California Department of Social Services - State Hearings
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Notes from the Training Bureau - July 21, 1998
| Item 98-07-01H CDSS ACL 98-37 -- June 9, 1998 (Synopsis): CalWORKs Questions and Answers |
Reference: AB 1542
This ACL provides 53 questions and answers pertaining to the implementation of CalWORKs which became effective January 1, 1998. The questions and answers are divided into categories that include: child support penalties; deprivation; diversion; grant structure/income; family composition; budgeting; elimination of late reporting penalties; Reduced Income Supplemental Payments (RISPs); immunization; property; school attendance; time limits and voucher/vendor payments. In addition, this ACL includes a chart entitled: "Grant Computation: Treatment of Needs of Sanctioned/Penalized Individuals."
This chart corrects errors in the chart in All-County Information Notice I-09-98.
The answers to a few of the questions in this ACL are as follows:
If a child receives income based on the disability of a parent, the income is treated as disability based unearned income and the $225 disregard applies. This disregard is limited to SDI, private disability, Temporary Workers’ Compensation, TDI, and Social Security Disability.
There is only one $225 disregard per family regardless of how many people receive disability benefits.
Self-employed applicants have the choice of using 40% of gross income or actual business expenses in determining self-employment income to be used in the eligibility and grant computation.
Income of sanctioned or penalized individuals is counted for purposes of grant computation unless that income is exempt.
The transfer of assets rule applies to all recipients without regard to their intent to qualify for aid. If the transfer is a property transfer, the period of ineligibility is computed based on the amount of property transferred that is in excess of the property limit. (Note: New MPP §42-221 does not provide for any period of ineligibility for a transfer of income.)