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“CCWRO Welfare Press Release Immediate Press Release – May 13, 2013 While today child poverty is ravishing California, Governor Brown’s proposed 2013-2014 budget will take over $2 billion dollars from the mouths of poor children as an Involuntary CalWORKs Contribution to the State General Fund . Governor Jerry Brown is no Robin Hood. Today, the Governor will release his 2013-2014 May Revised State Budget, which takes over $2 billion dollars from CalWORKS families (the only income maintenance program for California’s impoverished children) and uses it to contribute to the General Fund, said Kevin Aslanian, Executive Director of the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. The budget takes a whopping 46% more from California’s poorest children than the previous year said Aslanian. (See Chart #1) The Governor’s budget takes money from CalWORKs families whose fixed incomes are FROZEN at 1985 levels, said Aslanian The budget does include a $143 million increase for the CalWORKs administrators (which is 7% increase) while taking $2 billion from the children, said Aslanian. No COLA for kids. The COLA would have cost about $60 million said Aslanian (See Chart #2) To date, no other Governor has tried to fleece California’s most impoverished families out of more than $2 billion dollars a year. Many of these families continue to be homeless and often hungry while their children suffer from not having their basic needs met, said Aslanian. According to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau under Jerry Brown California now is #1 in the Nation when it come to child poverty under the Supplementary Poverty Measure (SPM) said Aslanian. While the cost of living in California has been rising, CalWORKs benefits have been dropping. In 2009-2010 the CalWORKs COLA was repealed. Last year, Jerry Brown insisted that children, who often starve the last week of the month because SNAP\/CalFresh (also known as food stamps) is not enough to cover their families’ food expenses, take an 8% CalWORKs cut. Last year these children voluntarily n contributed over $1 billion to the State General Fund. These are the questions we have for Jerry Brown: Why does your budget take $2 billion dollars from the CalWORKs pot and use it as contribution to the general fund while we have a 30% child poverty rate in California? Why does the budget propose to give welfare bureaucrats an additional $143 million while no COLA for the poorest of the poor children in California? Why does the budget gives CalWORKs administrators a 7% increase and 0% increase to poor kids on CalWORKs? CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian 916-712-0071 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7000 [email protected] Today, CalWORKs families with children receive a monthly fixed income equal to what CalWORKs (AFDC) families received in 1986. The automatic cost-of-living increase enacted by Ronald Reagan was repealed in 2010. Since the change from AFDC to CalWORKs in 1998, CalWORKs families have contributed over $17.3 billion to the State General Fund coffers. State Fiscal Year CalWORKs Recipient Contribution to the State General Fund FY 1998-99 $708,502,000 FY 1999-00 $745,249,000 FY 2000-01 $1,021,913,000 FY 2001-02 $1,126,647,000 FY 2002-03 $1,088,940,000 FY 2003-04 $1,163,238,000 FY 2004-05 $1,087,321,000 FY 2005-06 $1,299,448,000 FY 2006-07 $1,184,134,000 FY 2007-08 $1,745,291,000 FY 2008-09 $1,268,997,000 FY 2009-10 $1,262,046,000 FY 2010-11 $1,234,159,808 FY 2011-12 $1,222,447,450 FY 2012-13 $1,153,301,000 FY 2013-14 proposed budget $2,037,913,000 TOTAL TO DATE CalWORKs Recipients Contributions to the State $17.3 Billion If the State is enacted as proposed $19.3 Billion Source: http:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/cdssweb\/entres\/localassistanceest\/Jan13\/AuxiliaryTables.pdf Page 10 California AFDC\/CalWORKs COLA\/Grant Level History at Glance Year Maximum The COLA The Governor Benefits for A Family of 3 Senate Bill SB 796 – Tony Beilenson (D) Enacts the AFDC statutory COLA as a part of the 1971 Welfare Reform Act 1971-1972 $235 0.9% Ronald Wilson Reagan 1972-1973 $237 2.5% Ronald Wilson Reagan 1973-1974 $243 7.8% Ronald Wilson Reagan 1974-1975 $262 11.8% Ronald Wilson Reagan 1975 $293 8.9% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1976 $319 6.0% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1976-1977 $338 6.3% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1977-1978 $356 0.0% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1978-1979 $356 15.2% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1979-1980 $410 15.4% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1980-1981 $473 -2.1% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1981-1982 $463 9.3% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1982-1983 $506 0.0% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1983-1984 $526 4.0% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1984-1985 $555 5.5% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1985-1986 $587 5.8% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1986-1987 $617 5.1% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1987-1988 $633 3.6% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1988-1989 $663 4.7% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1989-1990 $694 4.6% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1990-1991 $694 0.0% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1991-1992 $663 -4.4% Peter Barton Wilson 1992-1993 $624 -5.8% Peter Barton Wilson 1993-1994 $607 -2.7% Peter Barton Wilson 1994-1995 $607 0.0% Peter Barton Wilson 1996-1997 $538 -8.9% Peter Barton Wilson 1997-1998 $538 0.0% Peter Barton Wilson 1998-1999 $581 2.84% Peter Barton Wilson 1999-2000 $596 2.36% Peter Barton Wilson 2000-2001 $613 2.96% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2001-2002 $ 647- $679 * 5.31% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2002-2003 $ 671 -$704 3.74% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2003-2004 $ 671- $704 0.0% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2004-2005 $ 704- $723 2.75% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2005-2006 $ 689- $723 0.0% Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2006-2007 $ 689- $723 0.0% Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2007-2008 $ 689- $723 0.0% Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2008-2009 $ 689- $723 0.0% Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2009-2010 $ 689- $723 Cola Repealed Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2010-2011 $ 638- $608 No COLA Edmond J. Brown, Jr. 2011-2012 $ 638- $608 No COLA Edmond J. Brown, Jr. 2012-2013 $ 638- $608 No COLA Edmond J. Brown, Jr. 2013-2014 $ 638- $608 No COLA Edmond J. Brown, Jr. CalWORKs Involuntarily Contribute Billions to the State General Fund CalWORKs payments are the same TODAY as in 1986 CH A R T # 1 CH A R T # 2 PAGE 1 ”

