2023 All County Letters

ACL 23-110E (January 11, 2024)
Errata To The New Requirements Regarding Family Finding Policies And Practices

ACL 23-110 (December 28, 2023)
New Requirements Regarding Family Finding Policies And Practices

ACL 23-109 (December 29, 2023)
Updated Guidance And Policy Reminders To Support Survivors Of Domestic Abuse For The California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Program

ACL 23-108E (September 11, 2024)
Erratum To All County Letter NO. 23-108

ACL 23-108 (December 27, 2023)
In-Home Supportive Services Eligibility And Nonmedical Out-Of-Home Care, Documented Unmet Need, and Referrals

ACL 23-107 (December 19, 2023)
CalFresh Revised Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Time Limit Notices And Forms Updates Due To The Fiscal Responsibility Act Of 2023

ACL 23-106 (December 21, 2023)
Elimination Of Provider Eligibility Requirements For Minor Recipients In The In-Home Supportive Services Program

ACL 23-105 (December 22, 2023)
Assembly Bill 2085 And Senate Bill 1085: Clarifying The Definition Of “General Neglect” To Exclude A Parent’s Economic Disadvantage

ACL 23-104 (December 15, 2023)
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions For Implementing Assembly Bill 366: Foster Care And Placement Of Siblings

ACL 23-103 (December 14, 2023)
Updated Maximum Allowable Contract Rates Established For In-Home Supportive Services Counties

ACL 23-102 (December 21, 2023)
Updates To The Structured Decision Making Safety Assessment Tool Regarding Children In Congregate Care Settings

ACL 23-101 (December 21, 2023)
Structured Decision Making: Enhancements To The Hotline, Safety, And Risk Assessment Tools

ACL 23-100 (December 22, 2023)
CalFresh Employment And Training Provider Determination Notice

ACL 23-98 (November 27, 2023)
Changes To Civil Rights Appeal Language

ACL 23-97 (November 30, 2023)
Implementation Of Assembly Bill 120 (Chapter 43, Statutes Of 2023) As It Relates To Repeal Of The Adoption Facilitator Program

ACL 23-96 (December 26, 2023)
Implementation Of Assembly Bill 172: Changes To California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids Continuing Financial Eligibility Test

ACL 23-95 (November 14, 2023)
Changes To Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Entrant Cash Assistance (ECA), And Trafficking And Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP): The Expansion Of The Definition Of Disability-Based Unearned Income, Exemptions, And Good Cause

ACL 23-94 (November 7, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): Changes To Family Reunification Pursuant To Assembly Bill 135 (Chapter 85, Statutes Of 2021)

ACL 23-93E (December 27, 2023)
Erratum To Implementation Of Assembly Bill 207 (Chapter 573, Statutes Of 2022): Treatment Of Support For Former California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Recipients & Families Currently Receiving Aid Under The K1 And 3F Aid Codes

ACL 23-93 (November 6, 2023)
Implementation Of Assembly Bill 207 (Chapter 573, Statutes Of 2022): Treatment Of Support For Former CalWORKs Recipients & Families Currently Receiving Aid Under The K1 And 3F Aid Codes

ACL 23-92 (November 6, 2023)
Changes To CalFresh Electronic Theft Replacement Policy And Revised Forms/Notices

ACL 23-91E (May 20, 2024)
Errata To Revise Instructions For The Child Care Monthly Report – CalWORKs Families CW 115 (12/23) And Child Care Monthly Report – Two-Parent Families CW 115A (12/23)

ACL 23-91 (November 20, 2023)
Child Care Monthly Report – CalWORKs Families CW 115 (12/23) And Child Care Monthly Report – Two-Parent Families CW 115A (12/23)

ACL 23-90 (November 6, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Home Visiting Program (HVP) Changes Due To Assembly Bill (AB) 120

ACL 23-89 (November 6, 2023)
Statistical Report On The Number Of Children, Aged 5-17 Years, In Families Receiving California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Cash Assistance Above The 2022 Federal Poverty Level

ACL 23-88 (October 16, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): Reminder Notice At Annual Redetermination

ACL 23-87 (October 8, 2023)
Sharing Ratios For Foster Family Agencies, Intensive Services Foster Care, Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs, Community Treatment Facilities, And Transitional Housing Placement – Nonminor Dependent Programs For Fiscal Year 2023-24

ACL 23-86 (October 4, 2023)
State Hearing Request For The Franchise Tax Board Tax Intercept Program

ACL 23-85 (October 10, 2023)
CalFresh Elderly Simplified Application (CF 485)

