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All County Letter No. 22-60 Page Two

temporary manual process to correctly determine eligibility for the Child Support in Lieu of CalWORKs Grant Option until automation is in place. CalFresh recipients must receive notification of any negative changes to their household’s CalFresh benefits no later than September 20, 2022 to meet (10-day) timely noticing regulations.

11 PERCENT MAP INCREASE

The AB 85 redistributed funds to counties for CalWORKs expenditures and established the Child Poverty and Family Supplemental Support (CPFSS) Subaccount within the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund to support CalWORKs grant increases. The cost of the 11 percent grant increase will be funded with revenues deposited into the CPFSS Subaccount. Any remaining amounts in the subaccount will be carried over to future fiscal years. The growth revenues deposited into the CPFSS Subaccount will be monitored to determine if funding remains sufficient for the following fiscal year and thereafter.

Each year the subaccount will also be monitored to determine if funds are sufficient to allow an additional increase to the MAP. If funds are sufficient, the increase will take effect on October 1st of that year. If funds are not sufficient to support an increase, no change to the MAP will occur. The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will notify CWDs in advance of any future grant increases.

10 PERCENT TEMPORARY MAP INCREASE

In addition to the fixed 11 percent increase in AB 85, SB 187 further temporarily increases the MAP by an additional 10 percent until September 30, 2024. The 11 percent MAP increase and the temporary 10 percent MAP increase will be compounded. The result of this compounded increase is that the effective MAP increase beginning October 1, 2022 will be 22.1 percent greater than the MAP level for the month of September 2022.

For example, the September 1, 2022 Exempt MAP for an Assistance Unit (AU) of 3 in Region 1 is $1,035. The new MAP will be calculated as followed:

1. ($1,035 x 11%) + $1,035 = $1,149; 2. ($1,149 x 10%) + $1,149 = $1,264.

The Exempt MAP for an AU of 3 in Region 1 is $1,264 beginning October 1, 2022 and is effectively a 22.1 percent increase over the MAP from the prior month.

The attachments include the CalWORKs Payment Standards effective October 1, 2022, and for informational purposes, includes the standards without the temporary 10 percent increase.