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CA Welf & Inst Code § 11450.16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11450.16.

11450.16.  (a) For purposes of determining eligibility under this chapter, and for computing the amount of aid payment under Section 11450, families shall be grouped into assistance units.(b) Every assistance unit shall include at least one of the following persons:(1) One of each of the following:(A) An eligible child.(B) The caretaker relative of an otherwise eligible child who is not receiving aid under Section 11250 because that child is receiving benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code), or Kin-GAP payments under Section 11364 or 11387, or foster care payments under Section 11461.(2) A pregnant woman who is eligible for payments under subdivision (c) of Section 11450.(c) Every assistance unit shall, in addition to the requirements of subdivision (b), include the eligible parents of the eligible child and the eligible siblings, including half-siblings, of the eligible child when those persons reside in the same home as the eligible child. This subdivision shall not apply to any convicted offender who is permitted to reside at the home of the eligible child as part of a court-imposed sentence and who is considered an absent parent under Section 11250.(d) An assistance unit may, at the option of the family comprising the assistance unit, also include the nonparent caretaker relative of the eligible child, the spouse of the parent of the eligible child, otherwise eligible nonsibling children in the care of the caretaker relative of the eligible child, and the alternatively sentenced offender parent exempted under subdivision (c).(e) If two or more assistance units reside in the same home, they shall be combined into one assistance unit when any of the following circumstances occurs:(1) There is a common caretaker relative for the eligible children.(2) One caretaker relative marries another caretaker relative.(3) Two caretaker relatives are the parents of an eligible child.(f) For purposes of this section, “caretaker relative” means the parent or other relative, as defined by regulations adopted by the department, who exercises responsibility and control of a child.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 559, Sec. 51. (AB 12) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11450.17 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11450.17.

11450.17.  (a) (1) For purposes of determining the maximum aid payment specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11450 and for no other purpose, the number of needy persons in the same family shall not include a stepsibling or a half-sibling, as defined in subdivision (d).(2) One hundred percent of any child support payment received for a child described in subdivision (d) shall be paid to the assistance unit. Any child support payment received for that child shall not be considered as income to the family for the purpose of calculating the amount of aid for which the family is eligible under this article.(b) Each county welfare department shall notify applicants for assistance under this chapter, in writing, of the provisions of this section. The county welfare department shall also provide the notification to recipients of aid under this chapter, in writing, at the time of redetermination, or sooner.(c) Both the department and the Department of Child Support Services shall each seek all appropriate federal waivers for the implementation of this section as necessary. If federal waivers are deemed necessary, this section shall be implemented only if federal waivers are granted.(d) For purposes of this section, “stepsibling” or “half-sibling” means a child who meets all of the following conditions:(1) He or she lives with at least one eligible child.(2) He or she is a child for whom child support payments are received.(3) The monthly child support payments received for the child are greater than the monthly amount of aid that the child would receive under Section 11450.(4) The parent or caretaker relative for the assistance unit has requested in writing that the child not be included in the number of needy persons used to calculate the maximum aid payment.(e) The designation of whether or not a child is a stepsibling or half-sibling, as defined in subdivision (d), shall only be made or reevaluated at the same time as the annual redetermination of eligibility and the processing of the semiannual report, except when it has been determined by the county that good cause exists for the designation to be made at a different time when the parent or caretaker relative voluntarily reports mid-period pursuant to Section 11265.3 or 11265.47 that the child support payment or payments have decreased or ended.(f) This section shall become operative on November 1, 2018.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. (SB 380) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative November 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11451.

11451.  Any county may, in its discretion, pay from its own funds additional sums for the care of any needy child, and the state and county may pay such aid as is needed for the adequate care of the family from other state or county funds.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11451.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11451.5.

11451.5.  (a) The following income shall be exempt from the calculation of the income of the family for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 11450:(1) If disability-based unearned income does not exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225), both of the following amounts:(A) All disability-based unearned income, plus any amount of not otherwise exempt earned income equal to the amount of the difference between the amount of disability-based unearned income and two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225).(B) Fifty percent of all not otherwise exempt earned income in excess of the amount applied to meet the differential applied in subparagraph (A).(2) If disability-based unearned income exceeds two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225), both of the following amounts:(A) All of the first two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) in disability-based unearned income.(B) Fifty percent of all earned income.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Earned income means gross income received as wages, salary, employer-provided sick leave benefits, commissions, or profits from activities such as a business enterprise or farming in which the recipient is engaged as a self-employed individual or as an employee.(2) Disability-based unearned income means state disability insurance benefits, private disability insurance benefits, temporary workers’ compensation benefits, social security disability benefits, and any veteran’s disability compensation.(3) Unearned income means any income not described in paragraph (1) or (2).(c) This section shall become inoperative on June 1, 2020, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement Section 11451.5, as added by Section 60 of the act that added this subdivision, whichever date is later, and as of that date is repealed.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 59. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019. Repealed on or after June 1, 2020, as prescribed by its own provisions.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11451.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11451.5.