ACL 23-84 (October 5, 2023)
Inform Counties Of The Changes To Withholding Of 1991 Realignment Funds If Certain Requirements Are Met During Collective Bargaining Process

ACL 23-83 (October 6, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Homeless Assistance Program And Pregnancy Special Needs Payment Referrals To Perinatal Home Visiting Services: Implementation Of Senate Bill 1083

ACL 23-82 (September 19, 2023)
The Process To Withdraw A State Hearing Request (Unconditional Or Conditional) And A Rehearing Request

ACL 23-81 (September 19, 2023)
Implementation Of New NA Back 9 Appeals Rights/Request For Hearing Form

ACL 23-80 (September 21, 2023)
CalFresh Implementation Of The Fiscal Responsibility Act Of 2023: Changes To Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Time Limit Policy

ACL 23-79E (November 12, 2024)
Errata To All County Letter (ACL) 23-79 CalFresh Notices of Action Revisions

ACL 23-79 (September 29, 2023)
CalFresh Notices Of Action Revisions

ACL 23-78 (September 12, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): New And Revised Notice Of Action (NOA) Messages Regarding Pregnancy And The Pregnancy Special Needs (PSN) Payment

ACL 23-77 (November 2, 2023)
New And Revised Forms For Designation Of Authorized Representative

ACL 23-76E (November 30, 2023)
Errata To All County Letter No. 23-76 Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program Fiscal Year 2023-23 Allocation Methodology And Information

ACL 23-76 (September 18, 2023)
Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program Fiscal Year 2023-24 Allocation Methodology And Program Information

ACL 23-75 (August 31, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids, Refugee Cash Assistance, Entrant Cash Assistance, And Trafficking And Crime Victims Assistance Program: Federal Fiscal Year 2024 Income Reporting Threshold

ACL 23-74 (August 30, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): Increase To The Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) Levels Effective October 1, 2023

ACL 23-73 (September 6, 2023)
California Food Assistance Program (CFAP) New Overissuance Claims Policy And Noticing Requirements

ACL 23-72 (August 18, 2023)
CalFresh Restaurant Meals Program Annual Letter

ACL 23-71 (September 1, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids, Refugee Cash Assistance, Entrant Cash Assistance, And Trafficking And Crime Victims Assistance Programs: Changes To Maximum Resource Limit For Families

ACL 23-70 (August 2, 2023)
Extension Of CalFresh Water Pilot

ACL 23-69 (August 4, 2023)
Adoption Assistance Program Rates

ACL 23-68 (August 4, 2023)
Clarification Of U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services Policy Memo 602-0165: Additional Suitability Related Issues And Pre-Adoption Requirements

ACL 23-67 (August 10, 2023)
The Supplement To The Rate Requests For Dual Agency Aid To Families With Dependent Children Foster Care (AFDC-FC), Adoption Assistance Program (AAP), Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KG), And Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program (ARC) Children Quarterly Statistical Report FC-AAP-KG-ARC 84 (7/23)

ACL 23-66 (August 9, 2023)
Reconciliation Of Child Abuse Central Index Records

ACL 23-65 (July 27, 2023)
Aid To Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care California Necessities Index Increases

ACL 23-64 (July 31, 2023)
Safety Assessment, Emergency Removal And Emergency Placement Of Indian Children

ACL 23-63 (July 25, 2023)
Assembly Bill 2495 (Chapter 159, Statutes Of 2022) Addressing Adoption Codes, Amongst Other Codes Impacted By This Legislation

ACL 23-62E (May 8, 2024)
Erratum To Child Welfare Services-California Automated Response And Engagement System Project For Core Constituent Participation

ACL 23-62 (July 18, 2023)
Revised Guidance For The Child Welfare Services-California Automated Response And Engagement System Project For Core Constituent Participation

ACL 23-61 (July 18, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CALWORKs) Program: Revised Form WTW 5

ACL 23-60 (July 5, 2023)
CalFresh Treatment Of Guaranteed Income

ACL 23-59E (September 29, 2023)
Errata To CalFresh Eligibility Disqualifications For Certain Convicted Felons

ACL 23-59 (June 28, 2023)
CalFresh Eligibility Disqualifications For Certain Convicted Felons

ACL 23-58 (July 10, 2023)
Student Data Updates To The CalFresh Data Dashboard

ACL 23-57E (March 7, 2025)
Errata To All County Letter (ACL) 23-57 California Food Assistance Program Expansion

ACL 23-57 (June 29, 2023)
California Food Assistance Program Expansion

ACL 23-56 (June 26, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Homeless Assistance Program: End Of The Covid-19 State And Federal Declared Emergency

ACL 23-55 (June 28, 2023)
Advance Planning Document Process For Electronic Data Processing Equipment And Services Related To Child Welfare Services

ACL 23-54 (June 26, 2023)
Guidance Regarding Senate Bill 1054: Confidentiality For Multidisciplinary Teams

ACL 23-53 (June 7, 2023)
Clarifying Guidance On The Work Number® Usage

ACL 23-52 (June 5, 2023)
Haaland et al. v. Brackeen et al.

