CalFresh Special Notice 13-02 - HHSA Program Guides

AR/CO CalFreshHouseholdsCertificationRequirements(continued)All regulations pertaining to recertification as specified in Section 63-304 apply to AR/CO CalFresh cases.AR/CO CALFRESH CASES CERTIFIED FOR 24 MONTHSAn annual redetermination is still required for the CalWORKs portion ofthe CalWORKs AR/CO/CalFresh case.When the assistance unit/household does not comply with theCalWORKs redetermination and the CalWORKs case isdiscontinued, the CalFresh household will receive TransitionalCalFresh benefits.The worker will consider the CalWORKs redetermination tosatisfy the mandatory interim contact for households certified for24 months (Section 63-301.5). The CalFresh household is notrequired to submit any application forms at 12 months.AR/CO CalFreshHouseholdsReportingRequirementsAR/CO CalFresh households are required to report as mandated byexisting Change Reporting rules (Refer to Section 63-261). As setforth in Section 63-261, these households must report the followingchanges within 10 days from when the change becomes known: Changes in the source of income (starting, stopping, or changinga job); Earned income changes of more than $100 per month; Unearned income changes of more than $50 (except CalWORKs,General Relief, or Social Security Cost of Living Adjustments(COLAs)); Changes in household composition; Address changes and resulting change in shelter expenses; A change in the amount of child support payments made to anon-household member as specified in Section 63-224.15, and/ora change in the legal obligation to pay child support; and For able bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs), areduction of work effort to less than 20 hours per week, oraveraging less than 80 hours per month, for purposes ofdetermining whether the ABAWD has satisfied the workrequirementNOTE: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) hasapproved a statewide waiver of the ABAWD work requirementand time limit for California. Refer to Section 63-160.3.Continued on next pageCalFresh Special Notice 13-02, Implementation of AR/CO Page 3