calworks
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ACL 08-36: Camacho V. Allenby Lawsuit (SIP Support Services) (7/28/08)
Instructions to implement the Camacho lawsuit on support services for SIP participation prior to the signing of the WTW plan. Reimbursement is due for all cases with SIPs approved as of April 7, 2008. Reimbursement must occur when…
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ACIN I-47-08: CalWORKs Child Care And Supportive Services And On-Line Courses (7/29/08)
The Notice provides guidance to CWDs regarding the inclusion of on-line courses in a WTW plan and when it is appropriate to provide CalWORKs supportive services for individuals participating in approved on-line courses. This ACIN does not address…
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ACIN I-49-08: Revisions To CalWORKs Notices Of Action For Welfare to Work (6/27/08)
New summer look to those tired old WTW notices. Budgets on a separate page, no reference to durational sanctions (that wicked witch is dead!), changes after a review by the grammar police, including making the NOAs more “translation…
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ACL 08-28: CalWORKs 60-Month Time Limit Exemption: Living In Indian Country Where Unemployment Rate Is 50% Higher (6/10/08)
The latest list of areas which qualify for the time limit exemption. [Download]
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ACIN I-38-08: Child Care Fraud Indicators Tool (6/12/08)
This Notice provides counties with a “child care fraud indicators tool” that can be used when reviewing documentation for child care services (Stage 1). Comes with the caveat that: “The indicators are not proof that fraud exists; they…
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ACL 08-27: CalWORKs: COLA Increase To The MBSAC (5/28/08)
That time of year: new Minimum Basic Standard of Adequate Care (MBSAC) are out, effective July 1st (5.26% increase). The Maximum Aid Payment COLA is delayed until 10/08. The new MBSAC chart is attached, and includes the new…
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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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ACL 08-14: CalWORKs Wage Subsidies (4/10/08)
Mostly about county coding, but noted for describing AB 98. AB 98 added WIC Sect. 11322.63, which provides for CDSS to reimburse counties for 50 percent of a CalWORKs recipient’s wage subsidy outside of the county Single Allocation.The…
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ACL 08-15: Department Of Homeland Security Interim Final Rule On New Classification For Victims Of Criminal Activity; Eligibility For U Nonimmigrant Status (4/4/08)
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 created U Nonimmigrant Status for certain victims of criminal activity. The feds created U Visa Interim Relief, since U Visa regulations not forthcoming. (See ACL No. 06-60 and ACIN No.…