ACL 23-51 (June 9, 2023)
Assembly Bill 2309: Guardianships

ACL 23-50 (June 6, 2023)
Newly Issued Departmental Form AD 907A

ACL 23-49 (May 31, 2023)
Guidance On Tribal Participation In System Of Care Memorandum Of Understanding Per Assembly Bill 153

ACL 23-48 (May 26, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids, Refugee Cash Assistance, Entrant Cash Assistance, And The Trafficking And Crimes Victim Assistance Program: Cost Of Living Adjustment Increase To The Minimum Basic Standard Of Adequate Care And Income In-Kind Levels

ACL 23-47 (May 30, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids, Refugee Cash Assistance, Entrant Cash Assistance, And Trafficking And Crime Victims Assistance Program, Changes To Vehicle Value Limits For Families

ACL 23-46 (May 11, 2023)
Indian Child Welfare Act Inquiry, Reason To Believe, Reason To Know, And Notice Requirements

ACL 23-44 (May 5, 2023)
End Of The Temporary COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Procedures For The Cash Assistance Program For Immigrants

ACL 23-43 (May 10, 2023)
Assembly Bill 2595 – Parental Cannabis Use

ACL 23-42 (May 16, 2023)
Senate Bill 1054: Confidentiality Agreement For Multidisciplinary Teams

ACL 23-41 (May 26, 2023)
Family First Prevention Services Act, Family First Transition Act, Transition Grant And Certainty Grants, Annual Reporting Instructions, Fiscal Year 2021-2022

ACL 23-40 (April 26, 2023)
Reports To The Court On Housing Referrals, Pertinent Document Access, And Benefit Information Provided To Dependent Youth Before Reaching Age 18

ACL 23-39 (April 17, 2023)
Association Of Administrators Of The Interstate Compact On Adoption And Medical Assistance Database – The Interstate Compact On Adoption And Medical Assistance System

ACL 23-38 (April 27, 2023)
Temporary Assistance For Needy Families And California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids Time Limit Exemption For Recipients Living In Indian Country Where The Unemployment Level Of Adults Is 50 Percent Or Higher

ACL 23-37 (May 1, 2023)
CalFresh And California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWorks) Applicant/Recipient’s Authorization For Release Of Information (ROI) To Community-Based Organization (CBO) In BenefitsCal

ACL 23-36 (April 18, 2023)
Mandatory Continuing Training Topic For Child Welfare Social Workers And Supervisors, Fiscal Year 2022-23 And 2023-24

ACL 23-35 (March 30, 2023)
Guidance To Counties Regarding Revision Of ORR-6 Refugee Program Reporting Forms

ACL 23-34 (March 28, 2023)
CalFresh Employment And Training Screening And Referral Requirement

ACL 23-33 (March 20, 2023)
Change The Career Pathways Cost Categories, And Create A New Career Pathways Invoice For Counties

ACL 23-32 (March 24, 2023)
Documenting Placement Information For Children, Youth, And Nonminor Dependents In The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System

ACL 23-31 (March 16, 2023)
Placement Equity For Resource Parents

ACL 23-30 (March 22, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) And CalFresh Programs: Changes To Good Cause, Sanctions And Exemptions, Expansion To The Definition Of Disability-Based Unearned Income, And A New CalWORKs Time Limit Exemption For Paid Family Leave (PFL) As A Result Of Assembly Bill (AB) 2300 (Chapter 588, Statutes Of 2022)

ACL 23-29 (March 20, 2023)
New Statewide Policy On Referring Families With A Child In Foster Care To Child Support Agencies

ACL 23-28 (March 22, 2023)
Updated Supplemental Security Income Application And Qualification Guidelines To Assist Foster Youth And Nonminor Dependents (Senate Bill 187)

ACL 23-27 (March 3, 2023)
National Youth In Transition Database Survey: 17-Year-Old Follow-Up Population Of The Fifth Cohort

ACL 23-26 (March 9, 2023)
CalFresh And California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Implementation Of New Forms And CDSS Civil Rights Contact Information Update

