CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

Is the family homeless and has no place to live
and has received homeless assistance (HA) in the
last 12 months?
Is the mother pregnant and needs to begin
prenatal
care?
CW 44-211.2 –
Recurring Special
Needs
What is a recurring special need?
Recurring special need is a special need that results
in added costs to the family and the need is expected
to occur during two or more months in a calendar
year. Verification/evidence is required to confirm the
special need prior to approval of the special need
allowance. Thereafter, actual cost must be verified
quarterly on the QR 7, with certain exceptions (See
next question.)
The total allowances, available for each Assistance
Unit (AU) per month cannot exceed the amount
resulting from multiplying $10 by the number of
persons in the AU.
Therapeutic Diet
Authorized when recommended by the
participant’s physician on the PA 596
(LEADER generated), Special Diet Allowance
Report. LAC/USC provides form H-4015 to
authorize the diet.
Housekeeping
The participant employs someone to do the
cooking, washing, ironing and household
cleaning when it is verified that the family
caretaker can no longer do these functions and
such duties cannot be performed without
charge by persons in the household. A
medical statement and receipt from the
housekeeper is needed.
Transportation
When the participant must travel an unusual
distance or travel daily to receive required
medical treatments. A medical statement and
receipts are needed. If documentation is not
provided, the costs are computed at $0.12 a
mile.