calfresh | food stamps
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ACL 11-06: Sponsor Deeming, Indigent Noncitizen Determination And Sponsor Income Verification (1/12/11)
The long awaited for clarifying letter on indigent sponsor deeming in CalFresh. FNS clarified that California’s policy was not correct, and the letter rescinds it. Counties cannot request verification of income from the sponsor prior to making the…
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ACIN I-103-10: Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach Publications – 2010 Revisions (12/29/10)
The latest outreach pubs for the EITC program. Spread them wide and far! Bad news is that federal law eliminated advance pay EITC, starting 1/1/11. [Download]
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ACIN I-102-10: Food Stamp Program Noncitizen Eligibility Reference Guide (12/29/10)
The long-await revision to the Food Stamps (aka SNAP, aka CalFresh) immigrant eligibility manual. Beautifully formatted, with a very complete index. (Now if only it had active page-jump links!) [Download]
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ACIN I-83-10: Disaster Guidance Attachment – Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Disaster CalFresh Program Income Eligibility Standards And Allotments (12/24/10)
New Disaster SNAP Income Eligibility Standards and Allotments Attachment, effective October 1, 2010, but the actual standards and allotments remain unchanged for Federal FY 2011. [Download]
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ACIN I-79-03E: Correction To ACIN I-79-03 Food Stamp Q&As (12/2/10)
Clarification of ACIN I-79-03, regarding the question about “Eligibility Determination Drug/Alcohol Treatment Facilities.” The CWD should not deny the case because the AR did not initiate the application. However, the certification needs to be done through the AR…
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ACL 10-13: Elimination Of The Eight-Month Time Limit For Afghan And Iraqi Special Immigrants (11/16/10)
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 , enacted on December 19, 2009, extends benefits for Afghan and Iraqi Special Immigrants (SI’s). These folks are now immediately and continuously eligible for SNAP benefits, and are treated as…
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ACL 10-55: Implementation Of The Renaming Of The Food Stamp Program To CalFresh (11/23/10)
So, we had focus groups, we had marketing research, we got a new name. Here’s the “how to” of implementing CalFresh as our nom de guerre for Food Stamps, aka SNAP. Counties are to phase in the new…
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ACIN I-89-10: CalWORKs and CalFresh: SSA COLA (11/10/10)
There won’t be a Social Security cost-of-living increase this year. [Download]
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ACIN I-89-09: Revisions To Food Stamp Forms FS 26 and FS 27 (12/23/09)
This Notice transmits revisions to the FS 26, Food Stamp Program Qualifying Drug Felon Addendum, and the FS 27, Non-Assistance Food Stamps Household Recertification Form. The FS 26 is used when a new household member is being added…
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ACL 01-10: CalWORKs and Food Stamps Program Whereabouts Unknown and Client EBT Usage (1/29/10)
Guidance to CWDs on how to handle cases when the whereabouts of an AU/household is unknown, because of returned mail, etc. Of note, for CalWORKs, residence in the state, but not in the county, is a requirement for…