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ACL No. 14-56 Page Six Quality Control (QC) Procedures As noted above, counties must document the case record, or otherwise identify the case, as MCE for quality control purposes. Since MCE is currently being used to exclude resources from a household’s CalFresh determination, the same QC procedures will apply to this new form of MCE. CWDs shall document that a household has been given the “Family Planning – PUB 275” brochure and is an MCE household. No other special procedures are required for these cases. The QC staff will continue reviewing cases using standard review procedures in addition with the policy transmitted in this letter. Retroactive Benefits If the CWD is unable to make necessary changes to implement MCE for all NACF applicants and continuing cases on July 1, 2014, CWDs must restore, where appropriate, lost benefits as soon as administratively feasible. In order to be able to correct the action, the county must flag the case. Benefit Issuance As a reminder, no issuance of less than $10 shall be made in the month of application for all households, including those that are considered MCE, regardless of the size of the household and the amount shown in the Tables of Benefit Issuance. This includes, but is not limited to, a household whose benefit is prorated and results in a CalFresh allotment of less than $10. Zero Benefit Cases For households of three or more members which are entitled to no benefits, FNS allows states the option of denying the application or certifying the household and carrying the zero benefit case. California has opted to deny these household who are otherwise CE or MCE and entitled to no benefits. If a CE or MCE household of three or more has made a mandatory or VUR reported change in gross income and/or allowable expenses that causes their net income to increase to the point where they no longer qualify to receive any benefits, the county will discontinue the household’s participation as a result of the net income exceeding the level at which benefits are issued. For those CE households being recertified that would receive no benefits due to their net income, the county will deny the recertification application because the household’s net income exceeds the level at which benefits are issued. As stated previously, if the household has an E/D member in it, the county must determine regular CalFresh eligibility (including countable resources, but with no gross income test).