California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - October 17, 2003

This ACIN provides 15 questions and answers on Immediate Need, Homeless Assistance and food stamps. The answers to some of those questions are as follows:

¨ A family living in a car is considered homeless even if the family has no eviction notice.

¨ If a family applies for CalWORKs in county A and then moves to county B and is homeless in county B, county A is responsible for the CalWORKs inter-county transfer process. Per MPP §44-211.515 however, county B is responsible for evaluating and issuing Homeless Assistance payments because the family resides in that county.

¨ Counties are not required to advance cash aid to applicants or recipients when the applicant or recipient receives an eviction notice and/or quit notice unless there is a request for immediate need or expedited grant.

¨ A family that is temporarily residing with another family is considered homeless because they lack a regular and fixed nighttime residence. (see MPP §§44-211.511 and 63-102(h)(2))