“CCWRO California Public Benefits Legislative Bill & Budget Action Tracker #2021-02 March 1, 2021 [image: Map Description automatically generated] 1 California Public Benefits Legislative Bill & Budget Action Tracker #2021-02[image: Submit Position Letter] 2021 Welfare Facts 2021-2022 State Budget reveals that it takes 61\u00a2 to issue 39\u00a2 in benefits to California’s impoverished families living in deep poverty November of 2020 WtW Participation v. Sanctions The Welfare-to-sanction program Sanctioned Families WtW Participating Families 39,225 33,203 2020-2021 Annual Cost Per Participating Families for the WtW Bureaucracy 47,000 a year 2020-2021 Annual CalWORKs benefits issued to per family $8,008 a year Assembly Human Services Committee Debra Cooper, Chief Consultant [email protected] Kelsy Castillo, Senior Consultant [email protected] Emmalynn Mathis, Consultant [email protected] Toni Zupan, Committee Secretary [email protected] Phone (916) 319-2089 Fax (916) 319-2189 1020 N St., Suite 124, Sacramento, CA 95814 , Republican Committee Consultant [email protected] Phone (916) 319-3900 Fax (916) 319-3902 1020 N St., Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814 2021 Assembly Human Services Committee Hearing Dates April 7, 2021 April 21, 2021 & 1:30 pm All Support\/Oppose letters must be submitted here. Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Lisa Calderon, Chair (D) Phone: 916-319-2057 Room # 2137 Tom White Email: [email protected] Laurie Davis -Vice Chair (R) Phone: 916-319-2073 Room # 3141 Emily Humpol Email: [email protected] Joaquin Arambula (D) Phone: 916-319-2031 Room # 5155 Karen Jones Email: [email protected] Steven Choi – (R) Phone: 916-319-2068 Room # 2016 Nicolas Gauthier Email: [email protected] Mike Gibson (D) Phone: 916-319-2064 Room # 3173 Briana Leon Email: [email protected] Mark Stone (D) Phone: 916-319-2029 Room # 3146 Keely O’Brien Email: [email protected] Carlos Villapudua (D) Phone: 916-319-2013 Room # 4162 Jessica Rocha Email: [email protected] Christopher Ward (D) Phone: 916-319-2078 Room # 2160 Tobias Uptan-Villa Email: [email protected] 2020 ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps AB 221 Santiago (D) Phone: 916-319-2019 Room # 6027 Staff: Marylin Limon [email protected] SUPPORT CalFresh- This bill would require the department to provide a food assistance benefit statewide to low-income California residents, regardless of their immigration status, upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature. Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee AB 321- Carlos Villapudua (D) Phone: 916-319-2013 Room # 4162 Staff: Jessica Roca [email protected] SUPPORT Child care – This bill would authorize a part-day California state preschool program for 3- and 4-year-old children in families whose primary language is not English and whose income is above the income eligibility threshold and they will have priority. Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee AB 396 Gabriel (D) Tel 916-319-2045 Room # 4117 Staff: Alpert Dana [email protected] SUPPORT CalFresh- This bill would require that any college program that meets the requirements CDSS shall meet the CalFresh student exception. Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee and Committee on Higher ed, AB 461 – Carlos Villapudua (D) Phone: 916-319-2013 Room # 4162 Staff: Jessica Roca [email protected] CCWRO WCL&P SUPPORT CalWORKs- This bill would define self-employment as a non-core activity a clean-up bill for AB 79. Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee AB 548 Carillo (D) Phone: 916-319-2051 Room # 4167 Staff: Jessica Zaragoza [email protected] CCWRO WCL&P SUPPORT UI Overpayments (OP)- This bill would repeal all interest payments added to the actual UI OPs. It would also waive the current UI OPs from 25% recovery of agency caused UI OPs. For non-agency OP that are recovered immediately at 100%, this bill would recover 10% for UI benefits under $400 a week and 25% for OP over $400 a week. AB 996 Nazarian (D) Phone: 916-319-2046 Room # 4146 Staff: Grace Dikho [email protected] SUPPORT CalWORKs- This bill would require serve eligible non-school aged children breakfast or a morning snack at a local educational agency school site if the school elects to do so. Assembly Education Committee AB 1004 Calderon (D) Phone: 916-319-2057 Room #2137 Staff: Lucia Saldivar [email protected] SUPPORT CalWORKs- The bill would exempt the census income or stipend if the temporary work is related to the decennial census and would make this provision retroactive and applicable to income or a stipend paid by any of the above entities for temporary work related to the most recent decennial census. Assembly Human Services AB 1326 Arambula (D) Phone: 916-319-2031 Room #5155 Staff: Eusevio Padilla [email protected] SUPPORT CalWORKs- This bill would require the county to designate a county staff liaison for community college staff. Assembly Human Services AB 1461 Reyes (D) Phone: 916-319-2057 Room #2175 Staff: Cynthia Gomez [email protected] CCWRO WCL&P SUPPORT CalWORKs- This bill would prohibit the discontinuance of those services due to the denial of a visa application if the individual is eligible for those services on another basis. The bill would add to the categories of eligible noncitizen victims for the services individuals who have filed a formal application with the appropriate federal agency for status or relief under the federal Violence Against Women Act or for special immigrant juvenile status, as specified. Assembly Human Services AB 1538 Quirk (D) Phone: 916-319-2020 Room #2163 Staff: Tomasa Duenas [email protected] SUPPORT CalWORKs- This bill would require research relative to poverty, measuring poverty and efforts to ameliorate poverty. A Senate Human Services Committee Taryn Smith, Chief Committee Consultant [email protected] Marisa Shea, Principal Consultant [email protected] Mark Teemer, Committee Secretary [email protected] Phone (916) 651-1524 Fax (916) 266-9350 1020 N St. Suite 521, Sacramento, CA 95814 Joe Parra, Republican Committee Consultant [email protected] Phone (916) 651-1501 Fax (916) 445-3105 1020 N St. Suite 234, Sacramento, CA 95814 2021 Senate Human Services Committee Hearing Dates March 23, April 6, April 20, May 5 and May 18, 2021 All Support\/Oppose letters must be submitted here. Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Melissa Hurtado, (D) Chair Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 2016 Mariam Valdez, Legislative Director Email: [email protected] Senator Brian Jones, (R) Vice- Chair Phone: 651-40 Fax: 651-49 Room # 4088 Danielle Parsons, Legislative Director Email: [email protected] Senator Dave Cortese (D) Phone: 651-4015 Fax: 651-4915 Room # 2082 Tania Dikho Email: [email protected] Senator Richard Pan (D) Phone: 651-4006 Fax: 651-4906 Room # 5114 Diana Douglas Email: [email protected] Vacant 2021 SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 20 – Dodd (D) Room # 4032 Phone 916-651-4003 Staff: Heather Hopkins [email protected] CCWRO University of California Student Association WCL&P SUPPORT CalFresh- This bill would also require the require maximizing the opportunity for students to qualify for CalFresh benefits student exemption and provide that the California Student Aid Commission will provide verification needed to qualify for CalFresh as appropriate. SB 107 Wiener (D) Room 5100 Phone 916-651-4011 Staff: Cassidy Denny [email protected] Nourish California SUPPORT CalFresh- This bill would allow CalFresh beneficiaries to complete their application and recertification by phone and would simplify the CalFresh application process for the elderly and disabled. SB 364 Skinner (D) Room 5094 Phone 916-651-4009 Staff: Jessica Bartholow [email protected] SUPPORT Pupil Meals- This bill would allow free pupil meals to continue beyond the pandemic and set up the BOOST program making pupil meals available during school breaks longer than one week or school closures due to declared disasters. SB 454 Bates (R) Room 3063 Phone 916-651-4036 Staff: Brianna Yadon [email protected] SUPPORT County of Orange Child Support- This bill would define support obligor is delinquent in payment of support to mean that the support obligor is $5,000 in arrears on their support obligation. SB 464 Hurtado(D) Room 2016 Phone 916-651-4041 SUPPORT Nourish California CalFresh- This bill, commencing January 1, 2023, would instead make a noncitizen applicant eligible for the California Food Assistance Program if the noncitizen satisfies all eligibility criteria for participation in the CalFresh program except any requirements related to immigration status. The bill would, commencing January 1, 2023, eliminate the distinctions based on when the noncitizen applicant entered the country and would eliminate the sponsorship and other listed criteria requirements for eligibility on a noncitizen who entered the country on or after August 22, 1996. SB 768 Glazer (D) Room 5108 Phone 916-651-4007 Staff: Sakshi Walia [email protected] CCWRO University of California Student Association SUPPORT CalFresh- This is a clean up for SB 1232. Makes some technical changes to include non-credited units, include non-profit postsecondary educational institutions and repeal SIPs for college students who are covered by SB 1232 anyhow. 1 California Public Benefits Legislative Bill & Budget Action Tracker #2021-02 Assembly Appropriations Committee Jennifer Swenson, Democratic Consultant Email: [email protected] Phone 916-319-2081 fax 916-319-2181 Room # 2114 Jared Yoshiki, Republican Consultant Email: [email protected] Tel. 916-319-3900 Fax 319-3902 1020 N Street, Suite 400 Committee Members Office Phone Fax Lorena Gonzales (D) Chair Room 2114 (916) 319-2051 (916) 319-2080 Frank Bigelow – (R) (Vice Chair) Room 6027 (916) 319-2005 (916) 319-2105 Richard Bloom (D) Room 2003 (916) 319-2050 (916) 319-2150 Rob Bonta – (D) Room 2148 (916) 319-2018 (916) 319-2118 Lisa Calderon (D) Room 2175 (916) 319-2057 (916) 319-2157 Wendy Carrillo – (D) Room 4167 (916) 319-2051 (916) 319-2151 Ed Chau- (D) Room 5016 (916) 319-2049 (916) 319-2149 Vince Fong- (R) Room 2002 (916) 319-2034 (916) 319-2134 Jesse Gabriel (D) Room 4139 (916) 319-2045 (916) 319-2145 Eduardo Garcia – (D) Room 4140 (916) 319-2056 (916) 319-2156 Sydney Kamlager- (D) Room 4015 (916) 319-2054 (916) 319-2154 Marc Levine (D) Room 5135 (916) 319-2010 (916) 319-2110 Bill Quirk (D) Room 2163 (916) 319-2020 (916) 319-2120 Robert Rivas (D) Room 5158 (916) 319-2030 (916) 319-2130 Every Wednesday 9 a. m., Room 4202 – See Committee Hearing Agenda Senate Committee on Appropriations , Democratic Consultant Email: Phone 916-651-4101 Room # 2206 Anthony Archie, Republican Consultant Email: [email protected] 916-651-1501 1020 N Street, Suite 234, Sacramento, CA 9581 Committee Members Office Phone Staff Senator Anthony Portantino – (D) Chair 3086 (916) 651-4025 (916) 651-4925 Senator Patricia Bates – (R) (V- Chair) 3048 (916) 651-4036 (916) 651-4936 Steven Bradford – (D) 2059 (916) 651-4035 (916) 651-4935 Brian Jones – (R) 4088 (916) 651-4038 (916) 651-4938 John Laird- (D) 4040 (916) 651-4017 (916) 651-4917 Bob Wieckowski – (D) 4085 (916) 651-4013 (916) 651-4913 Committee members Room Phone Staff Staff Email Address Senator Anthony Portantino – (D) Chair 3086 (916) 651-4025 Ben Edelstein [email protected] Senator Patricia Bates – (R) (Vice-Chair) 3048 (916) 651-4036 Sarah Couch [email protected] Steven Bradford – (D) 2059 (916) 651-4035 Austin Panush [email protected] Brian Jones – (R) 4088 (916) 651-4038 Danielle Parsons Danielle,[email protected] John Laird- (D) 4040 (916) 651-4017 Lesley Brizuela [email protected] Bob Wieckowski – (D) 4085 (916) 651-4013 Heather Resetarits [email protected] Every Monday 10 am, Room 4203 – See Committee Hearing Agenda 2021 State Budget Committees Assembly Budget Subcommittee Committee # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Joaquin Arambula (D), Chair Phone: 916-319-2031 Fax: 916-319-2131 Room # 5155 Karen Jones [email protected] Jim Frazier (D) Phone: 319-20711 Fax: 319-2111 Room. #: 3091 Marc Engrtrom [email protected] Devon Mathis (R) Phone: 319-2026 Fax: 319-2126 Room. #: 2111 Aaron Rice [email protected] Jim Patterson (R) Phone: 319-2023 Fax: 319-2123 Room. #: 3132 Christine Rose [email protected] James Ramos (D) Phone: 319-2040 Fax: 319-2140 Room. #: 4162 Adriana Ruelas [email protected] Blanca Rubio (D) Phone: 319-2048 Fax: 319-2148 Room, #: 5175 Daniel Folwarkpow [email protected] Jim Wood (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Room, #: 6005 Tobias Uptan-Villa [email protected] Subcommittee Staff Democratic Committee Consultant Phone 319-2099 Fax 319-2199 Room 6029 Nicole Vazquez [email protected] Republican Committee Consultant Phone: 319-3900 Fax: 319-3902 Joseph Shinstock [email protected] Sub #1 Hearings for 2021 State Budget Bill for 2021-2022 – AB 214 13 California Public Benefits Legislative Bill & Budget Action Tracker #2021-02 Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee Sub #3 Health & Human Services Senate Budget Committee Sub #3 Staff Email Address Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D) Chair Phone: 651-4005 Room #: 5097 David Stammerjohan [email protected] Senator Melissa Melendez (R) Phone: 651-4028 Room #4082 Senator Richard Pan, (D) Phone: 651-4006 Room #: 5114 Bernadette Lawrence [email protected] Subcommittee Staff Committee Democratic Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Renita Polk, [email protected] Committee Republican Consultant Phone: 651-1501 Fax: 414-3681 1020 N , Suite 234, Sacramento, CA 95814 Rebecca Hamilton [email protected] State Budget Bill for 2021-2022 SB 112 Sub #3 Hearings for 2021 2021-2022 Legislative Session for 2021 Mar. 25 – Spring Recess begins upon adjournment of this day’s session (J.R. 51(a)(2)). Mar. 31 – Cesar Chavez Day. Apr. 5 – Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(a)(2)). Apr. 30 – Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal Committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(a)(2)). May 7 – Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non-fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(a)(3)). May 14 – Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 7 (J.R. 61(a)(4)). May 21 – Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61 (a)(5)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 7 (J.R. 61 (a)(6)). May 31 – Memorial Day. June 15 – Budget bill must be passed by midnight (Art. IV, Sec. 12 (c)(3)). June 1-4 – Floor Session Only. No committee, other than Conference or Rules, may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(a)(7)). June 4 – Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(a)(8)). June 7 – Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(a)(9)). July 2 – Independence Day observed. July 14 – Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills (J.R. 61(a)(10)). July 16 – Summer Recess begins upon adjournment of this day’s session, provided Budget Bill has been passed (J.R. 51(a)(3)). Aug. 16 – Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess (J.R. 51(a)(3)). Aug. 27 – Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the Floor (J.R. 61(a)(11)). Aug. 30-Sept. 10 – Floor Session only. No committees, other than conference committees and Rules Committee, may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(a)(12)). Sept. 3 – Last day to amend bills on the Floor (J.R. 61(a)(13)). Sept. 6 – Labor Day. Sept. 10 – Last day for each house to pass bills (J.R. 61(a)(14)). Interim Study Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(a)(4)). CCWRO Services for IOLTA Qualified Legal Services Field Programs CCWRO – The Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. (CCWRO) is a state- wide nonprofit organization providing support services to qualified legal service field programs (QLSPs) funded by the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission. CCWRO has been providing support services for the past 35 years. CCWRO provides consultation, information and representation for IOLTA qualified legal services programs regarding public benefit programs such as: CalWORKs, CalFresh, also known as Food Stamps or SNAP, General Assistance and General Relief, SSI, Welfare to Work and other Public Assistance Programs. CCWRO maintains current information on the status of pending or recently proposed and enacted state and federal legislation and regulations. CCWRO collects, monitors and disseminates statistical information relating to public assistance programs throughout California to legal services programs statewide. CCWRO provides public benefits training upon request depending on availability of staff. Programs Covered CalWORKs Cash Assistance to Immigrants (CAPI) Child Care Child Support CalFresh, also known as Food Stamps or SNAP General Assistance\/ General Relief In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Medi-Cal Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) Welfare Immigration SSI eligibility issues Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Services CCWRO provides: – Immediate response to questions from legal services programs regarding public benefit programs, laws and regulations. – Collects and disperses statistical information and analysis on the public assistance programs, including statistical information upon request from qualified legal services program. – Provides status information on pending state legislation and regulations. – Legislative Advocacy – Administrative Advocacy – Co-counsel on administrative lawsuits. – Client representation assistance at fair hearings. CCWRO Staff 1111 Howe Avenue, Suite 635 Sacramento, CA 958725-8661 Telephone 916-736-0616 Fax- 916-736-2645 Kevin Aslanian, Executive Director, Legislative Advocate Email:[email protected] Cell Phone: 916-712-0071 Grace Galligher, Directing Attorney Public Benefits Emil: [email protected] Erin Simonitch, Senior Staff Attorney Public Benefits Emil: [email protected] Andrew Chen, Staff Attorney Public Benefits Email: [email protected] Daphne Macklin, Advocate Public Benefits Email: [email protected] Tide nR ace ”

” February 22, 2021 Re: Invitation to Legal Service Organizations to Participate in the Legislative Process for AB 461 Dear Executive Directors of legal aid programs: I am writing to invite information and feed-back from representatives of California’s Legal Services Corporations (LSC) funded programs for AB 461 that impact low income Californians. The information provided can either be in writing or in oral form, and it should be shared with my immediate office and any Senate or Assembly Committees that AB 461 is referred to. My office and the Senate or Assembly committees that AB 461 is referred to may share this information with other legislators, their staff, committees, agencies, and the executive branch as we deem appropriate. We understand that the LSC-funded programs in California are: Bay Area Legal Aid California Indian Legal Services California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. Central California Legal Services Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inland County Legal Services Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Legal Aid Society of Orange County Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. Legal Services of Northern California Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles Thank you for providing important information on the AB 461. Sincerely, CARLOS VILLAPUDUA Assemblymember, 13th District cc: Genevieve Richardson, Bay Area Legal Aid, [email protected] Dorothy Alther, California Indian Legal Services, [email protected] Jose Padilla, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., [email protected] Patience Milrod, Central California Legal Services, [email protected] Estela Casas, Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, [email protected] Darrell Moore, Inland Counties Legal Services, [email protected] Silvia Argueta, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, [email protected] Kate Marr, Legal Aid Society of Orange County, [email protected] Greg Knoll, Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc., [email protected] Gary Smith, Legal Services of Northern California, [email protected] Neal Dudovitz, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles, [email protected] ”

