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CSS Letter 04-30: Set Aside of Paternity Judgment (12/15/04)
The Department of Child Support Services has issued CSS letter 04-30 which implements A.B. 252 regarding paternity disestablishment. The legislation and implementing instructions establish a two year time frame for a father to move for paternity disestablishment after…
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CSS Letter 04-27: Financial Institution Data Match and Bank Levy Program (12/1/04)
On December 1, 2004, DCSS issued CSS Letter 04-27, which implements the new requirement to do bank levies for child support arrears even when the the noncustodial parent is in compliance with the order for current support. The…
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PIH Notice 2005-1 – Implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (HR 4818 – H Rept 108-792), 2005 Funding Provisions for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (December 8, 2004)
This notice implements the funding provisions resulting from Congress’ enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. The notice locks in the budget-based process for allocating Section 8 voucher funds to public housing authorities (PHAs) implemented in 2004 and…
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PIH Notice 2004-24 – Income Calculation and Verification Guidance Re Medical Prescription Drug Cards and Transitional Assistance (November 10, 2004)
This notice provides guidance to public housing authorities (PHAs), project owners and other interested parties regarding the determination of annual and adjusted income in HUD’s assisted housing programs under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of…
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ACL 04-54 – Regional Market Rate (RMR) Regulations (November 29, 2004)
Striving for regularity through regulations, not Metemusil. These final regulations bring uniformity to the Regional Market Rates for CalWORKs and other subsidized child care programs. (Portions of the emergency regulations were suspended with the budget trailer bill.) Of…
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DHS ACL 04-31 – Questions and Answers on SB 87 Medi-Cal Redetermination Process for Discontinued SSI/SSP Beneficiaries as Ordered in Craig v. Bonta (October 22, 2004)
Clarifies the policy directives in ACL 03-24. Clarifies that if the SSA discontinuance reason is “no longer disabled” the beneficiary can still allege a disability but it must be a disability different from the disability under which the…
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DHS ACL 04-29 – CalWORKs Family Reunification Program (October 7, 2004)
Informs counties of the CalWORKs Family Reunification (FR) Program. FR cases are CalWORKs cases in which the children have been removed from the home and placed in out-of-home care by the county child welfare services agency. Under CalWORKs…
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DHS ACL 04-28 – New Camera-Ready Notices of Action and Transitional Medi-Cal Flyer (August 30, 2004)
Provides counties with copies of English and Spanish Notices of Action (NOAs) that were revised to reflect the requirements from Midyear Status Reporting, SB 87, and Sneede v. Kizer net nonexempt income determination. The Transitional Medi-Cal (TMC) flyer…
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DHS ACL 04-26 – Pregnancy Exemption for the Midyear Status Report (July 8, 2004)
Informs counties that all pregnant women are exempt from the MSR requirement (see ACL 03-41). To qualify for the exemption, pregnant women must report their pregnancy to the county eligibility worker. DHS plans to revise the MSR form…
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ACL 04-39 – CalWORKs Income Reporting Threshold (IRT) Chart (November 2, 2004)
Here’s the IRT chart for 2004. (This is the amount of income which triggers the mandatory CalWORKs mid-quarter income report). The ACL reminds counties they must send an informing notice that provides the IRT limits, individualized for each…