11451.5.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the following income shall be exempt from the calculation of the income of the family for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 11450:(1) If disability-based unearned income does not exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225), both of the following amounts:(A) All disability-based unearned income, plus any amount of not otherwise exempt earned income equal to the amount of the difference between the amount of disability-based unearned income and two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225).(B) Fifty percent of all not otherwise exempt earned income in excess of the amount applied to meet the differential applied in subparagraph (A).(2) If disability-based unearned income exceeds two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225), both of the following amounts:(A) All of the first two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) in disability-based unearned income.(B) Fifty percent of all earned income.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Earned income means gross income received as wages, salary, employer-provided sick leave benefits, commissions, or profits from activities such as a business enterprise or farming in which the recipient is engaged as a self-employed individual or as an employee.(2) Disability-based unearned income means state disability insurance benefits, private disability insurance benefits, temporary workers’ compensation benefits, social security disability benefits, and any veteran’s disability compensation.(3) Unearned income means any income not described in paragraph (1) or (2).(c) Each two-hundred-twenty-five-dollar ($225) amount specified in subdivision (a), shall be increased as follows:(1) Effective the date on which this section becomes operative pursuant to subdivision (d), to five hundred dollars ($500).(2) Effective one year from the date on which this section becomes operative pursuant to subdivision (d), to five hundred fifty dollars ($550).(3) Effective two years from the date on which this section becomes operative pursuant to subdivision (d), to six hundred dollars ($600).(d) This section shall become operative on June 1, 2020, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement this section.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 60. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019. Section operative on or after June 1, 2020, as prescribed by its own provisions.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11452.018 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11452.018.

11452.018.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the minimum basic standards of adequate care, as set forth in Section 11452, and as adjusted pursuant to any other provision of law, shall be changed for each county to reflect regional variations in housing cost based on the lowest quartile rent in each county as reported in the Decennial Census data for 1990.(b) Counties are assigned to one of two regions and the minimum basic standards of adequate care for counties in those regions are reduced as follows:(1) Region 1 shall include all counties with lowest quartile rents of four hundred dollars ($400) or more. There shall be no reduction in minimum basic standard of adequate care for counties in Region 1. Region 1 shall consist of the following counties:(A) Alameda County(B) Contra Costa County(C) Los Angeles County(D) Marin County(E) Monterey County(F) Napa County(G) Orange County(H) San Diego County(I) San Francisco County(J) San Luis Obispo County(K) San Mateo County(L) Santa Barbara County(M) Santa Clara County(N) Santa Cruz County(O) Solano County(P) Sonoma County(Q) Ventura County(2) Region 2 shall include all counties with lowest quartile rents below four hundred dollars ($400). There shall be a 4.9 percent reduction in the minimum basic standard of adequate care for counties in Region 2. Region 2 shall consist of the following counties:(A) Alpine County(B) Amador County(C) Butte County(D) Calaveras County(E) Colusa County(F) Del Norte County(G) El Dorado County(H) Fresno County(I) Glenn County(J) Humboldt County(K) Imperial County(L) Inyo County(M) Kern County(N) Kings County(O) Lake County(P) Lassen County(Q) Madera County(R) Mariposa County(S) Mendocino County(T) Merced County(U) Modoc County(V) Mono County(W) Nevada County(X) Placer County(Y) Plumas County(Z) Riverside County(AA) Sacramento County(AB) San Benito County(AC) San Bernardino County(AD) San Joaquin County(AE) Shasta County(AF) Sierra County(AG) Siskiyou County(AH) Stanislaus County(AI) Sutter County(AJ) Tehama County(AK) Trinity County(AL) Tulare County(AM) Tuolumne County(AN) Yolo County(AO) Yuba County(c) This section shall be operative during such time as subdivision (a) of Section 11450.018 is operative.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 307, Sec. 10. Effective August 3, 1995. Section conditionally operative as provided in subd. (c).)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11453.01 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11453.01.

11453.01.  (a) Commencing July 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the maximum aid payment set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 11450 shall be adjusted annually to reflect any increases or decreases in the cost of living, and these adjustments shall become effective October 1 of each year. The annual cost-of-living adjustment shall be based on the increase in the California Necessities Index for the year in which the adjustment becomes effective.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to subdivision (a), commencing on or after July 1, 2022, and for each year thereafter, shall be 0 percent.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 35, Sec. 27. (AB 1811) Effective June 27, 2018.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11453.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11453.2.