” February 22, 2021 Re: Invitation to Legal Service Organizations to Participate in the Legislative Process for AB 461 Dear Executive Directors of legal aid programs: I am writing to invite information and feed-back from representatives of California’s Legal Services Corporations (LSC) funded programs for AB 461 that impact low income Californians. The information provided can either be in writing or in oral form, and it should be shared with my immediate office and any Senate or Assembly Committees that AB 461 is referred to. My office and the Senate or Assembly committees that AB 461 is referred to may share this information with other legislators, their staff, committees, agencies, and the executive branch as we deem appropriate. We understand that the LSC-funded programs in California are: Bay Area Legal Aid California Indian Legal Services California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. Central California Legal Services Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inland County Legal Services Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Legal Aid Society of Orange County Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. Legal Services of Northern California Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles Thank you for providing important information on the AB 461. Sincerely, CARLOS VILLAPUDUA Assemblymember, 13th District cc: Genevieve Richardson, Bay Area Legal Aid, [email protected] Dorothy Alther, California Indian Legal Services, [email protected] Jose Padilla, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., [email protected] Patience Milrod, Central California Legal Services, [email protected] Estela Casas, Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, [email protected] Darrell Moore, Inland Counties Legal Services, [email protected] Silvia Argueta, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, [email protected] Kate Marr, Legal Aid Society of Orange County, [email protected] Greg Knoll, Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc., [email protected] Gary Smith, Legal Services of Northern California, [email protected] Neal Dudovitz, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles, [email protected] ”

” Genevieve Richardson, Bay Area Legal Aid, [email protected] Dorothy Alther, California Indian Legal Services, [email protected] Jos\u00e9 Padilla, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., [email protected] Patience Milrod, Central California Legal Services, [email protected] Kate Marr, Community Legal Aid SoCal, [email protected] Estela Casas, Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, [email protected] Darrell Moore, Inland Counties Legal Services, [email protected] Silvia Argueta, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, [email protected] Greg Knoll, Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc., [email protected] Gary Smith, Legal Services of Northern California, [email protected] Yvonne Mariajimenez, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles, [email protected] March 22, 2021 Re: Invitation to Legal Service Organizations to Provide Information for AB 548 Dear Executive Directors of legal aid programs: I am writing to invite information and feedback from representatives of California’s Legal Services Corporations (LSC) funded programs for AB 548 (Unemployment Insurance Overpayment Reform Act). The information provided can either be in writing or in oral form, and it should be shared with my immediate office and any Senate or Assembly Committees that AB 548 is referred to. My office and the Senate or Assembly committees that AB 548 is referred to may share this information with other legislators, their staff, committees, agencies, and the executive branch as we deem appropriate. We understand that the LSC-funded programs in California are: Bay Area Legal Aid Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles California Indian Legal Services Legal Aid Society of Orange County California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. Central California Legal Services Legal Services of Northern California Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles Inland County Legal Services Thank you for providing important information on AB 548. Sincerely, Wendy Carrillo Assemblymember, 51st District mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] cc: Kevin Aslanian, CA of California Welfare Rights Organizations, [email protected] Christopher Sanchez, Western Center on Law & Poverty, [email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] ”

“[image: ] Re: Invitation to Legal Service Organizations to Participate in the SB 20 Legislative Process for 2021-2022 legislative session. Dear Legal Aid Program Executive Directors: Please consider this an official request for representatives from California’s Legal Services Corporations (LSC) funded programs to provide information and input to the California Legislature regarding SB 20. This input can be provided in written and\/or oral form. Should your staff share information with my office directly, my office will share the communication with other legislative staff, committee, agencies and the executive branch as we deem appropriate. This invitation is also to share such information orally or written to any member of the Committee. My intention is that this request for information and feedback be encompassing of all legal aid programs in the state, including the LSC funded programs. I understand that the LSC-funded programs in California are: Bay Area Legal Aid, California Indian Legal Services, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., Central California Legal Services, Community Legal Aid SoCal, Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inland County Legal Services, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc., Legal Services of Northern California, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles Thank you for providing important information to help us shape the 2021-22 Budget and for your continued work to serve vulnerable Californians. Sincerely, [image: Senator Bill Dodd Signature 2020] BILL DODD Senator, 3rd District STATE CAPITOL, ROOM 4032 COMMITTEES California State Senate ONE (916) 851-4003 BILL DODD & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FAX (916) 651-4903 ENERGY, UTILITIES SENATOR, THIRD DISTRICT & COMMUNICATION INSURANCE TRANSPORTATION JOINT COMMITTEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SELECT COMMITTEE CALIFORNIA’S WINE INDUSTRY CO-CHAIR CHAIR: SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE VACAVILLE OFFICE: 555 MASON STREET, SUITE 275, VACAVILLE, CA 95688 * TEL (707) 454-3808 Fax (707) 454-3811 NAPA OFFICE: 2721 NAPA VALLEY CORPORATE DRIVE, NAPA, CA 94558 \u00a2 TEL (707) 224-1990 Fax (707) 224-1992 VALLEJO OFFICE: 420 VIRGINIA STREET, SUITE 1-C, VALLEJO, CA 94590 * TEL (707) 551-2389 Fax (707) 551-2390 SONOMA COUNTY OFFICE: 50 D STREET, SUITE 300, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 \u00ae TEL (707) 576-2093 FAX (707) 576-2095 ”

“[image: ] April 12, 2021 Salena Copeland Executive Director Legal Aid Association of California 350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 701 Oakland, CA 94612 Dear Ms. Copeland Please consider this request to have representatives from California’s Legal Services Corporations (LSC) funded programs provide in written and\/or oral form, to my office information and input regarding AB 1461 (Reyes) and issues regarding benefits for Violence Against Women Act petitioners, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status petitioners, U and T visas and Asylum Seekers. My office will share the program’s communication with other legislative staff, committees, agencies and the executive branch as we see appropriate. We understand the LSC-funded programs in California are: \u00b7 Bay Area Legal Aid \u00b7 California Indian Legal Services \u00b7 California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. \u00b7 Central California Legal Services \u00b7 Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance \u00b7 Inland County Legal Services \u00b7 Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles \u00b7 Legal Aid Society of Orange County \u00b7 Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. \u00b7 Legal Services of Northern California \u00b7 Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles Thank you for providing this important information for the 2020-21 Legislative Session Sincerely, [image: ] Eloise Gomez Reyes Assembly Majority Leader, 47th District STATE CAPITOL P.O. BOX 942849 SACRAMENTO, CA 94249-0047 (916) 319-2047 FAX (916) 319-2147 DISTRICT OFFICE 290 NORTH D STREET, SUITE 903 SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92401 (909) 381-3238 FAX (909) 885-8589 E-MAIL [email protected] Assembly California Legislature ELOISE GOMEZ REYES MAJORITY LEADER ASSEMBLYMEMBER, FORTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT COMMITTEES AGING AND LONG-TERM CARE BUDGET JUDICIARY LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT UTILITIES AND ENERGY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 2 ON EDUCATION FINANCE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS ”

