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ACL 04-48 – Final CalWORKs WTW Learning Disabilities Regulations (October 29, 2004)
This officially transmits the regs, which have been effective since September 15, 2004. What’s new are the Q & A’s attached. Answers like “you must offer the LD screen to exempt adults if they volunteer, to those who…
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DSS ACL 04-14 – Continuation of Medi-Cal Benefits in CalWORKs Intercounty Transfer Cases (April 14, 2004)
This is the companion letter to the DHS ACL [03-12] issued in February 2003. Provides instructions to counties to ensure Medi-Cal benefits continue for cases that are both discontinued from the CalWORKs Program and transferred to another county.…
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DHS ACL 04-06 – Mid-Year Status Report Implementation (March 2, 2004)
Provides Questions and Answers about implementation of the new Mid-Year Status Report (MSR) requirement. Addresses how counties should process the MSRs, which groups are exempt, and what timelines apply. Clarifies that no exempt beneficiaries (such as children, elderly,…
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DHS ACL 04-03 – Medicare-Approved Prescription Drug Discount Card Program (March 1, 2004)
Informs counties that the new Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 signed into law on December 8, 2003 will provide Medicare beneficiaries discounts on prescription drugs through a discount card program with a $600 annual…
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ACL 04-47 – CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work Two-Parent Sanction Procedures (October 27, 2004)
Clarification on the good cause determination, compliance, sanctioning, and curing processes in for two-parent AU-families. No difference in the time frames and other general policies set out in the Sanctions ACL 03-59. The main zing comes from the…
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ACL 04-34 – CalWORKs COLA and MAP and MBSAC Increases (August 31, 2004)
They’re all up, effective July 2004. [Download]
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ACL 04-33 – Fry Implementation (August 27, 2004)
Per court order, CDSS must modify the rule for determining CalWORKs cash aid and eligibility for otherwise eligible 18-year-olds (and their parent/caretaker relatives) who are attending school full-time and are not expected to graduate by age 19 from…
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HUD Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) Final Notice, Federal Register, Vol. 69, p. 45888 (July 30, 2004)
HUD published the final HMIS notice July 30, 2004. The final notice is effective August 30, 2004. HMIS is a computerized data collection application (intake system) that all homeless providers receiving HUD funds must use. In response to…
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HUD Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) Final Notice, Federal Register, Vol. 69, p. 45888 (July 30, 2004)
HUD published the final HMIS notice July 30, 2004. The final notice is effective August 30, 2004. HMIS is a computerized data collection application (intake system) that all homeless providers receiving HUD funds must use. In response to…
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ACL 04-30 – Regulations to Implement Quarterly Reporting (July 26, 2004)
Effective July 1 (okay, so they weren’t issued until three weeks later), the QR regs are officially in place, with links in the ACL to the actual regs. What’s new since the ACL? A QR 7 report of…