California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - October 9, 2001

Reference: Sheyko v. Saenz

In Sheyko, the California Superior Court issued a writ of mandate dated August 10, 2001 that ordered the CDSS to do the following in pertinent part:

¨ Refrain from denying or terminating benefits for a CalWORKs or food stamp applicant or recipient who fails to comply with the SFIS requirements as opposed to refuses to comply with these requirements.
¨ Refrain from requiring compliance with SFIS requirements by parents and caretaker relatives who are not themselves recipients of but were applicants on or before July 21, 1996, for AFDC and/or food stamps for children with continuing eligibility who are currently receiving benefits.
¨ Refrain from requiring that parents and caretaker relatives who are not applying for or receiving either CalWORKs and/or food stamps for themselves be finger imaged and photo imaged as a condition of eligibility for benefits for other family members when another parent or caretaker relative in the family is applying for or receiving CalWORKs and/or food stamps for themselves and has been finger imaged and photo imaged.

The CDSS will appeal this last provision.