App Process
& Immediate Need
& Immediate Need
How quickly must Immediate Need be approved or denied.
What is by close of the next business day?
This term refers to the family members eligible for CW and is also called the Little MAP.
What is the Assistance Unit (AU)?
Two parent HH with both parents eligible and not disabled. All are US citizens.
What is 35?
The earned income deduction for the Applicant test.
What is $450?
CalFresh: This deduction is allowed for every household and varies depending on the eligible household size.
What is the Standard Deduction?
A child must be under this age to be eligible for CalWORKs at the time of application.
What is 18?
Mark is disabled and cannot provide support to his child. This deprivation applies.
What is incapacitation?
Two parent household with two children. Parents are both fleeing felons.
What is 3F?
The disability based income disregard.
What is $600?
CalFresh: A person must be included in the same household as this person if they are under 22 and live with them.
Who is their parent?
When a family applies for CalWORKs, they are also automatically evaluated for this program.
What is Medi-Cal?
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?
Niki is caring for her two nieces, ages 6 and 12. She is requesting CW for the children only. What is the aid type?
What is 3R?
Provide at least one example of disability-based income.
What is:
State Disability Insurance (SDI)
Private Disability Insurance (PDI)
Temporary Workers’ Compensation (TWC)
Temporary Disability Indemnity (TDI) .
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Veteran’s Disability Compensation (VDC)
Paid Family Leave (PFL)
This is the MNIL used for a household size of 3 when determining eligibility under the Medically Needy program.
What is $934?
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?
Verushka, undocumented mother and one child (5 y/o). Child is a USC.
What is 33?
The amount of the child support disregard for family with three children.
What is $200?
To be eligible for the WINS program, a single parent with a child under 6 must meet this minimum number of weekly work hours.
What is 20 hours per week?
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)?
Married couple and their two children; 20 y/o and 10 y/o. Both parents are timed out. Who is included in the AU?
Who the 10 y/o only?
Two parent HH with both parents eligible and not disabled. All HH members are State funded LPRs.
What is 3M?
When am item of need (such as rent) is earned or given to the AU, it may count as this type of income.
What is in-kind?
Medi-Cal: This Medicare Savings Program pays for Medicare Part A & B premiums and protects customers from Medicare cost-sharing like deductibles and copays.
What is the QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) program?