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ACIN I-84-09: Food Stamp Q&As: (12/21/09)
Q & A’s on issues such as how to count severance pay, 18-20 year old liability for food stamps overissuances, Transitional Food Stamps (TFS) for household’s losing CalWORKs but keeping Kin-Gap funds (and other TFS issues), and more!…
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ACIN I-92-09: Services And Reimbursement For Repatriated Citizens (12/21/09)
For the counties: timelines for submitting reimbursement claims for the U.S. Repatriation Program. and a request that county repatriation programs provide updated contact information. [Download]
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ACL 09-84: Process For County Certification To System Utilization Of The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) And The Availability Of An Associated Funding Augmentation (12/28/09)
An update to last year’s instructions to counties for certifying to system utilization of the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System in order to secure the available funding augmentation. [Download]
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ACL 09-82: Impacts On Food Stamps and CalWORKs Programs; Excluding $25 Unemployment Compensation Payments From Income And Resources (12/19/09)
Recently-enacted law changes the treatment of the weekly $25 supplemental Unemployment Insurance authorized by ARRA. FNS had issued guidance on March 18, 2009 stating that counties must count this $25 weekly amount as income in determining eligibility and…
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ACL 09-64: Title IV-E Foster Care Overpayment Forms (12/17/09)
Moving slowly along… SB 84 (2007) required DSS to develop regulations and processes for identifying, tracking and collecting Foster Care overpayments. As a result, emergency regulations became effective July 1, 2009. This letter transmits a NOA of overpayment…
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ACIN I-91-09: CalWORKs And Food Stamp: SSA COLA (12/17/09)
Just confirming: no Social Security COLA, so no impact on CalWORKs or Food Stamps. [Download]
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ACIN I-90-09: Title XX Social Services Block Grant Pre-Expenditure Report (12/16/09)
You can weigh in! This Notice attaches a report that summarizes Title XX expenditures, program responsibilities, and the population served. (These are Child welfare services, Foster Care, Community Care Licensing, Deaf Access, CalWORKs Child Care Program, CDE Child…
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All County Welfare Directors Letter (12/2/09): Child Welfare Services (CWS) External Systems
This letter provides counties with the results of the survey analysis performed by the CDSS regarding CWS external systems for the purpose of augmenting functionality. In addition, this letter outlines the decisions and scope in regard to conversion…
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ACL 09-79: Annual Civil Rights Plans (12/10/09)
A change in the civil rights annual plan review and approval process. Beginning 1/1/2010, counties must submit a full Plan two months prior to their on-site civil rights compliance review. Counties must report any significant changes after submission,…
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ACIN I-85-09: Q & As About The Changes To The ABAWD Work Requirement As A Result Of ARRA 2009 (12/14/09)
The ARRA suspends the ABAWD work requirement from 4/1/09 through 9/30/09, so counties should have (already) restored food stamps to otherwise eligible ABAWDs who were part of an ongoing food stamp household, but were sanctioned for not meeting…