CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

Will the 50 percent unemployment rate exemption still
apply?
Yes. Any month of aid in which a participant lived in
Indian country, in which at least 50 percent of the adults in
the Indian country are employed, shall not count toward
the TANF and CalWORKs 60-month time limits.
See 42-300 General Information on Time Limit
program for additional information.
Can the Tribal TANF program aid an MFG child while
the rest of the family continues to receive
CalWORKs?
No. An MFG child in the CalWORKs AU is considered an
eligible and aided child.
Are two or more AUs combined when one AU receives
Tribal TANF?
No. When one AU consists of a CalWORKs family and
the other receives Tribal TANF, the cases are not to be
combined.
EXAMPLE
AU consists of mom and her two children receiving
CalWORKs. Mom is also the caretaker relative for her
two nieces receiving Tribal TANF.
The CalWORKs children are not eligible for Tribal TANF,
and the nieces are in the Tribal TANF AU. As long as the
mother of the two children (if eligible) is in the CalWORKs
AU, the nieces can receive Tribal TANF with the aunt
(CalWORKs mom) as the payee. Mandatory inclusion
rules state that any parent of the aided child(ren) when
living in the same home and eligible, must be included in
the CalWORKs AU. The aunt is not obligated to apply for
aid for the nieces because she is not their parent and the
nieces are not siblings to the CalWORKs children.
Because the nieces are under the care and control of the
aunt (living in a parental type relationship), there would be
one food stamp household and both the CalWORKs cash
aid and the Tribal TANF cash aid would be used in the
food stamp budget. The Tribal TANF cash aid is not
considered income for the purposes of the CalWORKs
cash aid budget.
In a situation as this, the county and the Tribal TANF
provider should work closely together to ensure that there
is not duplicate aid at any time.
See CW 82-820.3 – Mandatory Inclusion for more
information.