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To the extent that services are not available from other sources, counties have the option to provide former recipients with job retention services, such as case management services and supportive services, in order to assist the individual in retaining employment. These services can be provided for up to 12 months for former recipients who received assistance within the previous 12 months. Recipients who leave assistance may be eligible for up to 12 months of transitional Medi-Cal and/or a minimum of 24 months of child care.

Timed out, Ineligible, and Long-Term Sanction-Cases: Non-MOE State General Fund (GF) outside of the federal TANF and state MOE funding structure is used to fund CalWORKs assistance, services, child care and administration costs for current work- eligible cases where (1) the adult in a single-parent family or both adults in a two-parent family has/have reached the 60-month CalWORKs limit for cash assistance (Safety Net cases), (2) the adult(s) is a fleeing felon, or (3) the adult(s) is in long-term sanction status of 12 or more months, and the adult(s) resides with an eligible child that continues to receive assistance. All programs or activities claimed by the State for MOE purposes are outlined in this State TANF Program Plan and are in alignment with the MOE programs and activities reported in the State’s ACF-204. Applications for CalWORKs are made on a state-supplied application form that elicits the same information in every case. Applications are processed promptly by counties under a system of statewide regulations that ensure fair and humane treatment free of discrimination.

The following policies and principles are in state statutes and/or regulations and govern the delivery of public assistance:

• Assistance is to be administered promptly and humanely, with due regard to the preservation of family life and without discrimination on account of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or marital status and age. • Assistance is to be administered so as to encourage self-respect, self- reliance, and the desire to be a good citizen useful to society.