General Relief Policy - Department of Public Social Services

When a pregnant individual reaches her fifth
month of pregnancy.
Refer to GR 40-101.9 for additional information.
When an individual reports changes in his/her
living arrangements that indicate providing care
to related children less than 19 years of age.
NOTE: CalWORKs eligibility may exist even
when the only minor child in the
household is an SSI/SSP recipient.
Needy relative caretakers who receive Foster
Care under the Youakim court order and are not
eligible to GR. If the needy caretaker requests
assistance, they must be aided under
CalWORKs with the child(ren).
GR 40-106.2 –
Transition from GR to
CalWORKs
What communication is required when GR is
terminated because the individual is now
eligible to CalWORKs?
To ensure there is no break in aid, the following
actions are taken:
The GR Intake Worker notifies the CalWORKs
Worker when a CalWORKs individual has a
pending GR application.
The CalWORKs Intake Worker contacts the GR
Worker when a GR individual makes the
application for CalWORKs.
All actions are recorded in Case Comments.
The GR Intake Worker controls for disposition of
the CalWORKs application to ensure timely
termination of GR, if applicable, following the
CalWORKs beginning date of aid.
Refer to GR 40-101.9 for details.
When GR is terminated, Food Stamps continue
until CalWORKs is approved. The GR Worker
coordinates the Food Stamp termination in the
GR file to coincide with the Food Stamp
approval in CalWORKs. This will avoid loss of
Food Stamp benefits for the parent.