44-317 BEGINNING DATE OF AID FOR NEW APPLICATIONS

(a) In the event the CWD is closed during the regular eight hours of a working day as defined in Sections 11-601.214 and .215, and an application for CalWORKs benefits is deposited in a drop box, mail slot, or other reasonable accommodation in accordance with Section 11-601.311(b), the "date of application" shall be the date the application is deposited.

(b) In the event the CWD is closed during the regular eight hours of a working day as defined in Sections 11-601.214 and .215, and an applicant calls to make a request for emergency benefits in accordance with Section 11-601.313, the date of application shall be the date the telephone call is received.

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(c) Example: On Friday, when the CWD is closed, an applicant deposits an application for CalWORKs benefits in a mail slot designated for that purpose. The application will be date stamped with Friday's date or it will be otherwise indicated on the application that it was received on Friday, the date of application. Had the applicant made a request for Homeless Assistance, CalFresh Expedited Services, Medi-Cal, or CalWORKs Immediate Need via the local telephone service on Friday, the date of application would be Friday and the application would have to be processed within established time frames.

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.112 "The date on which the applicant meets all eligibility conditions" means the date all linking and nonlinking factors of eligibility are met (see Section 40-107.3), even though verification or documentation of the eligibility condition is received at a later date. Technical conditions of eligibility, as specified in MPP 40-129.214, met at a later date are considered to be met on the date of application as long as they are completed by the date of authorization except for social security enumeration. Social security enumeration requirements must be met within 30 days of the application for assistance if aid is to begin on the date of application. (For social security enumeration requirements, see Section 40-105.2.)

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(a) At the time these regulations were promulgated, social security enumeration, application for unconditionally available income (including UIB), work registration of the principal earner who is exempt from WTW due to remoteness, work registration of the nonfederal principal earner, and cooperation with the District Attorney in accordance with MPP 43-201.1 were the only technical conditions of eligibility. If any new technical conditions of eligibility are established, this handbook section will be amended.

(b) Example: A family applies for CalWORKs on April 3. The county schedules the face-to-face interview on April 10. At that time the county determines that on April 3 the applicant had $2,200 in a bank account, but on April 6 the bank account was down to $1,900. The beginning date of aid for this family is April 6, since it was on that date that the family met the eligibility requirement for CalWORKs.

(c) Example: A family applies for CalWORKs on November 10. All family members meet the eligibility requirements except for the youngest child who does not have an SSN. On November 20, the CWD authorizes aid for everyone but the one child because verification of a completed application for an SSN had not been received. On December 10, the CWD received a copy of the MC 194 which indicated that an application for an SSN was completed on November 15 and is being processed. The county rescinds the denial for the child and authorizes aid effective November 10.

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.113 The beginning date of aid for each member of the AU may vary.

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(a) Example: A family applies for CalWORKs on November 10. All family members meet the eligibility requirements except for the youngest child who does not have an SSN. On November 20, the CWD authorizes aid for everyone but the one child because verification of a completed application for an SSN had not been received. On December 20, the CWD receives a copy of the MC 194 which indicated that an application for an SSN was completed on December 15 and is being processed. The CWD authorizes aid for the youngest child effective December 15.

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.114 The BDA shall be the date of application or date of eligibility, whichever is later, for persons whose eligibility determination remains pending and aid is granted to the remaining AU.

.2 Aid Begins on a Specified Date

.21 For a pregnant woman with no other eligible children, the beginning date of aid shall be the date of application, providing the pregnant woman is eligible on that date.

.22 When the mother of a newborn is being aided as a pregnant woman in accordance with Sections 44-205.1 and 82-836 or is receiving a pregnancy special need payment in accordance with Section 44-211.6 in the month of birth, the newborn and the father of the newborn shall be added to the case as described in Sections 44-318.15 and .16.

.3 Aid is Granted on Intercounty Transfer

Aid is paid from the first of the month following discontinuance by the other county.

.4 Change in Type of Assistance

Aid is paid from the first of the month following the effective date of discontinuance under the previous program.

.5 Applicant to Leave Public Institution Where He is Ineligible – (Repealed -- Manual Letter No. 77-001)

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.6 Intraprogram Status Changes

.61 Transfer from Medically Needy to CalWORKs Recipient

.611 The cash grant shall be paid from the date of application or date all eligibility conditions are met, whichever is later.

.62 Transfers Between CalWORKs and AFDC-FC

.621 The BDA for a child converting from AFDC-FC to CalWORKs shall be the date he/she is placed in his/her parent's or relative's home or the date eligibility conditions are met, whichever is later.

.622 When a child in an CalWORKs AU is moved to foster care, the effective date of AFDC-FC assistance is the date he/she is placed in an AFDC-FC eligible facility and is otherwise AFDC-FC eligible.

.623 When a child is transferring from AFDC-FC to CalWORKs, or vice versa, but remains in the home of the same related caretaker, the effective date of program transfer is the first of the month following the request for change of program. (See Section 45-202.212(a).)

.63 Transfers from AFDC-FC to Kin-GAP

.631 When a child is transferring from AFDC-FC to Kin-GAP, but remains in the home of the same caretaker relative, the BDA of Kin-GAP is the first of the month following the dismissal of the dependency (see Section 90-105.132). AFDC-FC shall be paid until the Kin-GAP payment begins.

.64 Transfers Between CalWORKs and Kin-GAP

.641 When a child is transferring from CalWORKs to Kin-GAP, or vice versa, but remains in the home of the same related caretaker, the effective date of the program transfer is the first of the month following the request for change of program or the dismissal of the dependency (see Section 90105.132).

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.7 Aid Granted on Basis of Immediate Need After Determining Eligibility or Apparent Eligibility -- Has been Deleted per Manual Letter No. 79-58.

.8 Previously Denied Application is Approved

.81 Aid shall be paid from the date it would have been paid in accordance with the beginning date of aid regulations in effect at the time the application was denied.

.9 Repealed by Manual Letter No. EAS-91-14, effective 10/1/91.

.10 Effective Date of Medical Assistance Certification

The effective date of the certification for Group I Medical Assistance for the applicant who has been found eligible for a cash grant is whichever of the following is later: (a) the first of the month of application, or (b) the first of the month in which there is eligibility (linkage).

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553, 10554, 10604, 11209, and 11369, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 10553, 10554, 10604, and 11056, Welfare and Institutions Code; 45 CFR 205.42(d)(2)(A), as printed in Federal Register, Vol. 57, No. 198, Tuesday, October 13, 1992, page 46808; 45 CFR 206.10; 45 CFR 233.10(a)(1); 45 CFR 233.20(a)(1)(ii); 45 CFR 233.60; 45 CFR 233.90(c)(2)(i); and Blanco v. Anderson Court Order, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, No. CIV-S-93-859 WBS, JFM, dated January 3, 1995.