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Administrative Notice 05-21 – Same Sex Marriage and Civil Unions; Effect on Food Stamps (May 10, 2005)
Though not currently applicable to California (though possibly soon, given the ruling in Lockyer v. City and County of San Francisco finding the ban on same sex marriages unconstitutional), of interest. The Office of General Counsel has concluded…
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New NAFS Form
Time to give some credit to the state. There’s a new form out, advising non-cash aid food stamp (NAFS) recipients about the new “income threshold” rule for food stamps. Basically, if you are NAFS and voluntarily report your…
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ACIN I-16-05 – Food Stamp Questions and Answers (April 4, 2005)
Useful tidbits, such as: households maintain categorically eligibility for Food Stamps for the entire period covered by a CalWORKs diversion payment; beginning date of aid and verification issues; discontinuing food stamps after Inter-County transfer in the world of…
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ACIN I-17-05 – Questions and Answers – Food Stamps for Drug Felons (April 5, 2005)
Useful guidance on beginning date of aid, terminations for subsequent convictions, and clarification that minors “convicted” of drug felonies are not barred from food stamps (only adults). [Download]
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ACL 05-04 – Exclusion of Military Income in the Food Stamp Program Due to Deployment of Military Personnel to a Combat Zone (March 11, 2004)
Effective October 2004 (yup, as in last fall), Combat Zone pay can be excluded as income for Food Stamps (NOT CalWORKs). Other than the fact that this impacts a number of LSC eligible clients, you should read this…
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Administrative Notice 05-13
Naughty states (California?) apparently were charging employment support services payments as an “unsubsidized employment” component of FS employment and training. This Administrative Notice reminds states that FS E&T funds are meant to help FS E&T program participants prepare…
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Food Stamps Administrative Notice 05-03 – Eligibility of Victims of Severe Trafficking (October 1, 2004)
The categories of noncitizens eligible to participate in the Food Stamp Program (FSP) under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act have been expanded to include the minor children, spouses and in some cases the parents and siblings of victims…
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Food Stamps Administrative Notice 05-01 – Revised Disaster Food Stamp Program Income Guidelines for FY 2005 (October 1, 2004)
The latest income guidelines and program requirements for those disaster-minded. [Download]
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ACL 04-59 – Drug Felony Bill, Effective January 1, 2005 (December 29, 2004)
Instructions on how to meet the exception to the drug felony bar on receipt of Food Stamps. Convictions for felony possession or personal use will not result in ineligibility, if the person verifies treatment or completion of, or…
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ACL 04-56 – Voluntary Reports of Income Exceeding 130% Percent of the Federal Poverty Level for Quarterly Reporting Non-assistance Food Stamp Households (December 23, 2004)
Now don’t shoot the messenger, but the feds have told the state that, oops, “it was not their intent to allow benefits to continue mid-quarter when a NAFS household, not previously receiving CalWORKs, voluntarily reports income above the…