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ACIN I-24-07: Identifying Combat Zones Due To Deployment Of Military Personnel To A Combat Zone (5/11/07)
Good news/bad news. There are more FNS identified combat zones, but here is the list of them, so that the income of people posted to a zone is excluded for the Food Stamps program. [Download]
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ACL 07-14: Changes To Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Program Federal Financial Participation and Rosales (4/27/07)
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) changed some administrative billing abilities for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, and confirms that the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has issued program instructions to carry out the DRA/court reversal of the…
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ACIN I-21-07: CalWORKs: Forms Changes Due To Changes In Homeless Assistance, Food Stamp Utility Allowance Deductions, Racial And Ethnic Data Collection, And Welfare To Work Sanctions (April 26, 2007)
Pretty self-explanatory title. Mostly notable because it impacts the FS calculation, and people should be getting the correct forms. [Download]
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ACIN I-17-07: CalWORKs: Retroactive $50 Child Support Disregard (4/6/07)
In the “Better late than never,” category, CDSS announces that it this past February, the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) sent out retroactive $50 child support disregards, to compensate for the failure to timely credit and issue payments…
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Delegation of Authority to Regional Directors to Waive Certain Handbook and Directives Provisions (72 FR 16809, April 5, 2007)
Effective March 30, 2007, the Secretary of HUD may delegate his power to waive certain HUD handbook and directives provisions to HUD Regional Directors. While there are certain safeguards and requirements regarding the the issuance of such waivers,…
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ACIN I-11-07: Supplemental Forms and Food Stamp/CalWORKs (3/27/07)
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but never a Pre-screening and Supplemental form shall meet. This ACIN discusses the difference between a Pre-Screening form (prohibited if asking eligibility questions prior to application ) and…
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ACIN I-10-07: Tracking CalWORKs And Tribal TANF Time On Aid (3/15/07)
Just a friendly reminder to counties that they must keep track of “time on aid” for both CalWORKs and Tribal TANF. Although Native Americans can elect to be in either program, both programs are subject to the 60-months…
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ACL 07-13 KINGAP Program Enhancements (3/13/07)
In 2006, the legislature created “KinGAP Plus,” but gave CDSS the option to suspend KinGAP Plus if it were determined that implementation would not be advantageous to the state. Well, that came true, so KinGAP Plus is suspended.…
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ACL 07-10: Best Practice Guidelines For Screening And Providing For Foster Children With Disabilities (2/28/07)
This ACL implements AB 1633, which called for guidelines and best practices to get Title II and SSI benefits for disabled foster children, especially those about to age off of Foster Care. Though “not mandatory,” the ACL discusses…
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ACL 07-12: Translation Of Food Stamp And CalWORKs Joint Forms Into Eight Additional Languages (3/2/07)
At long last! This ACL implements the settlement in Vu v. CDSS, to provide a total of 12 languages for translation of food stamp information and material. In addition to the 4 languages already translated by the state…