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” Currently, the CalWORKs fixed income level is the same as it was in l985. There is a way to save money for the General Fund without hurting poor families and children\u2014 exempt families with children under the age of 6 from participation in the WtW Program. Savings = About $1 Billion a Year Today, there are 14 people looking for three (3) available jobs. Many of them have college degrees. CCWRO 2012-2013 Budget Alert CCWRO CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian (916)712-0071 [email protected] – http:\/\/ccwro.org 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 HOW IS CalWORKs Funded? Federal Block Grant Funds – $3.7 billion State matching dollars needed to access the $3.7 billion federal block grant funds $2.9 billion How much of the total $6.6 billion is spent on CalWORKs recipients in 2011-2012? $5.3 billion How much of the $6.6 billion designated for CalWORKs families, who live on 1985 fixed incomes levels, was in the Governor’s 2012-2013 proposed budget? $4.8 Billion Does CalWORKs need more General Fund Money? No. We need to insure that money for CalWORKs is used specifically for CalWORKs. See attached re: how much CalWORKs recipients have contributed to the General Fund for two (2) decades. The budget steals about a billion from poor families to fund the State’s $1.1 billion reserve. SOURCE: LAO – http:\/\/www.lao.ca.gov\/laoapp\/PubDetails.aspx?id=%202570 Three Sources of Funding Support the CalWORKs Program. The CalWORKs program is funded by a combination of federal, state, and local funds. Federal funding is provided through an annual $3.7 billion TANF block grant. While a majority of the TANF block grant is used to fund the CalWORKs program, TANF funds can be used for any activities that meet the broad purposes of the TANF program (see Figure 1). To receive the full TANF block grant, California must contribute at least $2.9 billion from various nonfederal sources to meet a maintenance of effort (MOE) requirement. Although the MOE requirement is primarily met through state and county spending on CalWORKs, some state expenditures in other programs (such as subsidized child care) also count toward satisfying the requirement. County costs to administer the CalWORKs program, as well as provide employment services and childcare to CalWORKs recipients, are funded through an annual block grant (known as the single allocation) provided by the state. In addition, as a result of the 2011 12 realignment, $1.1 billion in local funds were redirected to cover a portion of CalWORKs cash grant costs. CCWRO 2012-2013 Budget Alert QUESTIONS POOR FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO ASK JERRY BROWN AT MAY REVISE PRESS CONFERENCE 1. Why are you taking over 1 billion dollars from poor families to pay for your rainy day fund or to balance the budget? Our children go to sleep hungry because our food stamps run out at the end of every month. 2. CalWORKs is funded with federal dollars and matching funds to access those federal funds. You want a $1 billion surplus. Why balance the budget on the backs of poor kids with money designated for the poor? 3. Why not exempt families with kids under 6 years of age from the work program while there are currently 14 people looking for three (3) available jobs, some with college degrees? If you say that the federal law requires it, the fact is that California has failed to meet the federal work participation rates for the past four (4) years and nothing has happened. 4. These cuts will mean more kids in foster care. We pay $180 for per kid on welfare and over $2,000 per kid in foster care. Does that make sense? 5. These cuts will mean more families will become homeless. Is that fair? CalWORKs and TANF Funding Chart 5\/12\/12 FY 1998-99 FY 1999-00 FY 2000-01 FY 2001-02 FY 2002-03 FY 2003-04 FY 2004-05 FY 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Estimate 2012-13 GB Total TANF Grant\/Required MOE 6,640,971,000 6,639,655,000 6,457,111,000 6,439,482,000 6,425,431,000 6,425,952,000 6,420,148,000 6,408,523,000 6,406,842,000 6,402,415,000 6,583,092,000 6,584,132,000 6,950,599,000 6,574,441,000 6,569,122,000 CalWORKs Program (Actuals) \/1 5,452,464,887 5,644,024,929 5,228,224,151 5,065,837,696 5,234,304,599 4,726,460,275 4,977,898,939 4,827,632,403 4,780,360,853 5,035,819,569 5,341,526,077 5,341,519,431 5,576,729,520 5,303,820,001 3,035,745,000 Grants 3,728,895,597 3,409,184,226 3,110,590,925 3,128,453,615 2,998,104,490 3,058,377,136 3,272,331,000 3,067,470,861 2,949,089,178 3,006,359,917 3,275,881,220 3,406,732,000 3,674,460,000 3,261,728,000 3,160,144,000 Administration 518,317,463 563,062,953 539,640,224 554,944,600 499,797,000 477,145,347 477,510,368 534,258,293 555,745,996 584,572,008 579,578,620 590,571,121 619,727,897 664,540,667 799,952,223 Services 450,275,279 569,166,870 659,554,385 725,821,297 766,605,000 593,584,707 666,412,363 692,825,442 717,380,363 804,993,424 829,198,822 798,905,700 784,790,383 841,538,887 1,013,016,865 Child Care 360,733,329 524,045,984 571,661,082 537,865,541 548,577,000 486,111,807 451,267,208 428,742,096 450,703,076 526,040,292 542,554,111 440,639,196 388,502,665 416,595,447 501,483,912 Substance Abuse\/Mental Health Svcs 21,212,219 67,946,896 96,777,535 98,752,643 118,377,109 111,241,278 110,378,000 104,335,711 107,442,240 113,853,928 114,313,304 104,671,414 109,248,575 119,417,000 128,306,000 CalWORKs Refocus \/4 (2,567,158,000) County Share of Admin\/Svcs \/2 80,807,136 82,344,889 70,220,490 63,070,804 65,344,000 53,410,000 61,429,000 57,462,000 27,550,000 36,489,082 27,214,878 8,368,000 Unallocated Reduction Tribal TANF\/3 71,001,000 69,750,000 69,073,000 78,420,000 87,703,000 Performance Incentives(budgeted) 373,031,000 510,618,000 250,000,000 20,000,000 302,844,000 Probation 201,413,000 201,413,000 201,413,000 201,413,000 201,413,000 201,413,000 67,138,000 Student Aid Commision 736,362,000 KinGAP 25,519,000 69,859,000 76,232,000 88,318,000 94,308,000 96,340,000 137,425,000 120,737,000 114,052,000 107,687,000 91,033,000 57,309,000 51,539,000 ARRA Subsidized Employment – ECF 158,508,000 200,348,000 ARRA Non-Recurrent Short Term Benefits ECF 176,233,000 18,775,000 Non MOE\/TANF in CDSS \/5 (11,269,000) (8,429,000) (7,708,000) (14,356,000) (2,330,000) (12,363,000) (10,322,000) (10,219,000) (197,460,000) (192,378,000) (196,041,000) (179,056,000) (158,118,000) (163,094,000) (275,602,000) Other MOE\/TANF in CDSS \/6 305,663,000 334,380,000 344,605,000 402,604,000 384,872,000 331,849,000 315,403,000 331,194,000 214,330,000 263,857,000 271,073,000 299,394,000 303,620,000 306,299,000 1,954,287,000 MOE In Other Department Budgets 402,839,000 410,869,000 466,450,000 474,184,000 377,043,000 461,401,000 411,967,000 500,527,000 476,424,000 1,005,748,000 714,079,000 668,044,000 641,575,000 683,180,000 489,775,000 State Support 29,016,000 26,714,000 26,592,000 29,198,000 23,979,000 27,242,000 27,462,000 26,060,000 24,909,000 25,774,000 28,131,000 27,687,000 29,180,000 31,155,000 31,155,000 Total Expenditures 6,380,126,887 6,608,971,929 6,285,095,151 6,228,739,696 6,295,513,599 5,824,320,275 5,883,854,939 5,771,534,403 5,435,988,853 6,259,557,569 6,343,821,077 6,892,156,000 6,772,215,520 6,297,089,001 6,110,964,000 Federal TANF 3,472,973,887 3,703,134,929 3,561,802,151 3,523,075,696 3,603,900,599 3,132,186,275 3,422,342,000 3,297,312,000 2,972,412,000 3,722,511,000 3,560,047,000 4,041,842,000 3,810,007,000 3,356,134,000 3,275,660,000 General Fund \/7 2,733,123,474 2,708,262,505 2,545,307,737 2,477,681,856 2,521,316,388 2,487,383,000 2,490,171,000 2,483,755,000 2,518,089,000 2,498,949,000 2,715,820,000 2,712,840,000 3,103,684,000 1,759,747,000 1,628,448,000 Other State Funds (ETF) 30,000,000 30,000,000 86,700,000 30,000,000 56,432,000 40,475,000 38,010,000 20,087,000 45,000,000 35,000,000 20,000,000 County Funds \/7 174,029,526 167,574,495 147,985,263 141,282,144 140,296,612 148,319,000 155,684,000 152,940,000 134,848,000 124,648,000 133,454,000 117,474,000 113,097,000 1,181,208,000 1,206,856,000 Total TANF transfers 284,965,000 531,654,000 606,149,000 497,376,000 636,521,000 675,546,000 475,396,000 689,917,000 798,270,000 468,773,000 442,017,000 440,818,000 440,163,000 449,192,000 458,158,000 Non-CalWORKs Transfers 5,339,000 70,793,000 100,135,000 85,579,000 191,489,000 176,409,000 175,403,000 169,793,000 186,921,000 197,931,808 192,243,500 180,684,149 Transfers to Stage 2, Title XX for Child Care, Tribal TANF and Reserves 284,965,000 531,654,000 600,810,000 497,376,000 565,548,000 575,411,000 389,817,000 498,428,000 621,861,000 293,370,000 272,224,000 253,897,000 242,231,192 256,948,500 277,473,851 TANF Grant\/Required MOE 6,640,971,000 6,639,655,000 6,457,111,000 6,439,482,000 6,425,431,000 6,425,952,000 6,420,148,000 6,408,523,000 6,406,842,000 6,402,415,000 6,583,092,000 6,584,132,000 6,950,599,000 6,648,392,000 6,569,122,000 General Fund Above Base MOE 97,889,000 Prior Year TANF Carryforward 617,020,000 854,309,000 520,661,000 503,004,000 283,783,000 509,190,000 545,245,000 638,369,000 424,356,000 457,466,000 119,532,000 117,100,000 233,398,000 71,508,000 ARRA – Emergency Contingency Funds 259,212,000 370,195,000 125,626,000 ARRA – Subsidized Employment 159,386,000 215,348,000 ARRA – Non-Recurring ECF 176,233,000 27,225,000 Net TANF Block Grant Unspent Performance Incentives 600,000,000 High Performance Bonus 14,219,000 7,044,000 12,922,000 Total Available Funding 7,257,991,000 7,493,964,000 6,977,772,000 6,942,486,000 7,309,214,000 6,949,361,000 6,972,437,000 7,059,814,000 6,831,198,000 6,859,881,000 6,961,836,000 7,407,046,000 7,552,196,000 6,817,789,000 6,569,122,000 Total TANF\/MOE Expends 6,665,091,887 7,142,163,682 6,880,657,505 6,708,379,364 6,916,571,463 6,472,469,139 6,584,068,000 6,661,934,000 6,234,258,853 6,728,330,569 6,785,838,077 7,332,974,000 7,212,378,520 6,746,281,001 6,569,122,000 NET TANF Carry-over Funds \/8 592,899,113 351,800,318 97,114,495 234,106,636 392,642,537 476,891,861 388,369,000 397,880,000 387,492,000 75,498,000 74,072,000 91,187,000 71,508,000 CalWORKs contribution to the General Fund 708,502,000$ 745,249,000$ 1,021,913,000$ 1,126,647,000$ 1,088,940,000$ 1,163,238,000$ 1,087,321,000$ 1,299,448,000$ 1,184,134,000$ 1,745,291,000$ 1,268,997,000$ 1,262,046,000$ 1,234,159,808$ 1,239,031,500$ 2,676,285,000$ *For 2010-11 Estimate: TANF Grant\/Required MOE amount increased by $365,900,000 to reflect the Budget Action request of an advance of TANF Funds in FY 2010-11. Revised 2\/6\/12 \/1 FY 2010-11 CalWORKS Program Expenditures (excluding pass through funding) for Administration, Services (including Mental Health\/Substance Abuse) and Child Care reflect actual expenditures (including overmatch for counties that exceed their allocation). Prior years’ expenditures remain the same (as previously published in this document). The Administration, Services, and Child Care figures for FY 2011-12 and FY 2012-13 reflect an adjustment to display the budgeted dollars based on FY 2010-11 actual expenditure levels. Other figures represent the last updated budget amounts. \/2 This is a non-add line because the estimated county share is included in the CalWORKs actual budgeted expenditures. \/3 The Tribal TANF funds reflected in FY 2008-09 were formally included in the Grants, Admin and Services sections but are now shown separately. \/4 FY 2012-13 CalWORKs Refocusing reflects savings from CalWORKs refocusing proposal and savings of moving Child Maintenance cases out of the CalWORKs Budget. \/5 FY 2012-13 Non-CalWORKs MOE\/TANF in CDSS includes $101,940,000 related to the Child Maintenance program. \/6 FY 2012-13 Other MOE\/TANF in CDSS includes $1,625,270,000 related to the Child Maintenance program. \/7 FY 2011-12 and FY 2012-13 reflects a shift of $1,086,897 and $1,128,001, respectively, for CalWORKs MOE Subaccount Funds (AB x1 16) due to realignment. \/8 Reflects the estimated amount of carry-over funds appropriated to the next year. Note: CalWORKs Contribution to the General Funds Includes KinGAP, Other MOE in CDSS, Other Department MOE, Student Aid Commission, Non CalWORKs TANF Transfers, WPR adjustment for meeting the rate, and, beginning in FY 2012-13, the Child Maintenance Program. How Much Have CalWORKs Recipients Contributed to the General Fund to Date? $20,641,063,308 ”

“[image: image1.jpg] CCWRO announced its opposition to the job killing Senate and House Farm Bill being considered in Washington, said Kevin Aslanian, Executive Director of the Coalition of Caliifornia Welfare Rights Organization. The Senate Bill would cut $4.3 billion from the Food Stamp program resulting in 58,987 jobs being killed and the House is proposing to cut over $16 billion that would kill 219,488 jobs said Aslanian. Today when more and more people are unable to find jobs it is counterproductive to kill jobs when what America needs are jobs and not job killing legislation said Aslanian. Below is a side-by-side analysis of this job killing proposal. 2012 Farm Bill Side-By-Side Analysis of the S. 3240 compared to the Congressman Lucas, Chair of the House Agriculture Committee Proposal Section Title House Proposal Scheduled for Markup Senate Bill 3240 Food Distribution Program for Indian Reservations Section 4003. Extents authorization from 2012 to 2017. Section 4001. Extents authorization from 2012 to 2017. LIHEAP Benefits Used for SUA Section 4005. Imposes a minimum of $10 a month contribution from LIHEAP to count as a SUA for SANP. Section 4002. Imposes a minimum of $10 a month contribution from LIHEAP to count as a SUA for SNAP. Repeal of Categorical Eligibility Section 4004. Limits categorical eligibility to households receiving cash assistance. School Attendance Limitation 4006. Limits benefits to students who are attending vocational classes or English-as-a-second language (ESL) for SNAP E&T. 4003. Limits benefits to students who are attending vocational classes or English-as-a-second language (ESL) for SNAP E&T. Ending SNAP for Lottery and Gambling Winners Section 4007. Provides that lottery or gambling winners will be terminated from SNAP immediately and can get back on if they meet the SNAP resource tests. Section 4004. Provides that lottery or gambling winners will be terminated from SNAP immediately and can get back on if they meet the SNAP resource tests. Reissuing EBT cards Section 4008. For persons who request excessive replacements shall provide the state or local agency an explanation and review program rights and responsibilities. Benefits cannot be denied for excessive replacement requests and these provisions do not apply to the homeless, persons with disabilities, victims of crimes and other vulnerable persons who lose their card. Section 4006. For persons who request excessive replacements shall provide the state or local agency an explanation and review program rights and responsibilities. Benefits cannot be denied for excessive replacement requests and these provisions do not apply to the homeless, persons with disabilities, victims of crimes and other vulnerable persons who lose their card. SNAP Employment and Training Program Section 4012. Funding is reduced from $90 million to $79 million Restaurant Meals Section 4010. This section provides that the Secretary has to determine that the person receiving restaurant meals is not able to prepare their meals. It also gives the Secretary broad authority to impede participation in the SNAP restaurant meals program. Section 4009. This section provides that the Secretary has to determine that the person receiving restaurant meals is not able to prepare their meals. It also gives the Secretary broad authority to impede participation in the SNAP restaurant meals program. State Bonuses Section 4011. Repeals the state bonus program that gave states $46 million for doing what they are supposed to do in the first place. Fiscal Impact $16 billion $4.3 billion Jobs Killed by This Bill\/Proposal- * 219,488 jobs 58,987 jobs [image: image2.jpg] \u00b7 Source: Center on American Progress CCWRO Release Farm Bill to kill over 200,000 jobs if enated. CCWRO CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian (916)712-0071 \ufffd HYPERLINK \”mailto:[email protected]\” \[email protected]\ufffd – \ufffd HYPERLINK \”http:\/\/ccwro.org\” \ufffdhttp:\/\/ccwro.org\ufffd 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Kevin M. Aslanian, Executive Director Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816, CA 95816-7012 Tel. 916-712-0071 Email: \ufffd HYPERLINK \”mailto:[email protected]\” \[email protected]\ufffd Webpage: \ufffd HYPERLINK \”http:\/\/www.ccwro.org\” \ufffdwww.ccwro.org\ufffd ”

