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November 7, 2025 ALL COUNTY LETTER NO. 25-79 TO: ALL COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS ALL CALFRESH PROGRAM SPECIALISTS ALL CONSORTIA REPRESENTATIVES ALL QUALITY CONTROL COORDINATORS SUBJECT: CALFRESH ONE-YEAR ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS TIME LIMIT WAIVER FOR COLUSA, IMPERIAL, AND TULARE COUNTIES

REFERENCE: TITLE 7 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) 273.24; WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE (WIC) SECTION 18926; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 (PUBLIC LAW 119-21); ALL COUNTY LETTER (ACL) NO. 25-41; ACL NO. 24-42; ACL NO. 19- 93; ACL NO. 22-74; ACL NO. 25-64

The purpose of this All County Letter (ACL) is to inform County Welfare Departments (CWDs) that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has approved a one-year waiver of the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) time limit requirement under Title 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 273.24 for Colusa, Imperial, and Tulare counties.

Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) Section 18926, requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to annually seek a federal waiver of the ABAWD time limit for all eligible counties. Federal law and regulations provide that the FNS may waive the ABAWD time limit in a state or areas within a state that meet specified criteria.

ABAWD TIME LIMIT WAIVER COUNTIES

Only three of California’s 58 counties continue to qualify for the ABAWD time limit waiver under changes to the ABAWD time limit waiver criteria due to House of Representatives 1 (H.R. 1), an Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (Public Law 119-21), signed into law on July 4, 2025. CDSS submitted an