40-020 IMPLEMENTATION OF CALIFORNIA ALTERNATIVE ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM (CAAP)

.1 The adoption of Chapter 89-700 and the amendment of Sections 40-131.3, 40-181.2, 44-111.3, 44-207.322, and 89-101, which implement the California Alternative Assistance Program (CAAP) shall be effective May 1, 1994. Counties are required to meet the CAAP informing requirements at application and redetermination of eligibility for applicants and recipients subject to the California Work Pays Demonstration Project (CWPDP) beginning May 1, 1994.

.2 Chapter 89-700, for applicants and recipients subject to the CWPDP, is adopted to implement the CAAP to comply with the provisions of Welfare and Institutions Code Section 11280 (Chapter 69, Statutes of 1993).

.3 Section 40-131 is amended to require that AFDC applicants be informed about CAAP at the time of AFDC application.

.4 Section 40-181 is amended to require that AFDC recipients be informed about CAAP at the time of AFDC redetermination.

RECEPTION AND APPLICATION

PROGRAM (CAAP) (Continued)

.5 Section 44-111 is amended to exempt CAAP payments from consideration as income for AFDC.

.6 Section 44-207 is amended to require that an individual be considered to have received an AFDC payment when the assistance unit (AU) has received benefits under the CAAP.

.7 Section 89-101 is amended to require that CAAP be included in the CWPDP provisions of Chapter 89-700 et seq. The county shall apply these provisions to those applicants and recipients who are designated as members of the Project's control and experimental groups.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 11280, Welfare and Institutions Code; and the Federal Terms and Conditions for the California Work Pays Demonstration Project as approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services on March 9, 1994.