General Relief Policy - Department of Public Social Services

Request to Pay Room & board/Rent/Dormitory Rate
by Vendor Payment – General Relief Money
Management Case (an out of drawer form).
A copy of the eviction notice from the landlord or
provider is attached to the PA 473.
GR 44-204.3 Review of
Money management
Case
GR 44-205 Housing –
Living Alone
How often are money management cases
reviewed?
Money management cases are reevaluated at annual
agreement by the worker.
What is considered as living alone?
A GR Unit is budgeted as living alone only in the
following instances:
• Sole Occupant:
The GR individual is the sole occupant on the
property or lives on the same property with others,
but has separate sleeping quarters, such as a
separate house, motor home, camper, detached
garage, mobile home, apartment or hotel room.
• Lives with IHSS Provider
A GR individual is living with his/her IHSS
provider and any of the conditions described in
the following two Sections, “Lives with Others Not
Related” or “Lives with Relatives” are met.
• Lives With Others Not Related
A GR Unit is living with others who are not related
and either of the following conditions exist:
‣ All others in the home receive State or federal
public assistance (CalWORKs, SSI/SSP,
CAPI), or
‣ All others in the home have separate sleeping
quarters, and
‣ All others in the home purchase and prepare
food separately from the GR Unit.
• Lives with Relatives
A GR Unit lives with relatives and: