CalFresh Special Notice 13-02 - HHSA Program Guides

BudgetingIncomeExamples(continued)Example 7:At the February CalWORKs AR/CO redetermination/recertification, theAU reports that their current income is $300/month from a part-timejob. The client anticipates that this income will continue and theverification provided indicates that the income amounts will graduallyincrease over the next year as follows:$300 from March through July;$400 from August through October; and$500 from November through February.For CalWORKs, rather than averaging the income to get onemonthly income amount to use over the new 12-month AR/COperiod, the worker will use the actual income amount that isreasonably anticipated.This will result in different grant amounts for Months 1-5 (March-July), Months 6-8 (August-October), and Months 9-12(November-February).For CalFresh, budget the income the same way as CalWORKs.Cases Movingbetween AR/COand QRUnder certain circumstances, a CalWORKs case will transitionbetween AR/CO and Quarterly Reporting. Consequently, theassociated CalFresh case will also transition between ChangeReporting and Quarterly Reporting unless the CalFresh household isChange Reporting (e.g., homeless, all adults are elderly or disabled,etc.). The following rules apply when a Change Reporting CalFreshhousehold transitions between Change Reporting and QuarterlyReporting:1. The worker will change the status of households who transitionfrom Change Reporting to Quarterly Reporting beginning withthe first day of the month following the change in householdstatus.2. The case will continue to have the same reporting cycle andrecertification date the case had prior to becoming AR/COChange Reporting.Example:An AR/CO AU consists of a timed-out mother and her minorchild. The timed-out mother is added back to the CalWORKsAU June 1 st . In this case:Continued on next pageCalFresh Special Notice 13-02, Implementation of AR/CO Page 12