CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

• Identify the Date of Entry (DOE) for refugee
benefit purposes. The individual’s DOE is
the certification date which is in the body of
the certification letter or letter for children.
For eligible family members, the DOE is the
date on the I-797a approval notice for the
individual’s Derivative T-visa or the date of
entry stamped on the individual’s passport or
I-94, Arrival Departure Record.
• If the victim of trafficking does not have or is
not able to obtain a Social Security Number
(SSN) for work purposes, provide a PA
4013, “Non-Work Social Security Number
Referral Letter.”
How are cash and food stamp benefits
issued for victims of trafficking and eligible
family members?
Until LEADER programming is complete, cash
and food stamp benefits for victims of trafficking
and eligible family members must be issued via
auxiliary issuance.
See Auxiliary Issuance - Add New Benefit for
LEADER procedures.
See Auxiliary Issuance - Aid Code Table for
LEADER procedures.
NOTE: For Medi-Cal benefits, a PA 5308 must
be manually completed and a Benefit
Issuance Card must be issued.
How is the Aid Payment calculated for
victims of trafficking and eligible family
members?
Until LEADER programming is complete, the
cash aid amount for victims of trafficking and
eligible family members must be calculated
manually. This means that the cash aid amount
must be calculated as follows:
Example 1
The family does not have income and consists
of mother and two children who are victims of
trafficking.