County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA General Relief Program Guide GRPG Public Assistance PA Benefits Number Page 9040010 1 of 3 Revision Date September 11 2017 A Background This section provides the requirements regarding PA benefits in the GR Program This section is revised to update CalWORKs eligibility for pregnant women Purpose The purpose of this section is to provide policies for PA benefits in the GR Program B Policy All applicants who may be potentially eligible for PA benefits are required to apply for such benefits PA benefits include income from Federal or State selfsufficiency program such as CalWORKs Refugee Cash Assistance RCA CubanHaitian Entrant Program CHEP and Supplemental Security Income SSI whose eligibility requirements are based upon need rather than based upon some type of prior contribution for example Unemployment Insurance Benefits UIB State Disability Insurance SDI etc C GR from another County or State Count GR or General Assistance GA benefits received in another County or State as income in the month of payment Presume payments mailed by another County or State to have been received by the applicant unless evidence is provided to the contrary D CalWORKs Benefits All applicants who may be potentially eligible for CalWORKs must apply for such benefits prior to application for GR Basic deprivation factors for linkage to CalWORKs include at least one parent or stepparent and a child or unborn in the home for which Either parent of the child is deceased Either parent of the child is physically or mentally incapacitated Either parent of the child is continually absent from the home in which the child is living The primary wage earner parent of the child is unemployed Eligibility of children not unborns in CalWORKs is limited to age 17 Children age 18 may be eligible for inclusion only if the child is A fulltime high school or vocationaltechnical school student as defined by the school Expected by the school to graduate before reaching age 19 or has been considered disabled and meets the disability criteria There is no CalWORKs eligibility for 19 and 20 year old children and there is no CalWORKs eligibility for the father of a CalWORKs unborn child if there are no other common children in the case However CalWORKs is a resource for the father when the child is born CalWORKs families in which deprivation exists are ineligible for GR CalWORKs families who have been discontinued or denied CalWORKs because of noncooperation receipt of a lump sum payment receipt of excess income or property receipt of Foster Care payments for related children receipt of a sanction from the CalWORKs program or voluntary exclusion are also ineligible for GR County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA General Relief Program Guide GRPG Public Assistance PA Benefits Number Page 9040010 2 of 3 Pregnant women age 19 or older with no other CalWORKs eligible children are potentially eligible to CalWORKs starting in the second trimester Potential eligibility to GR may exist for the first three months of pregnancy Pregnant women under age 19 are potentially eligible to CalWORKs at any time There is no GR eligibility for these women Do not refer an applicant to CalWORKs if the parent has had a court ordered or service placement of the only child outside the home If the only child has been voluntarily placed outside the home by the parent without court order or service evaluation deny GR and presume CalWORKs to be a resource unless The child has been placed outside of San Diego County The child is in need of protection or thought to be at risk of injury if reunited with the parent Use available sources such as the Child Welfare Services CWS Social Worker andor documentation imaged in the case file to determine if the child is at risk All steps taken in the determination process are to be documented in Case Comments The applicantrecipient resides in a Licensed Residential Substance Use Treatment Facility If the only child of a parent receives SSI CalWORKs may be an available resource to the parent Refer the parent to CalWORKs if other linkage factors are met There is no GR eligibility pending the approval or denial of CalWORKs benefits E RCACHEP Benefits RefugeesEntrants who are eligible for CalWORKs may be eligible for RCACHEP benefits only if they are within their first eight months in the US and meet other eligibility requirements RefugeesEntrants within their first eight months are ineligible for GR Refer these individuals to the North Central FRC to apply for benefits to RefugeesEntrants F SSI Benefits Refer to GRPG 904009 Procedure Follow the actions in the policies above to determine GR eligibility or the amount of income to count against a GR grant Program Impacts None References WI Code Sections 17000 17016 17020 and 17021 San Diego County Administrative Code Sections 257 2571 2573 Sunset Date This policy will be reviewed for continuance by September 30 2020 County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSA General Relief Program Guide GRPG Public Assistance PA Benefits Number Page 9040010 3 of 3 Approval for Release Rick Wanne Director Eligibility Operations