calworks
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ACL 11-29: CalWORKs: 8% Reduction To The MAP Levels, COLA Increase To The MBSAC Levels And Changes To The Earned Income Disregard Calculation (4/6/11)
The first of several ACL’s implementing the 2011 budget trailer bill Social Services cuts. This one reviews the all grants (all regions, exempt and non-exempt MAPs) grant cut and the reduction of the earned income disregard (the first…
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ACL 11-22: Implementation Of The New Inter-County Transfer Process For CalFresh Program Benefits (3/25/11)
Ding dong, the wicked witch of county-only Food Stamps (CalFresh) eligibility is dead! This letter implements (new) Welfare & Institutions Code § 11053.2, and sets out the inter-county transfer process for CalWORKs and/or Medi-Cal linked cases, as well…
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ACIN I-14-11: Application Processing Time Frame Requirements For The CalFresh And CalWORKs Programs (3/22/11)
Titled as guidance to counties about existing application processing timelines given staff turnover, this ACIN reviews Expedited Services and Immediate Need emergency processing deadlines, as well as standard app times for both interviews and final decisions. [Download]
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ACIN I-13-11: CalWORKS Supportive Services, Satisfactory Progress, And Financial Aid (3/9/11)
Reminder about support services, advance pay, notices of cuts/termination if sanctioning, and that support services can’t be withheld while participants verify satisfactory progress. [Download]
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ACL 11-13E: CalWORKs Program And CalFresh: Changes In The Treatment Of Federal Tax Credits And Refunds In The CalWORKs And CalFresh Programs (2/10/11)
Well, the original ACL was right…as far as it went. This errata clarifies that the information about tax credits and refunds applies also to the Refugee Cash Assistance, the Entrant Cash Assistance, and the Trafficking and Crime Victims…
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ACL 11-17: Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage For Participants In The CalWORKs Program And The CalFresh Employment And Training Program (2/16/11)
Updated information on Worker’s comp for CalWORKs and CalFresh E & T. Worker’s comp covers CalWORKs And CFE&T activities “including but not limited to” Unpaid Work Experience, Unpaid Community Service, and Subsidized Employment. Claims information and processing details.…
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ACL 11-13: CalWORKs And CalFresh Changes In The Treatment Of Federal Tax Credits And Refunds In The CalWORKs And CalFresh Programs (2/2/11)
Instruction to CWDs regarding changes in the way federal tax credits and refunds will be treated in the CalWORKs and CalFresh Programs, as a result of passage of H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief Bill. Regulations currently require that…
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ACL 11-04: CalWORKs Family Reunification Services – Q & A (1/27/11)
After a CPS removal of children from the home, the parents can continue to get CalWORKs WTW services as part of a Family Reunification (FR) plan, for up to 180 days (with good cause extensions). This letter transmits…
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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-104-10: CalWORKs IRT For Quarterly Reporting (12/14/10)
The latest in the Income Reporting Thresholds… they are unchanged for Fiscal Year 2010-11. [Download]