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ALL COUNTY LETTER (ACL) NO. 14-56

TO:

ALL COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS

ALL CALFRESH PROGRAM SPECIALISTS

ALL CONSORTIA MANAGERS

ALL QUALITY CONTROL COORDINATORS

SUBJECT:

CALFRESH MODIFIED CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY

REFERENCE: ALL COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS LETTER, DATED JUNE 30, 2014; SENATE BILL (SB) 855 (CHAPTER 29, STATUTES OF 2014); ACL NO. 13-108 DATED DECEMBER 31, 2013; ALL COUNTY INFORMATION NOTICE (ACIN) NO. I-52-13 DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2013; ACL NO. 13-32 DATED APRIL 24, 2013; ACL NO. 12-62E DATED JUNE 28, 2013; ACL NO. 12-62 DATED NOVEMBER 2, 2012; ACL NO. 11-11 DATED JANUARY 27, 2011; ACL NO. 09-24 DATED MAY 27, 2009

August 22, 2014 The purpose of this ACL is to provide comprehensive information regarding CalFresh Broad-based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE) known in California as Modified Categorical Eligibility (MCE). Effective July 1, 2014, all households (with certain exceptions as cited in this letter) with gross income at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), must be conferred MCE status if they are issued or have online access to the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)-funded “Family Planning – PUB 275” brochure. Background Assembly Bill (AB) 433, (Chapter 625, Statutes of 2008), established a program of categorical eligibility for CalFresh to promote nutrition as well as the retention and development of assets and resources for needy households who met all other conditions of eligibility for CalFresh. Beginning July 1, 2009, MCE was implemented to confer MCE to those households with children under 18 with a maximum gross income of 130 percent of the FPL.