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ACIN I-37-08: Policy Clarification Regarding The On-Line Application E-Signature Requirements In The Food Stamp Program (5/29/08)
Just a note to clarify e-signatures for applicants who apply online without a paper application. Per FNS, counties may request additional personal identifying information in order to validate an electronic signature. Whether a paper or electronic application, the…
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ACIN I-32-08: Extension Of Food Stamp Income Exclusion For Deployment To a Combat Zone (5/19/08)
The 2008 federal appropriations bill extended the exclusion of Combat pay as income for Food Stamps. Of note is that this letter clarifies that a household’s access to a service person’s bank account, under certain circumstances, ALSO is…
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ACIN I-24-08: Approval Of Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) Waiver For 2008-2009 (4/21/08)
The FNS has approved a one-year waiver from the ABAWD work requirement for 52 counties within California. The waiver will begin May 1, 2008. When folks discontinued for not meeting an ABAWD work requirement subsequently reapply for non-Assistance…
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ACIN I-29-08: 2008 15% Exemption Allocations For ABAWDs (4/23/08)
Counties may temporarily exempt ABAWDs (limited to three months in a 36-month time period unless they work at least 20 hours a week or participate in a qualifying work or training program) who are at risk of losing…
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ACL 08-11: CalWORKs And Food Stamp Program: Changes In Asset Exclusion Rules And New EITC Outreach Activities (4/23/08)
Assembly Bills 2466 and 1078 changed the asset exclusion rules in the CalWORKs and Food Stamp programs and provide for EITC outreach activities in the CalWORKs program. Until the implementing regulations are released (“soon”), the counties must follow…
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ACIN I-27-08: CalWORKs And Food Stamps: Treatment Of Tax Rebates Provided By The Economic Stimulus Act Of 2008 (4/9/08)
Squeaked out just before tax day, the perhaps tardy letter on Tax Rebates: they don’t count as a resource in the month of receipt or the following two months. They’re also exempt income for CalWORKs and Food Stamps.…
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FNS Admin. Notice 08-13
FNS has clarified when a recipient can get deductions for expenses not timely reported. A prior memo stated agencies could add language to the Rights & Responsibilities that said “Failure to report or verify any … expenses will…
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FNS Admin. Notice 08-14
This notice reviews how to handle rebates from the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. These amounts will be excluded as income for eligibility, allotment, and all other purposes, for all households. Additionally, the rebates are excluded as resources…
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FNS Admin. Notice 08-17
Superceding AN 08-11, this notice reviews that Iraqis are now treated differently than Afghanis, as a result of new legislation. The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 that extended program eligibility to affected Iraqi immigrants for a…
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ACL 08-16: Vu Settlement Agreement And Survey Of Languages Requiring Translation Of Food Stamp Program and CalWORKs Joint Forms (3/25/08)
Pursuant to court settlement, the state needed to survey county food stamp service area language populations and then translate forms into any newly identified languages. This letter informs counties that all Food Stamp Program (FSP) forms and specified…