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Errata to ACIN I-32-07E: Clarification To ACIN I-32-07: Reporting Methodology For TANF Work Participation Rates (8/6/07)
An errata to an errata, special for welfare nerds. And those of you in the position of convincing workers to leave recipients with disabilities and caring for disabled household members alone, as they are not part of the…
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ACIN I-41-07: SB 1569 (Human Trafficking/Benefits) , Post-Implementation Questions And Answers (8/8/07)
A much needed follow up on ACL 06-60, with policy clarifications about the implementation of the provision of public assistance to victims of trafficking. Recognizing the sensitivity of the issue, there is an attached suggested screening tool, and…
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ACIN I-38-07: Tribal TANF And Child Care Interface
Info on funding, and coverage of child care services to folks in Tribal TANF. [Download]
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ACL 07-25 (6/25/07) CalWORKs 60-Month Time Limit Exemption For Recipients Living In Indian Country
CalWORKs exempts recipients living on Tribal Reservations and Rancherias where unemployment is higher than 50%. This is the list of the areas that triggered the exemption in 2006. Impacted counties are: Amador, Amador, Butte, Del Norte, Eureka, Humboldt,…
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ACL 07-23: CalWORKs: COLA Increase To The Minimum Basic Standard Of Adequate Care (MBSAC) Levels (6/13/07)
That time of year again – the proposed state budget may not include a COLA to the grant, but at least there are COLA’s to the MBSAC. They are effective 7/1/07, and also affect the Refugee Cash Assistance…
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ACIN I-25-07: Disaster Unemployment Assistance Due To 1/07 Freeze In Food Stamp/CalWORKs (5/31/07)
EDD has extended the filing deadline for emergency UI to May 25th (after the date of this letter…). The Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) covers those who normally would not get UI (self-employed or exhausted benefits). The disaster counties…
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ACIN I-27-07: Employment Development Department Wage Data Requests (5/1/07)
A reminder to counties that they are NOT just to send applicants/recipients willy-nilly to EDD to apply for Unemployment Benefits. Since the EDD files are available on-line to county workers, they are required to check for potential eligibility…
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ACIN I-29-07: CalWORKs Maximum Family Grant (MFG) Requirement Reminder (5/5/07)
A much needed once-over of the MFG rules. The letter notes that counties must provide the CW 2102 MFG informing notice form at application and each subsequent annual redetermination. Failure to issue/get the form signed at an annual…
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ACIN I-24-07: Identifying Combat Zones Due To Deployment Of Military Personnel To A Combat Zone (5/11/07)
Good news/bad news. There are more FNS identified combat zones, but here is the list of them, so that the income of people posted to a zone is excluded for the Food Stamps program. [Download]
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ACIN I-21-07: CalWORKs: Forms Changes Due To Changes In Homeless Assistance, Food Stamp Utility Allowance Deductions, Racial And Ethnic Data Collection, And Welfare To Work Sanctions (April 26, 2007)
Pretty self-explanatory title. Mostly notable because it impacts the FS calculation, and people should be getting the correct forms. [Download]