CalWORKs
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CDSS instructs counties on Social Security process
CalWORKs eligibility rules require applicants and recipients to seek and accept potentially available income, such as other public benefits. Due to a lack of understanding regarding the Social Security and SSI disability determination and appeals processes, some counties have…
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2015 child care reimbursement rates for CalWORKs
Effective January 1, 2015, CDSS issued new regional market rate ceilings, or caps on the amount child care providers can be reimbursed for subsidized childcare under CalWORKs Stage One child care. The changes increased the reimbursement rate for…
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New CalWORKs immunization good cause request form in use beginning this month
Coincidentally, given the recent outbreaks of measles and whooping cough in California, CDSS recently issued a revised form for CalWORKs recipient families who seek a good cause exception to the child immunization requirements. As of March 1, 2015,…
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New required language in CalWORKs notices related to failure to provide proof of eligibility
Upon request, or upon notice that a person requires accommodation due to a disability, counties must assist CalWORKs applicants and recipients to obtain required benefit eligibility evidence if the applicant’s or recipient’s good faith efforts to obtain the…
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Guidance for counties on the Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) Program
County welfare departments have submitted numerous questions to CDSS about the CalWORKs Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) Program, which was established to increase the number of subsidized employment placements provided by the counties for CalWORKs recipients who are required…
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Prior felony drug conviction no longer precludes CalFresh and CalWORKs eligibility
It took nearly two decades for California to lift the statutory prohibition preventing individuals with prior drug felony convictions from qualifying for CalFresh or CalWORKs benefits. But the recent enactment of AB 1468 (2014) did just that. Effective…
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Counties to implement new CalWORKs Stage 1 child care benefit notices and forms
Several new forms and notices for Stage 1 child care, revised to comply with current regulations and to be more easily understood by recipients, were sent to the counties on November 13, 2014. ACL 14-85.
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Changes to how counties will calculate CalWORKs participation hours
Beginning July 1, 2014, counties must determine whether or not a CalWORKs recipient has met his or her hourly participation obligations by using a weekly average per month rather than a weekly minimum number of hours. Workers should (1)…
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ACL 14-64: CalWORKs Family Stabilization Program (FS) Quarterly Status Report (9/23/14)
Interested in what your county is doing with its Family Stabilization form? The new FSP 14 form will be used to track that information. (The form is not yet posted on the forms site link provided…) [Download]
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ACL 14-58: CalWORKs): Five Percent Increase To The Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) Levels (9/22/14)
Information about the 5% increase to the CalWORKs Maximum Aid Payment, effective April 1, 2015. This policy change must be automated into the consortia systems by the effective date. If the MAP increase cannot be modified, CWDs must…