CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

Will the 60-month time limit be applied to the TMTT
program?
The 60-month time limit applies to both CalWORKs and
TMTT programs.
See CW 40-107.13 Time Limits – Tribal TANF for more
information.
CW 40-118.1 - Who Must
be Included On the
Statement of Facts (Filing
Unit)
Who must be included in the on the SAWS 2
(Statement of Facts for Cash Aid, Food Stamps and
Medi-Cal)?
The SAWS 2 must include the following persons
(mandatory inclusion) if living in the home:
• An applicant child;
• All children who are siblings or half-siblings of the
applicant child;
• The parents of any child listed above;
• A pregnant woman, in a one-person AU;
• The caretaker relative, step-parent and second
parent of an SSI/SSP child when aid is requested;
• The caretaker relative, step-parent and second
parent of a child who is sanctioned by GAIN;
• The senior parent;
• The sponsor of an immigrant;
• The spouse of persons mandatorily included;
• The optional person(s), including an Alternative
Sentenced Person (ASP), (when aid is requested);
and
NOTE: The biological relatives of a child are not required
when the child has been relinquished for
adoption or the child has not been adopted but
parental rights have been terminated.
See Application – Select for Processing for LEADER
procedures.
See WA No. 1 – Statement of Facts – Non-
English/Non-Spanish for LEADER procedures.
If the applicant refuses to include a mandatory
person, can aid be granted/authorized?
No, whenever the applicant/participant refuses to include
any mandatory person on the SAWS 2 (at intake,
redetermination or when adding a person) aid must be
denied/discontinued.
See CW 82-800 Assistance Unit for more information.