has issued guidance on determining satisfactory progress in an assigned welfare-to-work (WTW) activity. The guidance states that the satisfactory progress standard for each activity must be stated in the WTW plan. If an individual is not making…
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CalWORKs for disaster victims
CDSS has issued instructions regarding CalWORKs issues for disaster victims. The instructions reiterate several important facts of the CalWORKs rules as they relate to disasters including: 1) the county must accept statements under penalty of perjury when documents…
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Questions and answers regarding OCAT
CDSS has issued several questions and answers regarding the new Online CalWORKs Appraisal Tool (OCAT) (See ACL 15-43 for background about OCAT). Most importantly, the questions and answers state that an individual cannot be sanctioned for not answering…
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CalWORKs instructions on home county rules
CDSS has clarified that residence in California, but not in a particular county, is required for CalWORKs eligibility. Although recipients are required to report address changes within 10 days, failure to report an address change, by itself, is…