CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

procedures.
When both parents are in the home and only
one parent meets the extender, can both receive
additional aid?
No, in a two-parent household, in order to qualify for
cash aid, both parents must meet the extender
requirements. If only one parent qualifies for an
extender, then neither parent qualifies for cash aid.
See Time Limits – CW – Extenders for LEADER
procedures.
CW 42-302.2 – Time
Limits – Counting
Months
When is a month counted for 60-month time
limit purposes?
Any month or partial month in which an adult is
included in an Assistance Unit that receives a cash
grant (including special needs) will be counted for
time limits.
Note: LEADER handles time limit tracking.
What happens when a month of overpayment is
repaid by the participant or through child
support reimbursement?
When an overpayment month is fully repaid, the
month(s) in which the overpayment occurred, is not
counted toward the 60-month CalWORKs time limit.
See CW 44-350 – Overpayments for additional
information.
CW 42-302.21 – Time
Limits – Clockstoppers
(Exempt Months)
What are clockstoppers?
Some months do not count toward the CalWORKs
60-month time limit. The following is a list of
reasons or clockstoppers that do not count toward
the 60-month time limits. A clockstopper month is
not counted when the participant is:
• Disabled for 30 or more days (verified).
• Providing care to an ill or incapacitated family
member living in the home or is a nonparent
caretaker relative of a child in foster care,
Kin-GAP or at risk of placement in foster care
and is exempt from WtW participation.