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May 30, 2025

ALL COUNTY LETTER NO. 25-37

TO: ALL COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS ALL COUNTY CALWORKS PROGRAM SPECIALISTS ALL CALFRESH PROGRAM SPECIALISTS ALL COUNTY REFUGEE COORDINATORS ALL COUNTY CONSORTIA REPRESENTATIVES

SUBJECT: CALIFORNIA WORK OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO KIDS, REFUGEE CASH ASSISTANCE, ENTRANT CASH ASSISTANCE, AND TRAFFICKING AND CRIME VICTIMS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, CHANGES TO VEHICLE VALUE LIMITS FOR FAMILIES

REFERENCE: SENATE BILL (SB) 80 (CHAPTER 440, STATUTES OF 2019); WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE (W&IC) SECTION 11155 AND W&IC SECTION 11257; MANUAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (MPP) SECTION 42-207, MPP SECTION 42- 215.4, MPP SECTION 69-201.4, MPP SECTION 69-301 AND MPP SECTION 70-105; ALL COUNTY LETTER (ACL) NO. 13-111, ACL NO. 18-76, ACL NO. 19-67 AND ACL NO. 24-36

The purpose of this letter is to inform all County Health and Human Service Agencies (HHSA) of the 1.61 percent increase to the vehicle value limit for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Entrant Cash Assistance (ECA), and Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Programs (TCVAP), effective July 1, 2025. The W&IC Sections 11155 and 11257 require the CalWORKs program to adjust the maximum vehicle limit in accordance with the United States (U.S.) Transportation Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.