” CCWRO Welfare News-2020-05 Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1111 Howe Ave Suite 635 Sacramento CA 95825-855 Telephone (916) 736-0616 Cell (916) 712-0071 Fax (916) 736-2645 CCWRO is an IOLTA funded support center serving IOLTA legal services programs in California. Types of services offered: Litigation, Co-Counseling, Fair Hearing, Representation, Consultation, Informational Services, Research Services, In-Depth Consultation and Welfare Training. Programs Covered: CalWORKs, Welfare to Work (WtW), Food Stamps, Medi-Cal, IHSS, CAPI, Child Care, General Assistance & Refugee\/Immigrant Eligibility. All Rights Reserved. May 26, 2019 The CDSS executive summary of the 2020-2021 May Revised budget states: The CalWORKs budget includes a couple of notable grant increases. The MAP increase that went into effect October 1, 2019, was benchmarked at bringing an Assis- tance Unit (AU) of one (regardless of region or exempt status) at or above 50 percent of the 2019 federal poverty level and increasing all other AU sizes by an average of 10.8 percent. The 2020-2021 Governor’s Budget projects sufficient Child Poverty and Family Supplemental Support Subaccount funds for a 3.09 percent MAP increase, effective October 1, 2020, for all AUs. This increase results in MAP levels of $567 per month for an AU of one and $905 per month for family of three without income. With this MAP increase, AU sizes of one will be at 54 percent and all other AU sizes will be at 51 percent of the 2019 federal poverty guidelines. This sounds good, but it is simply not true. In fact, the 3.09% COLA coming October 1, 2020 will indeed increase the maximum aid payment to 50% of the federal poverty level for Region 1 and for a family of one in Region 2, but only for 37% of the families. See counties of Region 1 and 2 below. A majority of the CalWORKs children, 63%, will receive a CalWORKs grant which is below 50% of the federal poverty level in California after October 1, 2020. See Table #1 for more caseload details. Table # 2’s first part (37%) shows how much a CalWORKs family will get being aided for all family members. The 63% part of the table show that three persons family will get a payment for a two person family because they are in the 63% group for being CalWORKs sanctioned, CalWORKs penalized, CalWORKs timed out, etc. The fact is that most CalWORKs families will be enduring deep poverty, notwithstanding the incorrect insistence of some that CalWORKs families with children are no longer enduring deep poverty. They are. We must work hard to make sure that no child in California is enduring deep poverty. We have a long way to go. THANK YOU GOVERNOR NEWSOM! During the 2020-2021 May Revised Budget press conference, the Governor said, …we want folks to know that we’re not going to touch the grant enhancements for Cal- WORKs. We want to publicly thank the Governor for not attacking CalWORKs like many previous governors have done in the past. 37% of the CalWORKs Caseload 63% of the CalWORKs Caseload Total Caseload for Feb. 2020-CW 237 Two Parent Single Parent Families Receiving Aid for All Family Members % Parent not Aided Cases TANF Timed- Out Sanctions\/ Alleged Fleeing Felons Receiving Aid for 1 or more less family members % 363,982 24,734 111,458 136,192 37% 112,352 23,149 92,289 227,790 63% T a b l e #1 (Cont’d on page 2) CalWORKs Grant Status CCWRO Welfare News May 26, 2020 2020-05 Table #2 – Do the 2019 – 2020 CalWORKs Grants Exceed 50% of the Federal Poverty Level Today? 37% of the CalWORKs cases 63% of the CalWORKs Cases Region # 1 Region # 2 Region # 1 Region # 2 Persons 2020 federal poverty level 2020 CalWORKs MAP % 2020 Cal-WORKs MAP % Persons 2020 federal poverty level 2020 CalWORKs MAP % 2020 CalWORKs MAP % 1 $ 1,063 550 52% 520 49% 2 $ 1,437 550 38% 520 36% 2 $ 1,437 696 48% 661 46% 3 $ 1,810 696 38% 661 37% 3 $ 1,810 878 49% 834 46% 4 $ 2,183 878 40% 834 38% 4 $ 2,183 1060 49% 1007 46% 5 $ 2,557 1060 41% 1007 39% 5 $ 2,557 1242 49% 1180 46% 6 $ 2,930 1242 42% 1180 40% 6 $ 2,930 1424 49% 1353 46% 7 $ 3,303 1424 43% 1353 41% 7 $ 3,303 1606 49% 1526 46% 8 $ 3,677 1606 44% 1526 42% 8 $ 3,677 1788 49% 1699 46% 9 $ 4,050 1788 44% 1699 42% 9 $ 4,050 1970 49% 1872 46% 10 $ 4,423 1970 45% 1872 42% 10 $ 4,423 2152 49% 2044 46% 11 $ 4,796 2152 45% 2044 43% Will the 3.09% Increase in CalWORKs Grants Exceed 50% of the Federal Poverty Level Effective October 1, 2020? 37% of the CalWORKs cases 63% of the CalWORKs Cases Region # 1 Region # 2 Region # 1 Region # 2 Persons 2020 100% federal poverty level 2020 CalWORKs MAP % 2020 CalWORKs MAP % Persons 2020 100% federal poverty level 2020 CalWORKs MAP % 2020 CalWORKs MAP % 1 $ 1,063 $ 567 53% $ 536 50% 2 $ 1,437 $ 567 39% $ 536 37% 2 $ 1,437 $ 718 50% $ 681 47% 3 $ 1,810 $ 718 40% $ 681 38% 3 $ 1,810 $ 905 50% $ 860 48% 4 $ 2,183 $ 905 41% $ 860 39% 4 $ 2,183 $ 1,093 50% $ 1,038 48% 5 $ 2,557 $ 1,093 43% $ 1,038 41% 5 $ 2,557 $ 1,280 50% $ 1,216 48% 6 $ 2,930 $ 1,280 44% $ 1,216 42% 6 $ 2,930 $ 1,468 50% $ 1,395 48% 7 $ 3,303 $ 1,468 44% $ 1,395 42% 7 $ 3,303 $ 1,656 50% $ 1,573 48% 8 $ 3,677 $ 1,656 45% $ 1,573 43% 8 $ 3,677 $ 1,843 50% $ 1,751 48% 9 $ 4,050 $ 1,843 46% $ 1,751 43% 9 $ 4,050 $ 2,031 50% $ 1,930 48% 10 $ 4,423 $ 2,031 46% $ 1,930 44% 10 $ 4,423 $ 2,218 50% $ 2,107 48% 11 $ 4,796 $ 2,218 46% $ 2,107 44% (Cont’d from page 1) CCWRO Welfare News May 26, 2020 2020-05 3 Region 1 Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Orange, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Ventura. Region 2 Counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba. ”

” Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1111 Howe Ave Suite 635 Sacramento CA 95825-8551 Telephone (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 CCWRO is an IOLTA funded support center serving IOLTA legal services programs in California. Types of Services Offered: Litigation, Co-Counseling, Fair Hearing, Representation, Consultation, Informational Services, Research Services, In-Depth Consultation and Welfare Training. Programs Covered: CalWORKs, Welfare to Work (WtW), Food Stamps, Medi-Cal, IHSS, CAPI, Child Care, General Assistance & Refugee\/Immigrant Eligibility. All Rights Reserved. July 2022 IN BRIEF Tennessee Issues Back to School $450 Ben- efits to TANF Families- Tennessee TANF fami- lies with active cases since May 31, 2022, were eligible to receive a one-time payment of $450 to help with back-to-school expenses for the 2022- 2023 academic school year. Over 13,000 cases of Families First, Tennessee’s TANF’s program, were expected to receive the payment on July 1. California needs to do the same for the Cal- WORKs-TANF families here. Defective Notices Still Being Issued by Cali- fornia’s Computer Systems (CalSAWS) – Mr. 1BB431 received a Notice of Action, dated June 27, 2022, stating that his family’s CalFresh bene- fits will stop effective May 13, 2022. After spend- ing billions of taxpayer dollars, CalSAWS cannot produce a basic due process Notice of Action, which requires ten-day advance notice for re- duced benefits. That is a fatal flaw in California’s county operated deficient computer system. Counties Force Ineligible Immigrants to Ap- ply for Medicare Benefits – California counties, knowing full well that immigrants are not eligible for Medicare, still force them to provide verifica- tion of application for Medicare as part of the Medi-Cal application process. Immigrants just arriving in the US are not eligible for Medicare, but the counties still require California immi- grants to apply. After applying, some counties then deny Medi- Cal applications to immigrants who have been in the USA for less than five (5) years. This is a violation of ACWDL 19-13 that states: In accordance with Title 22, CCR, Sections 50763(a)(1) and 50777, Medi-Cal applicants and beneficiaries must, as a condition of eli- gibility, apply for any other available health coverage, including Medicare, if they quali- fy for it and when no cost is involved. Coun- ties shall inform applicants and benefi- ciaries of their requirement to apply for Medicare if they are either citizens of the United States or are aliens legally present in the United States for at least five years (Our emphasis added) Counties, unlawfully force immigrants to apply for benefits to which they are clearly ineligible for. CalSAWS Update BenefitsCal fails to provide verification of Cal- WORKs, CalFresh and Medi-Cal eligibility that providers, such as community college servic- es, immigration, and housing services need so they can provide services. It populates old information and for Medi-Cal- only cases don’t get any verification at all. This could have been avoided if counties and Cal- SAWS didn’t operate in secrecy intentionally excluding representatives of beneficiaries from the process. The BenefitsCal Quick Guides Not Acces- sible to Beneficiaries – The BenefitsCal Quick Guides (written instructions) are not available on the BenefitsCal website, making it difficult for new users to figure out how to navigate the system. The Quick Guides on the CalSAWS website are placed in the news section rather than Resources or some other intuitive location. Learning Tools connects to Pro- gram information (which basically reiterates Program Descriptions ), but not the Quick Guides or videos. The Quick Guides are avail- able in English only. This is a violation of civil rights of CalWORKs\/CalFresh\/Medi-Cal benefi- ciaries whose primary language is not English. This could have been avoided if counties and CalSAWS didn’t operate in secrecy intention- ally excluding representatives of beneficiaries from the process CCWRO Welfare News-2022-07 (Cont’d on page 3) 2 CCWRO Welfare News July 2022 2022-07 Make an Error in BenefitsCal, Start All Over Again – When beneficiaries applying for aid or trying to complete a SAR 7 or an annual redeter- mination get an error message code, BenefitsCal doesn’t allow the beneficiary to choose an alter- native. They get stuck and have to start over (or leave the website entirely). BenefitsCal Users Are Prevented from Report- ing Problems Fully – BenefitsCal users can’t upload a photo\/screen shot when reporting tech- nical issues at the AskCalSAWS website. This makes it onerous to communicate and describe error messages. The difficulty of reporting tech- nical issues directly through BenefitsCal and the failure of the system to invite feedback means that CalSAWS does not have access to important information about where and how problems are occurring. BenefitsCal Violates Civil Rights of Ben- efitsCal Users Who Do Not Read English or Spanish – The email messages sent to LADPSS customers regarding the end of YBN and the need to create a BenefitsCal account were only in English and Spanish, and the link to transla- tions was written only in English. Will LADPSS mail translate notices regarding the transition to BenefitsCal so that beneficiaries can under- stand? How will non-English speakers be able access messages in their language? COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT VICTIM OF THE MONTH Ms. SH#104819612 applied for CalWORKs in March and May. Both times, she met the requirements for Immediate Need and both times the county unlawfully refused to issue the benefits to which she was entitled. The small county requested multiple types of verification, including documents unneces- sary, and prohibited from being requested, to determine eligibility. Here are the CalWORKs verification rules: 40-126.3 says the county can only ask for what is necessary to determine eligibility. 40-126.3 Require Only Evidence of Eligibility. The county shall require only evidence necessary to deter- mine past or present eligibility for the amount or delivery of aid. 40-101.12 Prohibits the county from asking for unnecessary information. 40-101.12 It is the responsibility on all who are concerned with the administration of aid to do so with courtesy, consideration, and re- spect toward applicants and recipi- ents and without attempting to elicit any unnecessary information. 40-115.22 limits verification re- quests to items needed to verify linking or nonlinking factors of eligibility. 40-115.22 Acceptable evidence must be obtained concerning the linking and nonlinking factors of eli- gibility. (See each Eligibility Chapter for what is acceptable evidence.) When such evidence does not ex- ist, the applicant’s sworn statement under penalty of perjury. 40-107 (c) (1) Linking Eligibility Fac- tors — Definition Linking eligibility factors are those single conditions that link an appli- cant to a categorical aid program. These factors are: blindness and deprivation of parental care or sup- port. 40-107 (c) (2) Nonlinking Eligibility Factors Definition Nonlinking eligibility factors are those factors that establish whether an applicant is entitled to assistance under the program to which he is linked. Although the categorical aid programs have these nonlink- ing eligibility factors in common, the standards differ. The nonlinking eligibility factors are: age, property, residence, financial status and insti- 3 tutional status. CDSS and County Welfare Agencies have presented data showing the CalWORKs caseload going down in recent months. Why would CalWORKs caseloads be dropping in a time when more Californians than ever need these benefits? It is simple. Counties often try all kinds of legal and illegal methods to deter needy residents from applying and receiving CalWORKs. Ms. SH#104819612 is a classic case of the county complicating the application process. Ms. SH#104819612’s home includes her hus- band and two children who applied for case aid on 3-7-22. A telephone interview was conducted on 3-8-22. Ms. SH#104819612 reported zero income and zero assets. They have a mortgage payment under $2,000. The county determined that they needed more verification. On 3\/9\/22 the county mailed a CW 2200 demanding copies of the following documents: Marriage\/Divorce certificate This is a 2-par- ent family. Verification of marriage or divorce is not a condition of eligibility. The county testified at a state hearing under oath that they need the marriage certificate to make sure that paternity was established for all children. The county, having the burden of proof, refused to show any evidence that paternity was an issue for the children. Proof of residence – Rent receipt – Mort- gage payment – Verification of residence for 2-22 The beneficiary was getting CalFresh in March and the CalFresh calculation in- cluded housing costs. The county admitted that proof of residency had been previously submitted, thus it is illegal for the county to ask for verification that has been previously submitted. The County also impermissibly requested all bank statements (include all pages) showing balances, complete account numbers, and transaction history for the month of 02\/2022 + 3\/1\/-3\/7. The county cannot ask for verifi- cation of an item that does not impact eligi- bility. Under current law, if the liquid resources ex- ceed $10,211, then the applicant is ineligible. The County had no evidence that there was more than $10,211. In fact, the County did have a statement under penalty of perjury that the victim herein had less than $100 on the SAWS 1 and\/or SAWS 2. Moreover, the SAWS 2 showed no assets. School verification for the 17 year old daughter -0 failure to provide verification of school attendance should not result in denial of CalWORKs A child between the age of 17-18 should be referred to WtW if the child is not attending school. Proof of closed bank accounts The county has no evidence that the bank accounts are open and has assets in excess of $10,211. In fact, the victim has submitted a statement under penalty of perjury that she has no assets on the SAWS 1 and\/or SAWS2. This is a violation 40-101.12 that states: It is the responsibility on all who are con- cerned with the administration of aid to do so with courtesy, consideration, and respect toward applicants and recipients and without attempting to elicit any unnecessary informa- tion. The county also requested proof for nonexistent assets, including any life insurance policies, proof of vehicle sales, absent parent, shared custody\/ visitation agreement (intact family) and income tax information. This is not an aberration. This is typical county behavior – how to make families ineligible for Cal- WORKs seems to the purpose of the program in many counties. CCWRO Welfare News July 2022 2022-07 CCWRO Welfare News July 2022 2022-06 For CalFresh Annual Redeterminations Lack of Statewide Rules and Inconsistent County Procedures Results in Food Insecurity The California CalFresh annual re- determination process remains te- dious and time-consuming which results in many individuals and families enduring hunger insecu- rity. Today, we have telephone signa- tures and telephone interviews. Yet counties continue to mail pack- ets of paper to be completed and returned. If the household com- pletes the telephone interview, but the county does not get the paper back, the redetermination is de- nied in many cases. The lack of consistent statewide rules for annual redeterminations results in small and medium coun- ties not granting CalFresh benefits to those who qualify, forcing food insecure families to reapply for benefits. Table # 1 reveals while statewide 94% of the CalFresh cases are able to complete their annual rede- terminations, in a number of small and medium counties very few are able to navigate the California maximum county option rede- termination system. It should be noted that while CalSAWS wants to automate every piece of legisla- tion even when it is not necessary, CalFresh annual redetermination process is not currently automat- ed, thus, the degree of variance from large counties to small and medium counties. TABLE # 1 Percentage of CalFresh Successful Redeterminations Source: CF 296 CDSS reports based on county provided data Statewide CalFresh Redeterminations Completed CalFresh Cases Determined Eligible after Redetermination % of CalFresh Cases Determined Eligible after Redetermination Statewide 85327 80346 94% Butte 708 1 0% Merced 1096 11 1% Monterey 947 11 1% Madera 652 11 2% Humboldt 627 11 2% Imperial 580 11 2% Shasta 454 11 2% Yuba 351 11 3% Marin 337 11 3% Mendocino 291 11 4% Placer 285 11 4% Sutter 256 11 4% Siskiyou 164 11 7% Del Norte 139 11 8% San Benito 126 11 9% Tehama 120 11 9% Calaveras 119 11 9% Tuolumne 110 11 10% Glenn 75 11 15% Amador 59 11 19% 4 ”

