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STANDARDS OF ASSISTANCE Regulations AID PAYMENTS 44-305 (Cont.)

44-305 AID PAYMENTS - PAYEE AND DELIVERY 44-305

.1 To Whom Paid and Delivered

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.11 For Payee and Delivery requirements applicable to pregnant or parenting minors who are participants of the California Work Pays Demonstration Project, see Section 89-201.4.

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.12 Child Living with Parent or Relative

.121 If a child is living with a caretaker relative, the warrant shall be paid only to the caretaker relative unless such relative has a legally appointed guardian or conservator or there is a substitute payee or there is a vendor designated to receive payment (see Section 44-307). In such cases, the warrant is paid to the guardian, conservator, substitute payee or vendor.

.122 If the caretaker relative is temporarily absent from the home, the warrant may be paid to a person designated by the caretaker relative.

.123 The warrant is to be delivered only to the payee or otherwise according to the payee's instructions. If there is an emergency, the warrant may be delivered to a person acting temporarily for the parent or relative payee. (See Section 25-530.2.)

.13 Repealed by Manual Letter Number 81-62 (1/1/82)

.2 Alternate Payment System

.21 A county may develop a plan that divides its cases into groups and pays aid to these cases on dates other than the first and fifteenth of the calendar month, in order to allow payment dates to be spaced evenly throughout the calendar month.

.22 Such an alternate payment system must receive written approval of the California Department of Social Services before it may be implemented. The plan must provide that:

.221 Each recipient shall be assigned a recurring, specified aid payment period. The budget period shall correspond to this payment period.

.222 The aid payment shall be issued by mail or by direct deposit electronic fund transfer in time to be available to the recipient on the dates specified under Section 44- 305.23.

.223 Upon changing aid payment periods for any recipient, the recipient shall be provided a payment for the prorated amount of aid for the interim period between the end of the old payment period and the beginning of the new payment period. The prorated payment shall be made on the old aid payment delivery date.

CALIFORNIA-DSS-MANUAL-EAS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-13-02 Effective 7/1/13

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