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April 15, 2015
ALL COUNTY LETTER 15-42 TO: ALL COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS ALL CALFRESH PROGRAM SPECIALISTS ALL CalWORKs PROGRAM SPECIALISTS ALL CONSORTIUM PROJECT MANAGERS ALL QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM COORDINATORS SUBJECT: CALFRESH: CLARIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD REPORTS OVER THE INCOME REPORTING THRESHOLD (IRT) FOR THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTING (SAR) SYSTEM REFERENCE: ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 6 (CHAPTER 501, STATUTES OF 2011), ALL COUNTY LETTER (ACL) 09-24; ACL 11-11; ACL12-25; ACL 12-25E; ACL 12-62; ACL12-62E; ACL13-08; ACL 13-17; ACL 13- 32; ALL COUNTY INFORMATION NOTICE (ACIN) I-50-13; ACL 14-56; SENATE BILL (SB) 855 (CHAPTER 29, STATUTES OF 2014); ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 1468 (CHAPTER 26, STATUTES OF 2014) On May 17, 2012, ACLs 12-25 and 12-25E provided new policy instructions to County Welfare Departments (CWDs) for the implementation of SAR for CalWORKs and CalFresh. The purpose of this ACL is to provide clarification regarding the gross income limit for conferring Modified Categorical Eligibility (MCE), for household reports of income over the IRT, required case actions for households with continued eligibility, and requirements for notifying households of their IRT. This ACL transmits revised IRT informing notices SAR 2, AR 2 SAR and AR 2 CR with revisions described below. These forms have been posted to the California Department of Social Services forms website and translations will be available as soon as possible. The forms should be automated into the consortia systems as soon as possible, or a process must be put in place to meet the requirements of the policy change until necessary automation changes are complete. Additionally this letter provides clarification regarding the pro- ration of ineligible noncitizen’s income pertinent to IRT requirements relevant to both SAR and MCE. Please refer to ACL 14-56, dated August 22, 2014, and ACL 14-56E, dated April 10, 2015 for further information regarding MCE households. REASON FOR THIS TRANSMITTAL [ ] State Law Change [ ] Federal Law or Regulation
Change [ ] Court Order [ ] Clarification Requested by One or More Counties [X] Initiated by CDSS