” 1 CCWROCCWRO Welfare NEWS Immediate Press Release – January 10, 2007 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7000 Tel. 916-712-0071 or 916-387-8341 or 916-736-0616 [email protected] \/ [email protected] Today the Terminator (also known as Governor Schwarzenegger) proposes to terminate the cost of living increase for impoverished families with children living on a fixed income. Their welfare benefits today are at the same level that welfare families received in 1990-1991 Said Kevin Aslanian, Executive Director of the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. Since the enactment of the federal TANF program designed to provide a safety net for families with needy children over $9.5 billion dollars have been used by state officials as contribution to the General Fund, said Aslanian. During the Schwarzenegger watch over $3.1 billion has been taken away from impoverished families with children living in deep poverty as a contribution to the General Fund , said Aslanian. While this Governor used money that should be used for California’s impoverished families with needy children for the General Fund, he also immorally and callously denied them a cost-of-living increase for two (2) years in a roll that would have cost about $270 million, a 8.45% of the amount of TANF money that the Governor took away from the CalWORKs program as a contribution to the General Fund in 2 years, said Aslanian. This year not only is the Governor proposing the deny impoverished families the meager statutory COLA while giving a COLA to a host of other programs, but is also proposing to terminated benefits for children if the parents are not able to find work, said Aslanian. Nobody is entitled to a JOB in the United States of America. How can you find a job without a car, a telephone, decent clothing, and many times a place to live wondered Aslanian. The Governor needs to look at himself and his administration to exercise personal responsibility for the fact that less than 25% of the current CalWORKs caseload is NOT meeting the federal participation rates, said Aslanian. The Governor has been throwing over $1 billion a year to welfare\/workfare bureaucracy to meet the federal participation rates and they have delivered a 75% failure rate, said Aslanian. Is that the Schwarzenegger”s definition of personal responsibility he fails and punishes the children on CalWORKs 80% of the CalWORKs caseload, said Aslanian. ”

” 1 Welfare Press Release Immediate Press Release – January 7, 2016 The 2016-2017 State Budget, again, throws California’s children living in deep poverty under the bus. The only program addressing the basic survival needs of the CalWORKs children living in deep poverty is the Cal- WORKs program. California shamelessly leads the Na- tion in child poverty according to the U.S. Census report. The CalWORKs program gets $3.6 billion from the fed- eral government and the State match is $3 billion. That adds up to $6.7 billion a year for the CalWORKs pro- gram. The Governor’s proposed budget only spends $4.7 billion for families eligible for CalWORKs. What hap- pens to the remaining $2 that should morally be used to bring California’s children out of deep poverty? It is used as contribution to the State General Fund . 30% of the money is not used for CalWORKs. See Chart #1. The average grant for a family of three (3) on CalWORKs is about $506 a month. That is what CalWORKs families received in 1982. California’s CalWORKs children living in deep poverty and leading the Nation in child poverty have not had a COLA for several years. A COLA for 2016-107 would cost less than $100, less than 8% of what is taken away from CalWORKs. See Chart #2. Governor. What does the 2016- 2017 proposed budget do to re- verse California the having teh Na- tion in Child Poverty? Governor. Why does the budget take $2 billion or 30% away for the aid to California’s children living in deep poverty and leading the Nation in Child Poverty? Governor. Why can’t you use less than 10% of the $1.5 billion that is being taken away from CalWORKs children living in deep poverty and leading the Nation in poverty for a CalWORKs COLA this year? QUESTIONS FOR THE GOVERNOR FROM CALWORKS CHILDREN OF CALFORNIA CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian 916-712-0071 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7000 FACT 2 C CalWORKs ANNUAL Involuntary Contributions to the California State General Fund State Fiscal Year CalWORKs Recipient Involuntary Contribution to the General Fund FY 98-99 $708,502,000 FY 99-00 $745,249,000 FY 00-01 $1,021,913,000 FY 01-02 $1,126,647,000 FY 02-03 $,1,088,940,000 FY 03-04 $1,163,238,000 FY 04-05 $1,087,321,000 FY 05-06 $1,299,448,000 FY 06-07 $1,184,134,000 FY 07-08 $1,745,291,000 FY 08-09 $1,268,997,000 FY 09-10 $1,262,291,000 FY 10-11 $1,262,046,000 FY 11-12 $1,234,159,000 FY 12-13 $1,896,060,000 FY 13-14 $1,586,755,000 FY 14-15 $ 1,528,424,000 FY 15-16 $ 1,489,480,000 TOTAL TO DATE $21.2 billion Source http:\/\/www.ca.gov\/cdssweb\/ entres\/localassistanceest\/jan14\/ DetailTables.pdf Pages 10-11 CalWORKs Involuntarily Contribute Billions to the State General Fund CalWORKs payments are the same TODAY as in 1986 l C H A R T # 1 Today, CalWORKs families with children receive a monthly fixed income equal to what CalWORKs (AFDC) families re- ceived in 1986. The automatic cost-of- liv-ing increase enacted by Ronald Reagan in 1971 was repealed in 2010. Since the change from AFDC to CalWORKs in 1998, CalWORKs families have contributed over $21.2 billion to the State of Califor-nia’ General Fund. What is the outcome of the shameless and immoral snatching billions of dollars out of the mouths of CalWORKs children living in deep poverty? California leads the National in Child Poverty today and committing economic child abuse! 3 Over 500,000 children endure sanctions\/penalties annually resulting in sentencing them to very deep poverty that is state\/county government eco- nomic child abuse . Many end up homeless in California and there is no proposed legislation to address the child home- lessness in California in 2016. CHART # 2 A 4 California Poverty Rate Page: 1 This State Has The Highest Rate Of Poor People In The Nation Los Angeles Daily News | Brenda Gazzar | Posted 01.23.2014 | Los Angeles Read More: California Poor, California Rich, California Poverty, California Poverty u.s. Census Bureau, California Poverty Rate, Cali- fornia Rate of Impoverished People, u.s. Census Bureau Poverty Measure, Los Angeles News An alternative method of looking at poverty has found that California has the highest rate of impoverished people in the nation, according to figures … California has the highest child poverty rate in the nation. More than 1 in 4 California children are poor \u2014 2.2 million children. The burden of poverty falls disproportionately on children of color, with 1 in 3 Black and Latino children in California living in poverty. – See more at: http:\/\/www.cdfca.org\/policy\/poverty\/?referrer=https:\/\/www.google.com\/#sthash.92X3PU1v.dpuf ”

