calworks
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ACL 09-42: TANF Emergency Contingency Fund: Subsidized Employment (9/15/09)
Program instructions for implementing the expansion of CalWORKs subsidized employment programs through the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund (ECF). Counties can expand subsidized employment programs now, but access to TANF ECF funds for county programs is contingent upon federal…
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ACL 09-41: CalWORKs And Food Stamp Programs Quarterly Reporting Q&A’s (9/2/09)
Answers questions about anticipated and fluctuating income, verifying decrease or termination in income and the weekly/bi-weekly multipliers. Highlights: not counting SSI or UI income that is awarded but no started date indicated, budgeting $0 income if people indicate…
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ACIN I-60-09: CalWORKs) Domestic Abuse Issues With Regard To Intercounty Transfers (8/24/09)
Information on Domestic Violence waivers when the recipient transfers to another county. The notice reviews the basis for granting a DV waiver, the need for secure and confidential information, and includes a form to provide authorization (or not)…
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ACIN I-50-09: CalWORKS Referral To EDD For UIB (8/17/09)
A reminder of the appropriate procedures used when referring a CalWORKs applicant or recipient to apply for Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB). As part of the county’s duty to assist recipients, CWDs shall help applicants or recipients establishing their…
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ACIN I-56-09: Earned Income Tax Credit, Stakeholder Workgroup Proposals (7/23/09)
This Notice transmits the final report on AB 1078 regarding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). AB 1078 required the CalWORKs program to maximize the ability of recipients to benefit from the federal EITC, by enacting changes in…
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Homeless Assistance Regulations: Public Comment
Comments are due by September 16, 2009 for the proposed AB 1808 Homelessness Eligibility Requirements regulations. This packet implements the homeless prevention changes. [Download]
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ACL 09-05: CalWORKs Information Regarding California Registered Domestic partners (RDPs) And Same-Sex Spouses (2/27/09)
Policy direction regarding eligibility of same-sex married spouses to the CalWORKs, Food Stamp, and Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) programs, and instructions regarding eligibility for Medi-Cal. (DHCS has issued ACWDL 09-03 and ACWDL 09-04 regarding this.) The California RDP…
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ACL 09-29: CalWORKs 60-Month Time Limit Exemption For CalWORKs Recipients Living In Indian Country Where The Unemployment Rate Is 50%+ (6/18/09)
The annual list of California Tribal Reservations and Rancherias with unemployment rates of fifty percent or higher. Individuals living in these areas have a 60-month exemption. More notably, this notice reminds counties that CalWORKs applicants and recipients must…
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ACIN I-49-09: Welfare To Work Best Practices Website (7/8/09)
The CalWORKs WTW Best Practices website is up and running. Also includes “promising practices” (the difference being whether there is data to support the success.) [Download]
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ACL 09-05E: Correction to ACL 09-05 Re: Registered Domestic Partners And Same-Sex Spouses (6/4/09)
The revisions were made to clarify that the date of the marriage, not the date a marriage license was issued, will determine whether the marriage is deemed valid for the purpose of CalWORKs eligibility determinations. This errata also…