11453.2.  A county shall issue vouchers or vendor payments for at least rent and utilities payments, for any assistance unit in which any parent or caretaker relative has been subject to sanction of a consecutive period of not less than three months. Vouchers or vendor payments shall continue until the parent or caretaker relative is no longer subject to the sanction.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 143. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11454 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11454.

11454.  (a) A parent or caretaker relative shall not be eligible for aid under this chapter when the parent or caretaker relative has received aid under this chapter or from any state under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (Part A (commencing with Section 401) of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.)) for a cumulative total of 48 months.(b) (1) Except as otherwise specified in subdivision (c), Section 11454.5, or other law, all months of aid received under this chapter from January 1, 1998, to the operative date of this section, inclusive, shall be applied to the 48-month time limit described in subdivision (a).(2) All months of aid received from January 1, 1998, to the operative date of this section, inclusive, in any state pursuant to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (Part A (commencing with Section 401) of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.)), shall be applied to the 48-month time limit described in subdivision (a).(c) Subdivision (a) and paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) shall not be applicable when all parents or caretaker relatives of the aided child who are living in the home of the child meet any of the following requirements:(1) They are 60 years of age or older.(2) They meet one of the conditions specified in paragraph (4) or (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3.(3) They are not included in the assistance unit.(4) They are receiving benefits under Section 12200 or 12300, State Disability Insurance benefits or Workers’ Compensation Temporary Disability Insurance, if the disability significantly impairs the recipient’s ability to be regularly employed or participate in welfare-to-work activities.(5) They are incapable of maintaining employment or participating in welfare-to-work activities, as determined by the county, based on the assessment of the individual and the individual has a history of participation and full cooperation in welfare-to-work activities.(d) This section shall become inoperative on May 1, 2022, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement Section 11454, as added by the act that added this subdivision, whichever date is later, and, as of January 1 of the following year, is repealed.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 60. (AB 79) Effective June 29, 2020. Inoperative on or after May 1, 2022, as prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1 following inoperative date.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11454.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11454.1.

11454.1.  (a) County welfare departments shall provide each recipient who is subject to the 60-month time limitation described in subdivision (a) of Section 11454 with written notice describing the 60-month time limitation described in that subdivision and the process by which recipients may claim exemptions from, and extensions to, the time limit.(b) The notice described in subdivision (a) shall be provided at the time the individual applies for aid, during the recipient’s annual redetermination, and at least once after the individual has participated for a total of 54 months, and prior to the end of the 57th month, that count toward the 60-month time limit.(c) The notice described in this section shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:(1) The number of remaining months the adult recipient may be eligible to receive aid.(2) The manner in which the recipient may dispute the number of months counted toward the 60-month time limit.(d) This section shall become operative on May 1, 2022, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement this section, whichever is later.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 62. (AB 79) Effective June 29, 2020. Operative on or after May 1, 2022, as prescribed by its own provisions.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11454.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 6 - Computation and Payment of Aid Grants|Section 11454.5.

11454.5.  (a) Any month in which the following conditions exist shall not be counted as a month of receipt of aid for the purposes of subdivision (a) of, and paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of, Section 11454:(1) The recipient is exempt from participation under Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) due to disability, or advanced age in accordance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3, or due to caretaking responsibilities that impair the recipient’s ability to be regularly employed, in accordance with paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3.(2) The recipient is eligible for, participating in, or exempt from, the Cal-Learn Program provided for pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 11331), for any period during which the Cal-Learn Program is operative, is participating in another teen parent program approved by the department, or is a nonminor dependent under the supervision of the county welfare or probation department who is placed in an approved relative’s home and is eligible for aid under this section because the recipient satisfies the conditions described in Section 11403.(3) The cost of the cash aid provided to the recipient for the month is fully reimbursed by child support, whether collected in that month or any subsequent month.(4) The family is a former recipient of cash aid under this chapter and currently receives only child care, case management, or supportive services pursuant to Section 11323.2 or Article 15.5 (commencing with Section 8350) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Title 1 of the Education Code.(5) To the extent provided by federal law, the recipient lived in Indian country, as defined by federal law, or an Alaskan native village in which at least 50 percent of the adults living in the Indian country or in the village are not employed.(6) The recipient received CalWORKs for any month between August 1, 2009, and January 1, 2015, and was either exempt from participation under paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3, or was exempt from participation and was not reengaged in accordance with subdivision (h) of Section 11320.3, as that section read on June 30, 2020.(7) The recipient is exempt from participating in welfare-to-work activities because the recipient has primary responsibility for personally providing care to a child 24 months of age or younger, pursuant to clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3.(b) In cases where a lump-sum diversion payment is provided in lieu of cash aid under Section 11266.5, the month in which the payment is made or the months calculated pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 11266.5 shall count against the limits specified in Section 11454.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 64. (AB 79) Effective June 29, 2020.)