CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

NOTE: A child (except for an MFG) who
receives income (i.e., child support,
Social Security benefits, etc.)
cannot be excluded from the AU.
Any eligible sibling or half-sibling of the
applicant child who meets the age requirement.
Any parent (except for alternatively sentenced
parents) of the applicant child or the applicant’s
child’s eligible siblings or half-sibling who meet
the age requirements.
CW 82-820.5 – Penalty
What action is taken when a mandatory
included person refuses to be included?
The Aid is denied/discontinued when a
mandatory included person refuses to be
included in the AU.
CW 82-824.1 – Combining
AUs
When there are two or more AUs in the
same home, are the AUs combined?
When there are two or more AUs in the same
home, LEADER will combine the AUs when:
The parent/caretaker relatives are married to
each other.
The parent/caretaker relatives have separate
children with a child in common and deprivation
exists.
EXAMPLE
The family consists of an unmarried couple with
one child in common. The unmarried mother
has separate children and the unmarried father
is employed full-time. In this case scenario, the
AUs are not combined because the child in
common lacks deprivation. The AU would
consist of the mother and her separate children.
See CW 41-400 Deprivation for more
information.
Should two or more AUs not be combined
when one AU receives Tribal TANF?
No, the AU cannot be combined. They must
remain separate AUs.