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

Item 03-10-01F
ACIN I-56-03 September 3, 2003 (Synopsis): Suspension of CalWORKs and Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs)

Welfare and Institutions Code (W&IC) §11453(c) provides for the 2003-4 fiscal year that CalWORKs Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) and Minimum Basic Standard of Adequate Care (MBSAC) COLAs shall be suspended if there is an increase in the Vehicle License Fee (VLF). The VLF was increased effective October 1, 2003. Therefore the COLAs for MAP and MBSAC that were scheduled to be effective October 1, 2003 as well as RCA are suspended.

The CalWORKs MAP and MBSAC levels in All County Letters 03-26 and 03-38 are effective for the 2003-4 fiscal year.