Latest Updates
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Good cause for CAPI applicants
To be eligible for the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), applicants must apply for SSI or other available benefits within 30 days of applying for CAPI. That 30 day deadline can be extended for good cause. Some…
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Processing of Recipient IEVS matches
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) issued guidance regarding processing of matches from the Recipient Income and Eligibility Verification System (R-IEVS) system. R-IEVS contains income information from several databases that is matched with information provided by current CalWORKs…
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Deactivation of Magnetic Stripe EBT cards
California issues CalWORKs and CalFresh benefits on Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. As of April 29, 2025, all EBT cardholders with an active EBT card were issues a replacement chip/tap EBT card. The magnetic stripe cards for those…
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CalWORKs and CalFresh income exemption for awards to attend college
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) issued guidance regarding the new income exemption for awards to attend college. Effective March 1, 2026, any grant, award, scholarship, loan or fellowship awarded for the purpose of attending an institution…
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New CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work forms
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has designated seven Welfare-to-Work (WTW) forms for statewide use. Six of those forms are informing notices. The new WTW 112 form is for clients to get medical verification that a household…
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Business relationship between the state and family child care providers
The California Department of Social Services released a bulletin stating that family child care providers are not public employees and do not have an employment relationship with the state, political subdivisions of the State (including counties), or contractors…
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CAPI Presumptive Disability
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has informed counties about presumptive disability payments in the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI). When a CAPI applicant has certain medical conditions, the county can make a presumptive disability determination…
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CalFresh time limit waiver for Alpine, Merced, Monterey, and Plumas Counties
The United States Department of Agriculture has granted a CalFresh time limit waiver for Alpine, Merced, Monterey, and Plumas Counties from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026. This waiver was approved based on each of these counties…
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Parolee eligibility for California Food Assistance Program (CFAP)
The California Food Assistance Program (CFAP) is a state funded program that provides benefits equivalent to CalFresh to qualified immigrants who are not eligible for CalFresh. based solely on the immigration status restrictions in the Personal Responsibility and…
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Child care contractors cannot collect Social Security Numbers
The California Department of Social Services reminds child care and development contractors that Social Security Numbers (SSN) shall not be collected from families receiving Child Care and Development (CCD) subsidized services. They should not collect or report this…