” 1 CCCCCCWWWRRROOO Welfare Press Release Immediate Press Release – May 13, 2013 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7000 Tel. 916-712-0071 or 916-387-8341 or 916-736-0616 [email protected] Today the Governor Brown will release his May Revise that steals over $2 billion from Cal- WORKS the only income maintenance program for California’s impoverished children as contribution to the General Fund said Kevin Aslanian, Executive Director of the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. See Chart #1. This theft proposed in the Governor’s budget is taking money from CalWORKs families whose fixed incomes have been FROZEN at the 1985 level said Aslanian. See chart #2 No Governor has tried to fleece California’s impoverished families out of more than $2 billion said Aslanian. The Governor’s Budget has a 46% increase in stealing money from the Califor- nia’s children in deep poverty. 30% of California’s children are in poverty and only 3% receive CalWORKs said Aslanian. In California while the cost of living has been going up, the CalWORKs benefits have been go- ing down. In 2009-2010 the CalWORKs COLA was repealed. Next year Jerry Brown insisted that children who often starve the last week of the month take an 8% cut. In 2013-2014 while poverty is ravishing California Jerry Brown’s budget will take over $2 billion from the mouth of poor children as a Involuntary CalWORKs Contribution to the State General Fund. The questions we have for Jerry Brown. Why does your budget take $2 billion from the CalWORKs pot and use it as contribution to the general fund while we have 30% child poverty in California? This is a 46% increase in talk- ing money from the poorest of poor children and using it for the General Fund Why does the budget propose to give the welfare bureaucrats an additional $143 million and no COLA for the poorest of the poor children in California? 2 Today, CalWORKs families with children receive a monthly fixed income equal to what CalWORKs (AFDC) families received in 1986. The automatic cost-of-living increase enacted by Ronald Reagan was re- pealed in 2010. Since the change from AFDC to CalWORKs in 1998, Cal- WORKs families have contributed over $17.3 billion to the State General Fund coffers. State Fiscal Year CalWORKs Recipient Contribution to the State General Fund FY 1998-99 $708,502,000 FY 1999-00 $745,249,000 FY 2000-01 $1,021,913,000 FY 2001-02 $1,126,647,000 FY 2002-03 $1,088,940,000 FY 2003-04 $1,163,238,000 FY 2004-05 $1,087,321,000 FY 2005-06 $1,299,448,000 FY 2006-07 $1,184,134,000 FY 2007-08 $1,745,291,000 FY 2008-09 $1,268,997,000 FY 2009-10 $1,262,046,000 FY 2010-11 $1,234,159,808 FY 2011-12 $1,222,447,450 FY 2012-13 $1,153,301,000 FY 2013-14 proposed budget $2,037,913,000 TOTAL TO DATE CalWORKs Recipients Contributions to the State $17.3 Billion If the State is enacted as proposed $19.3 Billion Source: http:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/cdssweb\/entres\/localassistanceest\/Jan13\/AuxiliaryTables.pdf Page 10 CalWORKs Involuntarily Contribute Billions to the State General Fund CalWORKs payments are the same TODAY as in 1986 3 California AFDC\/CalWORKs COLA\/Grant Level History at Glance Year Maximum The COLA The Governor Benefits for A Family of 3 Senate Bill SB 796 – Tony Beilenson (D) Enacts the AFDC statutory COLA as a part of the 1971 Welfare Reform Act 1971-1972 $235 0.9% Ronald Wilson Reagan 1972-1973 $237 2.5% Ronald Wilson Reagan 1973-1974 $243 7.8% Ronald Wilson Reagan 1974-1975 $262 11.8% Ronald Wilson Reagan 1975 $293 8.9% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1976 $319 6.0% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1976-1977 $338 6.3% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1977-1978 $356 0.0% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1978-1979 $356 15.2% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1979-1980 $410 15.4% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1980-1981 $473 -2.1% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1981-1982 $463 9.3% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1982-1983 $506 0.0% Edmund Gerald \”Jerry\” Brown Jr. 1983-1984 $526 4.0% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1984-1985 $555 5.5% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1985-1986 $587 5.8% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1986-1987 $617 5.1% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1987-1988 $633 3.6% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1988-1989 $663 4.7% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1989-1990 $694 4.6% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1990-1991 $694 0.0% Courken George Deukmejian Jr. 1991-1992 $663 -4.4% Peter Barton Wilson 1992-1993 $624 -5.8% Peter Barton Wilson 1993-1994 $607 -2.7% Peter Barton Wilson 1994-1995 $607 0.0% Peter Barton Wilson 1996-1997 $538 -8.9% Peter Barton Wilson 1997-1998 $538 0.0% Peter Barton Wilson 1998-1999 $581 2.84% Peter Barton Wilson 1999-2000 $596 2.36% Peter Barton Wilson 2000-2001 $613 2.96% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2001-2002 $ 647- $679 * 5.31% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2002-2003 $ 671 -$704 3.74% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2003-2004 $ 671- $704 0.0% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2004-2005 $ 704- $723 2.75% Joseph Graham \”Gray\” Davis Jr. 2005-2006 $ 689- $723 0.0% Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2006-2007 $ 689- $723 0.0% Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2007-2008 $ 689- $723 0.0% Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2008-2009 $ 689- $723 0.0% Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2009-2010 $ 689- $723 Cola Repealed Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 2010-2011 $ 638- $608 No COLA Edmond J. Brown, Jr. 2011-2012 $ 638- $608 No COLA Edmond J. Brown, Jr. 2012-2013 $ 638- $608 No COLA Edmond J. Brown, Jr. 2013-2014 $ 638- $608 No COLA Edmond J. Brown, Jr 4 ”

” 1 CCCCCCWWWRRROOO Welfare Press Release Immediate Press Release – May 11, 2014 While today child poverty in California is at the highest in the Country, Governor Brown’s pro- posed 2014-2015 May revise budget will take over $1.6 billion dollars from the mouths of poor children as an Involuntary CalWORKs Contribution to the State General Fund . Governor Jerry Brown is no Robin Hood. To- day, the Governor will release his 2014-2015 May Revised State Budget, which takes over $1.6 billion dollars from CalWORKs families (the only income maintenance program for Cali- fornia’s impoverished children) and uses it to contribute to the General Fund, said Kevin Aslanian, Executive Director of the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. The budget takes a whopping 46% more from California’s poorest children than the previous year said Aslanian. (See Chart #1) The Governor’s budget takes money from CalWORKs families whose fixed incomes are FROZEN at 1987 levels, said Aslanian No COLA for kids. The COLA would have cost about $60 million said Aslanian (See Chart #2) To date, no other Governor has tried to fleece California’s most impoverished fami- lies out of more than $1.6 billion dollars a year. Many of these families continue to be homeless and often hungry while their children suffer from not having their basic needs met, said Aslanian. According to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau under Jerry Brown California now is #1 in the Nation when it come to child poverty under the Supplementary Poverty Measure (SPM) said Aslanian. While the cost of living in California has been rising, CalWORKs benefits have been dropping. In 2009-2010 the CalWORKs COLA was re- pealed. Last year these children involuntarily contributed over $1.6 billion to the State Gen- eral Fund. These are the questions we have for Jerry Brown: Why does your budget take $1.6 billion dollars from the CalWORKs pot and use it as contribution to the general fund while we have a 30% child poverty rate in Califor- nia when CalWORKs families receive bene- fits in the same amount that they received in 1987? CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian 916-712-0071 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7000 [email protected] 2 Today, CalWORKs families with children receive a monthly fixed income equal to what CalWORKs (AFDC) families received in 1986. The automatic cost-of-living increase en- acted by Ronald Reagan was repealed in 2010. Since the change from AFDC to Cal- WORKs in 1998, CalWORKs families have contributed over $17.3 billion to the State General Fund coffers. State Fiscal Year CalWORKs Recipient Contribution to the State General Fund FY 1998-99 c FY 1999-00 $745,249,000 FY 2000-01 $1,021,913,000 FY 2001-02 $1,126,647,000 FY 2002-03 $1,088,940,000 FY 2003-04 $1,163,238,000 FY 2004-05 $1,087,321,000 FY 2005-06 $1,299,448,000 FY 2006-07 $1,184,134,000 FY 2007-08 $1,745,291,000 FY 2008-09 $1,268,997,000 FY 2009-10 $1,262,046,000 FY 2010-11 $1,234,159,808 FY 2011-12 $1,222,447,450 FY 2012-13 $1,153,301,000 FY 2013-14 $1,896,060,000 FY 2014-15 $1,654,806,000 TOTAL TO DATE CalWORKs Recipients Contributions to the State $18.5 Billion Source: CDSS Local Estimates binder Page 10 CalWORKs Involuntarily Contribute Billions to the State General Fund CalWORKs payments are the same TODAY as in 1986 C H A R T # 1 3 2014-2015 CalWORKs Average Grant Payments & Various Poverty Levels Family SIze 2014 Federal Poverty Level 2014 Supplemental Poverty Level 2014-2015 CalWORKs Avarege Grant % of Federal Poverty Percentage of Supplemantlal Poverty Level 1 $973 $1223 $276 28% 23% 2 1311 1708 452 34% 26% 3 1649 2431 600 34% 23% 4 1966 2832 668 34% 24% 5 2326 3193 760 33% 24% 6 2664 3586 853 32% 24% Family SIze 2014 Federal Poverty Level 2014 Supplemental Poverty Level 2014-2015 CAlWORKs Avarege Grant % of Federal Poverty Percentage of Supplemantlal Poverty Level 1 $973 $1223 $00 0% 0% 2 1311 1708 $276 21% 16% 3 1649 2431 452 27% 19% 4 1966 2832 600 28% 20% 5 2326 3193 668 29% 21% 6 2664 3586 760 29% 21% &DO:25.V\ufffd$YHUDJH\ufffd0RQWKO\\\ufffd%HQH\u00c0WV\ufffd&RPSDUHG\ufffdWR\ufffdWKH\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd )HGHUDO\ufffd3RYHUW\\\ufffd\/HYHO\ufffd\ufffd)3\/\ufffd\ufffd \ufffdWKH\ufffd6XSSOHPHQWDO\ufffd3RYHUW\\\ufffd &DO:25.V\ufffd$YHUDJH\ufffd0RQWKO\\\ufffd%HQH\u00c0WV\ufffd&RPSDUHG\ufffdWR\ufffdWKH\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd )3\/\ufffd \ufffd63\/\ufffdIRU\ufffd&DO:25.V\ufffd)DPLOLHV\ufffdZLWK\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd([FOXGHG\ufffd3HUVRQ\ufffd’XH\ufffd WR\ufffdD\ufffd9DULHW\\\ufffdRI\ufffd&DO:25.V\ufffd3HQDOWLHV\ufffdDQG\ufffd6DQFWLRQV\ufffd Over 500,000 children endure sanctions\/penalties annually resulting in sentencing them to very deep poverty that is state\/county government econom- ic child abuse . ”

” Welfare Press Release Immediate Press Release – May 20, 2016 The 2016-\u00ad2017 State Budget will again throw California’s children living in deep poverty under the bus California budget writers, in concert with the Brown administration, are getting ready to take about $2 billion out of the mouths of over 1 million CalWORKs eligible children subsisting on an average fixed CalWORKs grant for a family of three (3), $507 a month, that is equal to 31% of the federal poverty level said Kevin Aslanian of the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations. That is what CalWORKs families received in 1986 said Aslanian. For fiscal year 2016-2017 there is 7.1 billion available to combat deep poverty of the over 1 million Cal- WORKs children in California. How much does of the $7.1 billion goes to CalWORKs aid the over 1 million CalWORKs babies and children? Only $5.2 billion. Only $3 billion, or 43% of the available $7.1 billion will go to feed and house the over 1 million Cal- WORKs children living in deep poverty said Aslanian. That means less than half of the money will go to California’s poor babies and kids said Aslanian. What Happens to the Rest? Well, 31% will go to the bureaucracy of the CalWORKs program said Aslanian. How about the rest? Another $1.1 billion will be handed over to the California Student Aid Commission to supplant state general funds said Aslanian. Yes. The State Legislature are planning to take over $1,1 billion out of the mouth of ONE MILLION CalWORKs children to ‘build a state budget’ without shame using CalWORKs dollars to pay for CalGrant Student Aid Payments to students not eligible for Cal- WORKs said Aslanian. The remaining $700-$800 million is used to supplant various parts of the General Fund while 1 million endure severe and deep poverty in California said Aslanian. This is all happening in broad delight and the press has been silent about the immoral taking of hundreds of millions of dollars from the mouths of over 1 million CalWORKs children living in deep poverty said Aslanian. Forcing babies and kids to live in deep poverty is equal to state child abuse said Aslanian. CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian 916-712-0071 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7000 [email protected] Kevin M. Aslanian, Executive Director Email: [email protected] 1111 Howe Avenue, Suite 150, Sacramento, CA 95825-8551, Tel. (916) 736-0616, Fax (916) 736-2645, Cell (916) 712-0071 What can this money be used for? See other side. Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 2016-\u00ad2017 CalWORKs May Revise Budget at a Glance TOTAL CalWORKs Available Funds for 2016-\u00ad2017 $7,041,342 million How Much is Used for CalWORKs Families? Payment to Families $3 billion 43% County Services & Administration $2.2 billion 31% What happens to the rest? CalGrant $1,108,508 million 16% More than$700 million used the supplant State General Fund out of the mouths of CalWORKs babies and families 10% What can we do for 1 million CalWORKs children living in deep poverty on an average CalWORKs grant of $507 a month that is equal to 31% of the federal poverty level? $2 How much CalWORKs money is not used for the CalWORKs program? More than $1.8 billion Program Annual Costs Money remaining for the General Fund Repeal Maximum Family Grant $220 million $1,680,000 million Restore CalWORKs Cuts of the recession & increase grants to 50% of the federal poverty level $600 $1,080,000 million Reform the Homeless Assistance Program $17 million $1,063,000 million Repeal the 100-\u00adhour rule $16 million $1,047,000 ”

