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63-322.2Incorrect Benefits and Overissuance Calculation |
When a Transitional CalFresh case begins, the worker must recalculate the
household's budget less the CalWORKs grant to determine the household's
transitional benefit. If the
transitional benefit is correctly computed based on the benefit during the
final month of CalWORKs, both the agency and the household shall be held
harmless for inaccuracies in the transition benefit that are due to prior
errors in the CalFresh benefit. However, the agency and
the household shall be liable for errors in allotment amounts prior to the Transitional CalFresh period. · If the initial Transitional CalFresh benefit amount has been determined incorrectly due to agency error, the worker shall adjust the Transitional CalFresh benefit amount during the Transitional CalFresh period. ·
An overissuance claim shall be established
when a worker erroneously increases the Transitional CalFresh benefit amount during the five-month
period.
A CalFresh overissuance that is being collected in the month prior
to the CalWORKs discontinuance shall continue to be recouped during the
Transitional CalFresh period. ·
The applicable percentage of the Transitional CalFresh benefit
will be applied to recoup the overissuance from the Transitional CalFresh case. · Transitional CalFresh benefits shall be adjusted accordingly when the overissuance is collected in full during the Transitional CalFresh period. |
63-322.3Benefits Issued Under Saldivar v. McMahon Court Order |
The transitional benefit amount is
based on the CalFresh amount the household received in the month that the
CalWORKs case was discontinued minus the CalWORKs grant. If the CalFresh amount issued during
the last month of CalWORKs could not be decreased because the worker could
not issue timely notice to reduce benefits (e.g., in the case of Saldivar v. McMahon court
order), the worker will
calculate the transitional benefit amount based on what the household was
receiving at the time of the CalWORKs discontinuance. EXAMPLE A CalWORKs assistance unit is receiving $200 in CalFresh benefits in
addition to the CalWORKs grant. The
household sends the QR 7 late in the submit month, January. The household reports new income that makes
the assistance unit ineligible to CalWORKs.
The household would receive the same amount of CalFresh benefits in
February because the benefits cannot be decreased due to the 10-day notice
requirement. Per Saldivar v. McMahon
court order, the household will receive Transitional CalFresh in March in the
same amount as the CalFresh benefits received in February and without
counting the CalWORKs grant. |
63-322.4Zero CalWORKs Grant – Categorical Eligibility |
When a CalWORKs assistance unit is receiving a zero CalWORKs cash grant at the time they are discontinued from CalWORKs and is receiving the minimum amount (63-254.7) of CalFresh benefits, because of their Categorical Eligibility Status, the household is entitled to receive the same amount of CalFresh benefits for the Transitional CalFresh period. |