CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

edetermination month. The permanent disability
must be verified yearly during the redetermination
appointment. The same process is applied to
participants caring for permanently ill household
members.
See CW 41-400 Deprivation for more information
Is verification or documentation required to be
exempted?
Yes. To qualify for an exemption, the participant
must provide proof before he/she can be exempt
from participating in GAIN. In addition, if the
participant provides information and/or verification
to the intake or approved Eligibility Worker (EW),
and the information is entered on LEADER,
LEADER will notify GAIN (via GEARS) of the
Exemption status.
See Disability Determination for LEADER
procedures
How is a GAIN exemption determined and
processed?
The LEADER system determines most GAIN
exemptions. Exemptions are identified by
information in the CalWORKs case record (i.e.,
youth under 16, age 60 or older, etc), and
determined by LEADER based on the information
entered by the EW.
How are exemptions, not identified by LEADER,
processed?
GAIN staff is responsible for processing exemptions
that are not determined by LEADER. Once the
GAIN Services Worker determines a participant is
exempt from GAIN participation, this information is
updated to GEARS and transmitted to LEADER via
GEARS. Additionally, a GN 6001-6, Notice of
Change Affecting CalWORKs, is generated by
GEARS to notify Eligibility staff of the exemption.
These notices are printed daily by the GAIN
Services Coordinator.