California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - August 12, 2003

Reference:  ACL 02-94

This ACL summarizes the final changes to the CalWORKs 60-month time limit regulations that became effective April 9, 2003. This ACL also attaches copies of those regulations including MPP §§40-107.4, 42-302.114, 42-302.2 and 44-352.113 and .123.
These regulations were also issued via EAS Manual Letter 03-04.

Some of the changes are as follows:

· 40-107.143- Counties must inform recipients of their time on aid in the 54th month. Counties have the option of issuing an informing notice or a notice of action at the 54th month.

· 40-107.144- Counties must issue a notice of action to inform recipients of their time on aid at some time during the recipient's 54th through 58th month on aid.

· 40-107.147- Counties must issue a notice of action informing an adult who has timed out but has children still on aid when child support or overpayment recoupment reimburses any month of aid.

· 42-302.21(g)(1)(A) through (G)- Adds provisions to clarify the process to exempt months of aid by reimbursement through child support collection.

· 44-352.113 and .123-Receipt of child support payments are no longer considered when calculating the amount of overpayment.