ACL 23-25 (March 1, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Outcomes And Accountability Review (Cal-OAR) Client Satisfaction Survey (CSS) Incentives

ACL 23-24 (February 28, 2023)
Transitional Housing Program-Plus Extension To Age 25 And For Up To 36 Months

ACL 23-23 (February 23, 2023)
Family First Prevention Services Program, Comprehensive Prevention Plan Submission Deadline Extension, Comprehensive Prevention Plan Approval Process And Family First Prevention Services Opt Out Process

ACL 23-22 (February 22, 2023)
Provision Of Forms JV-220(A) Or JV-220(B) And Psychotropic Medication Sheets To Caregivers

ACL 23-21 (January 31, 2023)
Hospital And Skilled Nursing Facility Retention Pay: Guidance For California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs), CalFresh, Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Entrance Cash Assistance (ECA), Trafficking And Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP), And Cash Assistance Program For Immigrants (CAPI) Programs

ACL 23-20 (February 7, 2023)
Revised Application For Disaster CalFresh (CF 385)

ACL 23-19 (February 2, 2023)
Potential Intentional Program Violation (IPV) Policy And Establishment Of Claims Resulting From IPVs

ACL 23-18EII (December 11, 2024)
Errata To All County Letter 23-18, CalFresh Fruit & Vegetable Electronic Benefit Transfer Pilot Project Relaunch

ACL 23-18E (May 6, 2024)
Errata To ACL 23-18, CalFresh Fruit & Vegetable Electronic Benefit Transfer Pilot Project Wind Down

ACL 23-18 (February 2, 2023)
California Fruit & Vegetable Electronic Benefit Transfer Pilot Project

ACL 23-17E (June 29, 2023)
Erratum To ACL 23-17, Implementation Of Assembly Bill (AB) 499: Requirements For Outgoing United States Mail Containing Individuals’ Social Security Numbers

ACL 23-17 (January 31, 2023)
Implementation Of Assembly Bill (AB) 499: Requirements For Outgoing United States Mail Containing Individuals’ Social Security Numbers

ACL 23-16 (February 13, 2023)
Students In Foster Care High School Coursework And Graduation Requirement Exemptions

ACL 23-15 (February 2, 2023)
Disciplinary Action Notifications For Students In Foster Care

ACL 23-14E (April 7, 2023)
Erratum To All County Letter 23-14, Amendment Required For 2019 Privacy And Security Agreement (PSA)

ACL 23-14 (January 19, 2023)
Amendment Required For 2019 Privacy And Security Agreement (PSA)

ACL 23-13 (January 27, 2023)
Addendum To EBT 2259: Revised Electronic Benefit Theft Replacement Form And Policy

ACL 23-12 (February 2, 2023)
Excellence In Family Finding, Engagement, And Support Program And The Center For Excellence In Family Finding, Engagement, And Support

ACL 23-11 (February 1, 2023)
California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Home Visiting Program (HVP): Program Re-Enrollment

ACL 23-10E (March 15, 2023)
Errata To All County Letter No. 23-10 Supporting The Sexual And Reproductive Health And College Access For Youth In Foster Care

ACL 23-10 (January 25, 2023)
Supporting The Sexual And Reproductive Health And College Access For Youth In Foster Care

ACL 23-09 (January 26, 2023)
Enabling Name Changes In The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System To Support A Foster Child’s/Non-Minor Dependent’s Gender Identity

ACL 23-08 (March 12, 2023)
Independent Living Program Annual Narrative Report For Federal Fiscal Year 2022

ACL 23-07 (January 11, 2023)
Welfare Intercept System Debt Suspension Guidelines For The Treasury Offset And Franchise Tax Board Intercept Programs

ACL 23-06 (January 18, 2023)
Suspension Of Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program (Kin-GAP) Caseload Movement Reports (CA 237 KG And CA 237 KG-F)

ACL 23-05 (January 23, 2023)
New Legal Standard Of Clear And Convincing Evidence For Reasonable Services Findings At All Juvenile Dependency Review Hearings During Reunification

ACL 23-04 (January 15, 2023)
Translated Court Report, Case Plan, Transition To Independent Living Plan, And Foster Youth Bill Of Rights

ACL 23-03 (January 13, 2023)
IHSS Career Pathways Program

ACL 23-02 (January 1, 2023)
Flexible Family Supports And Home-Based Foster Care Funding

ACL 23-01 (January 9, 2023)
Expansion And Clarification Of Definition For Eligibility For The Family Urgent Response System For Caregivers And Children Or Youth