County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants CAPI Program Guide Residency Number Page 991021 1 of 2 Revision Date August 1 2019 A Background CAPI customers must be residing in California and have declared intent to reside in California Purpose This section is revised for the sunset review No Program rules changed B Policy CAPI customers must be residing in California and have declared intent to reside in California The statement of residency and intent to reside on the Statement of Facts is enough to establish residency This must be resolved prior to granting 1 California Residence California residence for CAPI purposes will follow the regulations governing Californias SSP program No period of residency in California shall be required to gain eligibility An individual will cease to reside in California if heshe leaves the state with the present intent to abandon it as hisher home In absence of evidence to the contrary if an individual is physically absent from California for more than 90 calendar days consider this absence as evidence of hisher present intent to abandon the state as hisher home 2 Moving to Another County When a CAPI individualcouple has moved or will move to another county notify the receiving county forwarding copies of all necessary documentation to the receiving county The individualcouple will be notified of the effective date of the transfer of responsibility to the new county See 99111 for intercounty transfer procedures Since this is a state program there is no overpayment due to a move to another county unless duplicate aid is issued or circumstances affecting the payment level are not reported timely 3 Absence from the US for Entire Month A person is ineligible for CAPI if heshe is outside of the US for an entire calendar month Furthermore a person who is outside the US for at least 30 consecutive days is considered to remain outside the US until heshe has been back in the US for at least 30 consecutive days See Desk Aid 991021A for examples of absence from the US for an entire month C Procedure None Other Program Impacts None County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants CAPI Program Guide Residency Number Page 991021 2 of 2 References MPP 4901014 ACL 9882 Sunset Date This policy will be reviewed for continuance by 08312022 Approval for Release Rick Wanne Director Eligibility Operations