Application Process
CalWORKs applications must be processed within this number of calendar days.
What is 45 days?
A request for Immediate Need must be approved or denied by this deadline.
What is no later than the next working day?
This documentation can be used to verify deprivation due to the death of a parent for CalWORKs eligibility.
What are a death certificate, SSA award letter, newspaper obituary, sworn statement, or other reliable documentation?"
This term refers to the family members eligible for CW and is also called the Little MAP.
What is the Assistance Unit (AU)?
Medi-Cal: This is the income limit used to evaluate Medi-Cal eligibility under the ADFPL program.
What is 138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)?
This notice is sent to request missing verifications needed to determine CalWORKs eligibility.
What is the CW2200 Request for Verification?
This is the maximum amount a customer can receive for CW Immediate Need.
What is $200?
George is disabled and cannot provide support to his child. This deprivation applies.
What is incapacitation?
Maya is caring for her two nieces, ages 5 and 8. She is requesting CW for the children only. Who is included in the AU?
The two children.
CalFresh: If a sponsored noncitizen’s combined income and support from a sponsor is below 130% of the Federal Poverty Level, they may qualify for this 12-month exemption.
What is an indigence evaluation?
When a family applies for CalWORKs, they are also automatically evaluated for this program.
What is Medi-Cal?"
Situations like lack of housing, pending eviction, no food, utility shutoff, need for transportation, clothing, or similar urgent needs fall under this IN eligibility factor.
What is an emergency situation?
John lost his full-time job and has been working part-time with reduced hours, which isn’t enough to support his children. This deprivation applies.
What is unemployment or underemployment?
Jorge and Ana live together with their two children, 3 and 12. Both parents are timed out. Who is included in the AU?
Who are the children only?
For CalFresh: This is the standard medical deduction amount allowed for CalFresh households with elderly and/or disabled members who verify medical expenses between $35.01 and $185.
What is $150?
A child must be under this age to be eligible for CalWORKs at the time of application.
What is 18?
This form is required when a customer requests a second Immediate Need issuance.
What is the CW 4?"
To meet the definition of an Unemployed Parent for CalWORKs, the Principal Earner must be working less than this number of hours in the four-week period prior to the date of eligibility.
What is 100 hours?
Maya is caring for her two nieces, ages 5 and 8. She is requesting CW for the children only. What is the aid type?
3R
MAGI Medi-Cal: True or False: Social Security Retirement benefits are excluded when determining MAGI Medi-Cal eligibility.
What is false?
For CalWORKs eligibility, applicants must verify or apply for an SSN, cooperate with this agency, and apply for all unconditionally available income."
What is the Local Child Support Agency (LCSA)?
A family facing eviction with a three-day notice requests CalWORKs Immediate Need. They lack funds to pay rent, and they live in the home. They may choose this process to get benefits within three working days.
What is EDE - Expedited Determination of Eligibility?
During intake, the applicant shares that the non-custodial parent has been living out of state and has had no contact with the child for over a year. This deprivation applies.
What is absence?
Jorge and Ana live together with their two children, 3 and 12. Both parents are timed out. What is the aid type?
3F
Medi-Cal: When verification of citizenship is provided from certain secondary documents like a birth certificate, this additional verification is also required.
What is separate verification of identity?