” CCWRO Welfare News-2020-03 Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1111 Howe Ave Suite 635 Sacramento CA 95825 Telephone (916) 736-0616 Cell (916) 712-0071 Fax (916) 736-2645 CCWRO is an IOLTA\/EAF funded support center serving IOLTA\/EAF legal services programs in California. Types of services offered: Litigation, Co-Counseling, Fair Hearing, Representation, Consultation, Informational Services, Research Services, In-Depth Consultation and Welfare Training. Programs Covered: CalWORKs, Welfare to Work (WtW), Food Stamps, Medi-Cal, IHSS, CAPI, Child Care, General Assistance & Refugee\/Immigrant Eligibility. All Rights Reserved. March 23, 2020 California’s response for means-tested public benefits programs is lacking relief for the newest victims of COVID-19 and the homeless families. However, the Newsom administration has taken significant steps to protect currently eligible persons and families for Medi-Cal, CalFresh, CalWORKs, CAPI and IHSS. The Newsom Executive Order (EO) waives eligibility re-determinations for 90 days. Further clarification reveals that this waiver applies for April, May and June annual re-determinations and recertifications (RD\/RC), SAR -7. March, April, May and June RD\/RCs and SAR 7s – the computer system will update all records saying received and complete . SAR 7s, RD\/RCs for April, May and June will not be mailed out. Any negative actions for failure to submit a SAR 7 and do the RD\/RC will be rescinded. The state 48-month clock has been stopped from March through June, 2020. Action on IEVS matches is still in the works. Com- ing soon. County welfare offices throughout the state have closed their doors. There are still a host of unan- swered matters that are not covered by the Governor’s EO that impact the victims of COVID-19 who are not currently receiving aid. Just look at the increase in unemployment insurance (UI) applications. Many workers are not eligible for UI in California those working in the so-called gig economy. All applica- tions are now being done on-line. Counties have drop boxes for applications. Many counties do not take general assistance applications on-line. Sacramento does, and we hope other counties will follow this Sacramento best practice. How do applicants verify that they are no longer working? e.g. the business is shut down. Current practice is no verification – application denied sorry. What is the COVID-19 practice\/policy? How do the homeless families get their next Cal- WORKs temporary homeless assistance (THA)? How do the homeless get their permanent home- less assistance on the day of the request, but no later than the next working day? Is the county allowed to verify everything which could take days or weeks before homeless assistance is issued? This is a shut- down. Right? How do applicants get their same day THA upon application as required by law? Offices are closed and you cannot get an EBT the same day? Will THA be extended after 16 days or will fami- lies with children be thrown out of their hotel rooms possibly to contract the corona virus? Is there a robust toll free line that is empowered to assist applicants and recipients who are not able to contact their local county welfare department? ACTION NEEDED NOW ! The Newsom Administration needs to issue another executive order to protect: (1) California’s CalWORKs home- less families; (2) the thousands of families who are no longer working because of Newsom’s warranted Stay at Home order; and they need to get access to the California safety net application process even though it is filled with bureaucratic barriers that need to be closed during this crisis. California Not Addressing the Needs of the Homeless and Incoming Economic Victims of COVID-19 https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/03\/18\/governor-newsom-issues-executive-order-to-protect-ongoing-safety-net-services-for-most-vulnerable-californians-during-covid-19-outbreak\/ 2 California County Administrative Costs for the Refugee Cash Assistance Program Appear Excessive Last year, counties had approximately 700 Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) cases and claimed an average admin- istrative cost of $359.65 per case, per month. The average RCA monthly benefit issued is $550. It takes $359.65 a month to issue a $550 on an EBT card and not a check. TABLE #1 shows the progression of expenses being claimed over the years from $74.74 per case, per month in 2010-2011 to $359.65 per case per month in 2019- 2020. That is an increase of more than 500% over 10 years. What is the actual ad- ministrative costs for RCA administration? Although counties claim monthly administrative costs of $359.65, the same eligi- bility worker that processes RCA cases may also pro- cess SNAP\/CalFresh and Medicaid\/Medi-Cal cases as well, while counties claim federal money for all three programs. The eligibility worker rate is $58.27 pe hour. CDSS estimates that the eligibility worker spends an average of 53 minutes for the RCA intake and another five (5) minutes per month for case management. $3 for three minutes multiplied by eight months is equal to $24. The estimated county time to process an SAR 7 is 16 minutes. Assuming that a worker uses two (2) hours for each case – the cost would be about $120 a case and not over $3,000 a month that counties have been claiming. Counties do not explain the methods used to determine the expenses of each RCA case nor do they identify the activities that they include in the claiming form that is presented to the federal government. We have been informed that CDSS is going to reconsider California County Human Services Agencies’ question- able claims and modify the administrative cost funding for 2020-2021 budget year. FY May Revise Average monthly administrative cost per RCA Case Average monthly projected RCA Cases 2020-2021 $359.65 700 2019-2020 $359.65 700 2018-2019 $234.66 1,026 2018-2017 $131.07 2,498 2016-2017 $114.90 1,969 2016-2015 $127.54 1,815 2015-2014 $88.55 2,092 2014-2013 $103.08 2,027 2013-2012 $99.13 2,321 2012-2011 Unknown 2,911 2011-2010 $74.76 2,911 CCWRO Welfare News March 23, 2020 2020-03 3 Consortiaonsortia 2020-2021 Annual Allocation Monthly Funded Hours Annual Funded Hours Cost Per Hour C-IV & LRS $109.7 million 16,000 hours 192,000 hours $1,569 per hour CalWIN $150.6 million 8,000 hours 96,000 hours $571 per hour TABLE #2 Governor Newsom Proposes Millions for Welfare Computers With No Explanation In 2018, Food Nutrition Services of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Center for Medicaid and Medicare demanded that California reduce the number of welfare computers systems from three to one. California has budgeted millions of dollars for migration to a single system and maintain the existing three systems also known as the C-IV, CalWIN and LSR consortias. The 2020-2021 State proposed budget proposes $180.6 million to fund CalSAWS activities to migrate the three computer systems into one. This funding comes from SNAP, Foster Care Title IV-E, and Refugee Cash As- sistance, Medi-Cal according to the budget documents of CDSS. Funding consists of federal, state and county dollars. County dollars are only to pay for the 58 county General Assistance programming and coding costs, includ- ing changes needing automation. The Budget explanation also states that the counties will contribute approximately $8 million to CalSAWS to write code for the 58 different county General Assistance\/General Relief programs. The Proposed Budget also allocates $267.7 million to maintain the current operation and maintenance of the three computer systems. The budget document states that LRS and C-IV will receive $109.7 million while CalWIN will receive $150.6 mil- lion. $7.4 million funds the Statewide Project Management. The budget documents available to the public do not reveal how the $448.3 million will be used and where it comes from. Each of the CalSAWS consortias receive 8,000 hours a month for operations but the budget does not reveal the hourly costs. It’s all a big secret that smells bad. When advocates asked CalSAWs how it’s consortias use the 8,000 hours, the explanation was maintenance and refused to clarify what maintenance activities were performed. Fiscal responsibility demands that the State understands how and why CalSAWS and counties spend millions of dollars. Maybe it is time for State Auditor General or the USDA Inspector General to conduct an in- vestigation to see how the federal and state money is being spent. Table # 2 below, is our estimate of how much each consortia gets per hour. CCWRO estimate of hourly costs. Each consortia gets 8,000 hours a month. There are three consortias. C-IV and LRS receive $109.7 million annually while CalWIN receives $150.6 million. Why? Who knows? ________________________ Maybe it is time for State Auditor General or the USDA Inspector General to conduct an investiga- tion into how the federal and state money is being spent. ________________________ CCWRO Welfare News March 23, 2020 2020-03 CCWRO Welfare News March 23, 2020 2020-03 4 However, we also have constructive criticism. Our most pressing concerns are twofold: 1. The broad grant of discretionary author- ity granted to the regional administra- tor as written, and 2. The lack of specific, binding standards, details, and definitions by which con- tracts and grants are awarded, as written. 3. It does not provide due process for the beneficiaries of the bill by declaring that the benefits are not entitlement. The latest draft of the bill can be found on the De- partment of Finance’s website here: CCWRO has proposed amendments to (1) ensure this system is as compassionate as possible, (2) cre- ate a baseline set of regulations and standards by which the regional administrator will award grants, and (3) increase transparency to the public in the reporting process. We will continue to be engaged in this process and welcome any feedback or comments from our community as the language for this bill develops. As part of its continuing efforts to end homeless- ness in California, the legislature is currently working on a trailer bill, tentatively titled the California Access to Housing Act (hereinafter CAHA) , to centralize and coordinate its policy response statewide. The structure of the new law, broadly, is as follows: 1. The state vests authority in CDSS to ad- minister and oversee regional authorities who collect and disperse state monies for homelessness services to local agencies. 2. CDSS also creates and administers a new set of regulations regarding the allocation of these funds, both in terms of the local organizations chosen as well as the par- ticular homeless populations prioritized. 3. These regional administrators collect data on services provided in their administra- tive district and relay that information back to the state for analysis and report- ing. Overall, CCWRO believes the goals and structure of this bill are good and soundly reasoned. As part of California’s commitment to providing a Housing First-centered response to homelessness, CAHA describes a system that responds holisti- cally to the diverse and complicated needs of persons and families experiencing homelessness. We laud these priorities and encourage the Gov- ernor and the legislature to continue building a sodarity-oriented, compassionate system to assist this vulnerable population. $750 Million California Homeless Proposal 2020 For further information contact CCWRO Andrew Chen, Staff Attorney https:\/\/esd.dof.ca.gov\/dofpublic\/public\/trailerBill\/pdf\/81 ”

” Case Review Unit Assignments External Managers: Julie Cockerton Jaclyn Ek [email protected] [email protected] Consultant Julie’s Unit: County Essence Webb (916) 654-1289 [email protected] Inyo**, Lake, San Francisco, San Mateo*, Stanislaus, Tehama, Yolo Julie Anders-Balogh (916) 651-1315 [email protected] On Leave (8\/22\/19 – 2\/22\/19) Brittany Chamalbide (916) 651-9021 [email protected] Calaveras**, Glenn, Imperial, Plumas, San Diego, San Joaquin Sha Rena Chatman (916) 651-8127 [email protected] Alpine, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Solano*, Tulare*, Tuolumne Lettisse Bell (916) 651-6578 [email protected] Michele Bell (916) 653-0264 [email protected] Jaclyn’s Unit: Irene Serwanga (916) 653-5170 [email protected] Kiele Brown-Haw (916) 651-7859 [email protected] Ram Ross (916) 651-5085 [email protected] Alison LeMeur (916) 653-7230 [email protected] Karena Brown (916) 651-9949 [email protected] Alameda, Colusa, Marin, Shasta, Ventura Contra Costa, Kings, Madera, Modoc, Sutter** Amador, El Dorado, San Bernardino, Mendocino**, Merced, Monterey, Sierra On Leave (11\/18\/19-05\/20 Kern, Lassen, Napa, Nevada*, Sonoma**, Santa Barbara, Yuba Butte, Del Norte, Fresno, Mono, Santa Cruz, Trinity* Humboldt, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Orange, Placer, Santa Clara**, Siskiyou * Indicates temp coverage for Julie Anders-Balogh (8\/1\/19 3\/1\/19) [bookmark: _GoBack]** Indicates temp coverage for Kiele (11\/18\/19 05\/20) Case Review Unit Updated: 1\/1\/20 ”

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