Latest Updates
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Waivers and flexibilities for application for RCA, ECA, TCVAP and RSS
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding waivers and flexibilities that apply to Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Entrant Cash Assistance (ECA), Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP), Refugee Support Services (RSS), and RSS…
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CalFresh waivers of 10-day requirement to report food loss
CalFresh recipients who lose food because of a power outage have 10 days to ask for replacement of the food they purchased. The Food and Nutrition Service has approved a waiver of the 10-day time frame to request…
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General overview of Refugee Cash Assistance and Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program
California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a general overview of the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program and Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP). RCA is a federally-funded, 12-month cash assistance program available for non-citizen populations…
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Change to CalFresh treatment of Guaranteed Income
Effective immediately, Guarantee Income (GI) payments that have any amount of non-government funding and are exempt from being considered as income for CalWORKs are also not counted as income for CalFresh. This means that CalFresh GI exemptions are…
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Providing CalWORKs supportive services via contractors
WTW participants are eligible to receive supportive services, including child care, transportation, and ancillary expenses. If supportive services are not provided, the participant has good cause not to participate. The California Department of Social Services has informed counties…
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Requirement to use CW 80 Self-Certification Form for Motor Vehicles
The California Department of Social Services has issued a reminder that counties must use the CW 80 Self-Certification Form for Motor Vehicles for CalWORKs applicants and recipients. The CW 80 form must be used at application and redetermination…
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CalFresh Employment and Training Screening and Referral Requirement
Counties are responsible for screening and referral of CalFresh applicants and recipients to the CalFresh Employment and Training program as part of the certification process. California Department of Social Services criteria for referral includes all CalFresh applicants and…
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CalFresh Transitional Nutrition Benefit recertifications are starting November 2023
The Transitional Nutrition Benefit (TNB) program provides food benefits for households that became ineligible for CalFresh because of the addition of a household member who was previously excluded from the CalFresh household because they received Supplemental Security Income…
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Revised WTW 5 form to reflect changed Welfare to Work pregnancy exemption
Effective January 1, 2022, all pregnant CalWORKs recipients are exempt from Welfare to Work participation. Pregnancy verification is no longer required prior to granting the Welfare to Work exemption. The exemption may continue for the duration of the…
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Eligibility Disqualifications for Certain Convicted Felons and New Attestation Requirements
The California Department of Social Services has issued guidance regarding a federal regulation change to CalFresh eligibility that imposes new disqualifications for certain convicted felons. These new disqualifications do not change the rules regarding fleeing felons and probation…