County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA CalFresh Program Guide Special Notice CalFresh CostofLiving Adjustments COLA for Federal Fiscal Year FFY 2024 Effective 10012023 Number Page CalFresh 2304 1 of 3 Effective Date 10012023 BackgroundThe COLA adjustments are effective every year on the first day of October For SemiAnnual Reporting SAR households HH where October falls midperiod the COLA is treated as a county initiated mid period change Purpose This notice provides staff with an overview of the COLA changes and instructions for implementation PolicyThe COLA mass update ran from August 26 through 31 2023 The Scratch Budget has been updated to reflect the new amounts The following changes are part of the FFY 2024 COLA Item Change Maximum Allotments Increased and can be found on the Assistance Standards Tables 631101 Minimum Allotment Remains 23 for a HH of 1 or 2 Income Eligibility Standards Increased and can be found on the Assistance Standards Tables Shelter Deduction Increased from 624 to 672 Standard Deduction Increased as follows Eligible HH Size Standard Deduction 13 198 4 208 5 244 6 or more 279 Homeless HH Shelter Allowance Increased from 16681 to 17966 Standard Utility Allowance SUA Increased from 560 to 596 Limited Utility Allowance LUA Increased from 150 to 158 Telephone Utility Allowance TUA Increased from 18 to 19 The following resource limits will remain the same as part of the FFY 2024 COLA 4250 for HH that include an elderly or disabled ED member and 2750 for all other HHs Notices Timely notice is not required when processing a mass change The Notice to All CalFresh Recipients CF 11 is available in the Electronic Forms Library EFL for customers that have questions about COLA County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA CalFresh Program Guide Special Notice CalFresh CostofLiving Adjustments COLA for Federal Fiscal Year FFY 2024 Effective 10012023 Number Page CalFresh 2304 2 of 3 COLA informing posters are required to be displayed in areas frequented by customers at Family Resource Centers FRCs Posters must remain on display from October 1 2023 until November 30 2023 The COLA informing posters are attached to this letter Management Reporting The following COLA Supplemental Reports require action and can be found on the SelfSufficiency Services Tracking SharePoint Report Content Action Required List of Cases Discontinued by Description of changes or ongoing Review the case and verify Batch Eligibility data collection which were not yet if the discontinuance is Determination Benefit processed through EDBC valid Calculation EDBC Process List of Cases Where Batch Description of changes or ongoing Review the case and verify EDBC Process Closed a data collection which were not yet if the discontinuance is Person processed through EDBC valid List of Cases That Resulted Batch EDBC could not Process EDBC to apply in ReadOnly EDBC automatically apply the intended intended changes if change to these cases applicable List of Cases Skipped in Batch EDBC could not Process EDBC to apply Batch Run automatically apply the intended intended changes if change to these cases applicable Reminder When processing EDBC on these cases remember to run for both CalWORKs and CalFresh List of Cases with at Least CalFresh cases that meet the Review these cases and One Overridden EDBC for following criteria take action as needed COLA Months At least one overridden EDBC effective for the current or prior benefit month Batch EDBC is run for the COLA Month Program is CalFresh CalWORKs RCA or Nutritional Benefit The case information will display only once on the list even if more than one month may be impacted Batch Eligibility Report Cases which could not be Review these cases and CalFreshCalWORKs 09processed take action as needed 0623 County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA CalFresh Program Guide Special Notice CalFresh CostofLiving Adjustments COLA for Federal Fiscal Year FFY 2024 Effective 10012023 Number Page CalFresh 2304 3 of 3 References All County Information Notice I4823 All County Letter 2348 MPP 631100 Eligibility Determination Scratch Budget Eligibility Operations Desk Aid Management Reports SelfSufficiency Services Tracking SharePoint Sunset Date This policy will be reviewed for continuance by 09302024