44-307 VOUCHER/VENDOR PAYMENTS

.1 Voucher/Vendor Payments

A county shall issue vouchers or vendor payments for at least rent and utilities payments any time a parent or caretaker relative is in sanction status for at least three consecutive months. A county shall establish when to begin to issue vouchers or vendor payments for at least rent and utilities after this three-month period in sanction status. This timeframe shall be included in a county’s written policies and procedures. The vouchers or vendor payments shall continue until the parent or caretaker relative is no longer subject to sanction.

.2 Grant not Sufficient

When the computed grant is not sufficient to cover both rent and utilities, the county shall issue a voucher or vendor payment for the full amount of the grant. The voucher or vendor payment may be for rent, utilities, or some portion of either.

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.21 Example: Recipient's rent for a given month $500.

Utilities for the month $100.

Grant for the month $400.

The county could either send a $400 voucher to the landlord or send a $100 voucher to the utility company and a $300 voucher to the landlord.

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.3 Untenable Living Situation

Counties shall establish procedures to accommodate recipients who notify the county fourteen calendar days prior to the issuance of the next rental payment that they wish to withhold all or part of their rent due to an untenable living situation.

.4 Change of Address

If a recipient notifies the county fourteen calendar days prior to the issuance of the next regular rental payment that he/she intends to move, the county shall arrange to send the next rental payment to the new landlord.

.5 Optional Voucher/Vendor Payments

Counties have the option of issuing voucher or vendor payments in the following instances:

.51 Other Need Items

When vouchers or vendor payments are issued pursuant to Section 44-307.1, counties have the option to issue additional vouchers or vendor payments for other need items if they deem it in the best interest of the recipient child(ren), or

.52 Over Time Limit

When an adult is removed from the AU after exhausting the CalWORKs 60-month time limit specified in Section 42-302.1, counties have the option of providing aid to the AU in the form of vouchers or vendor payments.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code; SB 72 (Chapter 8, Statutes of 2011), Section 42. Reference: Sections 11320.15, 11327.5(d), 11450.13, 11453.2, 11454, and 17012.5, Welfare and Institutions Code; and Section 1942, Civil Code.

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