CAPI
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CAPI application procedures
The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions regarding applications for the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI). Any person can apply for CAPI by telephone, in writing to the county social services agency or in person…
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CAPI sponsor deeming
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions about sponsor deeming in the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) program. If the CAPI applicant or recipient’s sponsor is disabled, the sponsor’s income is deemed to the…
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Position Statements in CDSS hearings
CDSS has issued instructions implementing AB 2346 about position statements. Previously, public and private agencies other than the Department of Health Care Services were required to make paper copies of their position statements available to claimants at least…
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CAPI payment standard increase
Effective January 1, 2017, the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) payment standard increased by 2.76%. This increase also caused increases in the presumed maximum value of in-kind support and maintenance, the allowance for ineligible children in deeming…
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CAPI PRUCOL Clarification
CDSS has issued instructions about the definition of Permanent Resident Under Color of Law (PRUCOL) for purposes of eligibility for Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) benefits. One way that people can be eligible for CAPI is if…
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Benefits eligibility for persons paroled as refugees
The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions about benefits eligibility for persons paroled as refugees. The immigration status paroled as a refugee is a category of parole that includes persons who enter the United States under…
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CAPI eligibility for citizens of free associated states
The California Department of Social Services has issued a clarification that citizens of the free associated states of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia Palau are eligible for the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI). Persons are eligible for CAPI…
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ACL 14-55: Termination Of State Funding For Supplemental Security Income Advocacy Programs (SSIAP) For Cash Assistance For Immigrants (CAPI) (9/10/14)
Announcing the demise of state funding reimbursement for SSI advocacy for CAPI folks to transition to SSI. The funding was set to expire years ago, and was repeatedly extended, and intended to cover immigrants of age 65 or older,…
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ACIN I-72-13: New Payment Standards For The Cash Assistance Program For Immigrants Effective January 2014 (11/26/13)
The new CAPI payment standards and the annual clarification on the computation of benefits for a CAPI recipient whose spouse receives SSI/SSP. [Download]