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ACIN I-27-08: CalWORKs And Food Stamps: Treatment Of Tax Rebates Provided By The Economic Stimulus Act Of 2008 (4/9/08)
Squeaked out just before tax day, the perhaps tardy letter on Tax Rebates: they don’t count as a resource in the month of receipt or the following two months. They’re also exempt income for CalWORKs and Food Stamps.…
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ACL 08-01E: Foster Care, Kinship Guardianship, Assistance Payments Program, And Adoption Assistance Program Rates (4/11/08)
The corrected wraparound rates, effective January 1st, 2008. [Download]
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ACIN I-19-08: Sibling Mutual Consent Program – Confidential Intermediary (3/28/08)
In 2007, Family Code Section 9205 was amended to permit adoptees and siblings greater opportunities to initiate and make contact with each other. (See ACL 07-17.) This ACIN “regrets to inform” counties that, due to budgetary shortfalls, Governor…
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ACL 08-14: CalWORKs Wage Subsidies (4/10/08)
Mostly about county coding, but noted for describing AB 98. AB 98 added WIC Sect. 11322.63, which provides for CDSS to reimburse counties for 50 percent of a CalWORKs recipient’s wage subsidy outside of the county Single Allocation.The…
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ACIN I-11-08: Good Standing Letter For Intercountry Adoptions (3/28/08)
The “how to’s” of getting a Good Standing letter. Available only to licensed agencies, and not individuals. Includes a reminder that when adoption agencies are facilitating adoptions with non-Hague Convention countries, requests may be made by these countries…
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FNS Admin. Notice 08-13
FNS has clarified when a recipient can get deductions for expenses not timely reported. A prior memo stated agencies could add language to the Rights & Responsibilities that said “Failure to report or verify any … expenses will…
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FNS Admin. Notice 08-14
This notice reviews how to handle rebates from the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. These amounts will be excluded as income for eligibility, allotment, and all other purposes, for all households. Additionally, the rebates are excluded as resources…
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FNS Admin. Notice 08-17
Superceding AN 08-11, this notice reviews that Iraqis are now treated differently than Afghanis, as a result of new legislation. The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 that extended program eligibility to affected Iraqi immigrants for a…
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ACL 08-15: Department Of Homeland Security Interim Final Rule On New Classification For Victims Of Criminal Activity; Eligibility For U Nonimmigrant Status (4/4/08)
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 created U Nonimmigrant Status for certain victims of criminal activity. The feds created U Visa Interim Relief, since U Visa regulations not forthcoming. (See ACL No. 06-60 and ACIN No.…
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ACWDL 08-13: Errata to all county welfare directors letter 07-26 (4/3/2008)
This letter has revisions to the effective date of the 2008 SSI/SSP cash grant levels. The SSP COLA increases originally scheduled for June 1, 2008 have been delayed. The ACWDL includes handy charts showing the rates from January…