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ACIN I-96-06: Q & A on Food Stamp Simplification Options (12/26/06)
Find the answers to those pressing Food Stamp questions. Topics include changes to the Utility allowances, and obligated child support payments. Good things such as applying the child support deduction first to unearned income (vs. earned). The ACIN…
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ACIN I-78-06: County Refugee Program Guidelines (10/19/06)
The State Refugee Program Bureau (RPB) has issued new Program Guidelines for the different Refugee work programs. Parts of the letter and Guidelines apply to all counties, and part to the 12 “impacted” counties. Information about refugee services…
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ACL 06 – 58: Implementation of the Changes to the Homeless Assistance Program (12/14/06)
A Q & A on the changes to the Homeless Assistance (HA) program to include homeless prevention. Covers such things as whether: the payment of rent arrearages counts as the “once in a lifetime” homelessness aid payment (yes),…
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ACIN I-91-06: Food Stamp Q & A (12/5/06)
Info on calculating fair market value/exclusions of non-exempt property, drug felonies, loans, and more. And, in the perverse world of benefits, if you save your own retirement funds (IRAs, Keoghs) they are not exempt, but if done through…
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ACIN I-89-06: Revised Family Fee Schedule (11/27/06)
This ACIN transmits the new family fee schedule for subsidized child care that will be effective 1/1/07. [Download]
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ACIN I-85-06 – January 2007 COLA For CAPI (November 16, 2006)
Because the pass-through of the federal SSI COLA was reinstated effective January 1, 2007, the CAPI payment standards will also change at the same time. CAPI payments are based on the SSI/SSP payment standards, minus $10.00 for an…
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ACL 06-33 – Records Retention All County Letter (ACL) (October 30, 2006)
Time for the perennial reminder about record retention. This one includes information about maintaining records on the 60-month TANF limit, the 18-24 time limit on training. [Download]
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ACL 06-51 – CalWORKs: Retroactive COLA Increase To MBSAC Levels (November 3, 2006)
Ok, a tad late, but here it is. The Monthly Basic Standards of Aid and Care (MBSAC) and Income in Kind levels have gone up … 4 months ago! (The Maximum Aid Payment, unfortunately, remains frozen through June…
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ACIN I-79-06 – Requirement to Include Notice of Missed Interview in the Food Stamp Denial Cases (October 31, 2006)
A bit of a roundabout way of passing on info that Regs@LSNC has not seen before. Turns out when the county wants to deny a Food Stamps application for failure of the household to attend the application interview,…