Uncategorized
-
ACIN I-56-07: Letter Of Intent To Request Participation In The Transitional Housing Placement Program And/Or The Transitional Housing Program-Plus (10/5/07)
Lots of county info, but noted here because you may want to see if your county is applying to participate in these helpful programs. The goal of both programs is to foster children about to age out, and…
-
FY 2008 HUD FMRs available
HUD has posted the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for FY 2008, which took effect October 1, 2007. The FMRs are determined for each metropolitan area and non-metropolitan county and are used to determine the respective payment standard amounts under the…
-
Food Stamps public comment on proposed regulations
There are two Food Stamps regulation packets up for comment. The packets are: Restaurant Meals for the Homeless, Elderly and Disabled and Food Stamp Program Recertification Simplification and Statewide Finger Imaging System Exemptions. Comments are due November 14, 2007.
-
Errata to ACL 07-09: Correction Implementation Of Assembly Bill 1633 (9/11/07)
This corrects the error in ACL 07-09, which said that 18 year old foster youths could participate in a GED program less than full time basis and still meet Aid Foster Care requirements. Wrongo. The youth MUST be…
-
ACL 07-33: Foster Youth Proof Of Wardship Documentation (9/21/07)
Two years later, CDSS realized the need for revised instructions the verification document given to youth upon emancipating from foster care to eliminate delays in the processing of the application for Chafee Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) and…
-
ACL 07-31: Food Stamp Simplification – Clarification Of The $50 Child Support Disregard And “19 Year Old” Student Earnings Exclusion (9/7/07)
Another oops. Last August, CDSS provided instructions on the changes made to align Food Stamps with CalWORKs. This included how to treat the $50 child/spousal support pass-through and student income. Only problem was that the Food Nutrition Services…
-
ACL 07-13E: Correction re: Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program Enhancements (8/9/07)
Oops. ACL 07-13E had a tiny error. Like what the eligibility requirement is for the program! It erroneously stated that to be eligible youth needed to be 12 continuous months with a legal guardian. Turns out the CORRECT…
-
ACL 07-29: Access To Case Records And Use Of Manual Workarounds (8/17/07)
A redux of the 2006 letter, given the on-going problems… Unrestricted access, regardless of how the file information is kept, and “in spite of the challenges … of automated information.” It even mentions that there “may be” a…
-
ACIN I-44-07:Changes To SAWS 2 Form Regarding Utility Cost Information (8/22/07)
Food Stamp Simplification changes the rules re: utilities. Now, the SAWS2 (application) has been changed to reflect those new rules. However, CDSS has advised counties they may use existing form stock until depleted, as long as they are…
-
ACL 07-17: Adoption: Sibling Mutual Consent Program
Information on the new rules making it easier for adopted children to find and contact their siblings. [Download]