COVID-19
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COVID-19 – extension of temporary emergency childcare services
This California Department of Education has provided updated guidance on the extension of temporary Emergency Childcare services. This guidance replaces Management Bulletin 20-14. Families currently enrolled in Emergency Childcare through California Alternative Payment Programs (CAPP) and California Migrant…
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COVID-19 extension of emergency caregiver funding and foster care rate flexibilities
Emergency caregivers with whom a child has been placed pending approval of the home as a Resource Family or Tribally Approved Home are eligible for emergency caregiver funding on behalf of the child for up to 120 days…
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Social Security Disability evaluation of COVID-19
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has issued policy guidance for evaluating adult disability cases that involve a diagnosis of COVID-19. SSA needs objective evidence from an acceptable medical source to establish the existence of a medically determinable impairment…
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COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for IHSS providers
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has provided information about State Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers. Supplemental Paid Sick leave provides 80 hours of sick leave for IHSS providers in addition…
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COVID-19 CalFresh emergency allotment for June, 2021
California has been approved to issue an emergency allotment of CalFresh for June, 2021. All households will receive at least the maximum CalFresh allotment. Households eligible to receive the maximum allowable allotment based on household size are now…
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Emergency Broadband Benefit
The Federal Communications Commission has announced the Emergency Broadband Benefit to help families struggling to afford internet service because of COVID-19. The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 for broadband service for eligible…
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COVID-19 CalFresh emergency allotment for May, 2021
California has been approved to issue an emergency allotment of CalFresh for May, 2021. All households will receive at least the maximum CalFresh allotment. Households eligible to receive the maximum allowable allotment based on household size are now…
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COVID-19 fourth extension of time eligibility for RCA, ECA and TCVAP
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions for the fourth extension of time eligibility for Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Entrant Cash Assistance (ECA) and Trafficking and Crime Victim Assistance Program (TCVAP). Effective May 1, 2021,…
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COVID-19 CAPI change to verification of SSI ineligibility
To be eligible for the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), an individual must be ineligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) only because of their immigration status. Effective April 16, 2021, counties may accept verbal attestation from a…
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COVID-19 CalFresh emergency allotment for March 2021
California has been approved to issue an emergency allotment of CalFresh for March, 2021, so long as the COVID-19 public health emergency remains in place at some point in the month of March. The emergency allotment will be…