Latest Updates
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Increase in CalWORKs vehicle value limit
The California Department of Social Services has informed counties that the vehicle value for the CalWORKs program increases to $33, 499 effective July 1, 2025. This increase also applies to Refugee Cash Assistance, Entrant Cash Assistance, and Trafficking…
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Civil rights obligations to people who are deaf or hard of hearing
County Welfare Directors (CWD) are legally required to ensure that communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) individuals is just as effective as communication with individuals without disabilities. DHH obligations include applicants for services and their companions,…
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New CAPI Indigents Exception form
The California Department of Social Services has released a new SOC 813 form to request the Indigents Exception to sponsor deeming for the Cash Assistance Program for Indigents (CAPI). The new form includes options for when the CAPI…
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Child Care for CalWORKs Family Reunification cases
CalWORKs Family Reunification benefits are available when: 1) all CalWORKs eligible children are removed from the home and placed in out-of-home care by the Child Welfare Services agency, 2) the family (including at least one adult) was receiving…
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Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Intercounty and Interstate cases
The California Department of Social Services has provided guidance regarding eligibility for the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children (Bridge Program) for intercounty and interstate foster care placements. When a child or parenting youth is placed…
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End of CalFresh Comparable Disqualification
Previously, California imposed a comparable CalFresh disqualification when an individual was sanctioned for noncompliance with CalWORKs welfare-to-work, Unemployment Insurance, or substitute programs such as General Assistance and Refugee Resettlement programs participation requirements. Effective May 15, 2025, the California…
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GetCalFresh sunset
The California Department of Social Services has issued updated information about the sunset of the GetCalFresh online application tool. GetCalFresh is being sunsetted because the BenefitsCal online application tool is now fully functioning. The SAR-7 submission function, and…
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Extension of CalFresh waiver to combine reminder notice and notice of adverse action for periodic reporting
California has been granted an extension of the federal waiver which allows counties to combine the reminder notice and the notice of adverse action for failure to complete semi-annual reporting to April 1, 2030. This notice is sent…
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Reduction in eligibility period for RCA, ECA, and TCVAP cash assistance
The eligibility period for Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Entrant Cash Assistance (ECA), and Trafficking and Crime Victims Program (TCVAP) cash assistance is reduced to 4 months for individual’s whose eligibility start date is on or after May 5,…
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Emergency Child Care Bridge program work and instruction hours
The Emergency Care Bridge Program provides child care for foster children for a limited time via payment or voucher if work or school responsibilities prevent resource families from providing care when the child for whom they have care…