Latest Updates
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County requests for approval of exemption of Guaranteed Income project income for CalWorks and CalFresh
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a notice to describe how counties with Guaranteed Income (GI) projects can request that their programs be approved as CalWORKs GI Projects and therefore not be counted as income…
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AB 2300 changes to sanctions, exemptions and good cause and counting of Paid Family Leave
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) informs counties of changes in sanctions, exemptions, good cause, and counting of Paid Family Leave. For CalWORKs, the first $225, and then one-half of remaining disability-based income is disregarded. Effective October…
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Welfare-to-Work during COVID-19 pandemic recovery
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance regarding Welfare-to-Work during recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Counties currently can grant blanket good cause, that is, not requiring anyone to participate in Welfare-to-Work, because of COVID-19. The…
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CalWORKs and winter storm disaster
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a reminder about policy for processing CalWORKs cases for victims and evacuees of state and/or federally declared disasters. Because of the winter storms, Governor Newsom issued statewide Emergency Proclamations…
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Potential Intentional Program Violation policy
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued a policy about potential Intentiional Program Violations (IPVs). Counties can only establish nonfraudulent CalWORKs overpayments and CalFresh overissuances for two years prior to the date of discovery. Any benefits…
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CalFresh waivers for the end of the Public Health Emergency
California has been approved for three federal waivers to assist with the end of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. California has a waiver for address changes that will be effective from April 1, 2023 to March 31,…
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Treasury Offset Program and Franchise Tax Board Intercept for CalFresh overissuances
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance on suspending collection of CalFresh overissuances by Treasury Offset Program (TOP) and Franchise Tax Board Intercept. TOP is the federal program to collect overissuances from federal tax refunds…
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Time limit exemption for zero basic grant cases.
The California Department of Social Services has issued a reminder about counting zero basic grant cases toward the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) federal time on aid clock, and CalWORKs state time on aid. TANF and CalWORKs…
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February 2023 emergency CalFresh allotment and end of emergency allotments
California has been approved to issue an emergency allotment of CalFresh for February. 2023. All households will receive at least the maximum CalFresh allotment. Households eligible to receive the maximum allowable allotment based on household size are now…
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Disaster Unemployment Assistance for December and January storms
Californians in multiple counties can now apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). DUA is available to workers business owners, and self-employed persons who lost their job or business, or had their work hours reduced or interrupted because of…