CHAPTER 10. CalFresh

Heading of Chapter 10 amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 67.5.

§§ 18900–18929 · 92 sections

§ 18900 Finding that hunger, undernutrition, and malnutrition are present and continuing problems faced by low-income California households, and further finding that…
§ 18900.1 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall propose a new name for the Food Stamp Program in California, by July 1, 2009. The department shall convene…
§ 18900.2 (a) Pursuant to Section 18900.1, the name of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Chapter 51 (commencing with Section 2011) Title 7 of the…
§ 18900.3 Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for these purposes, in order to increase client access and retention within CalFresh, on or before July 1,…
§ 18900.4 (a) (1) To the extent permitted under federal law, an individual shall have the option to complete an application or recertification interview and provide the…
§ 18900.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section that recipients of Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment Program benefits…
§ 18900.6 (a) There is hereby created the SSI/SSP Cash-In Supplemental Nutrition Benefit (SNB) Program. (b) The department shall use state funds appropriated for this…
§ 18900.7 (a) There is hereby created the SSI/SSP Cash-In Transitional Nutrition Benefit (TNB) Program. (b) The department shall use state funds appropriated for this…
§ 18900.8 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall work with representatives of county human services agencies and the County Welfare Directors Association of…
§ 18900.9 Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2…
§ 18900.95 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section that California’s state cost share for CalFresh benefits pursuant to Section 10105 of…
§ 18901 (a) The eligibility of households shall be determined to the extent permitted by federal law. (b) In determining eligibility for CalFresh, minimum age…
§ 18901.09 To the extent permitted by federal law, regulation, or guidance, or a waiver thereof, the department shall exercise the option provided in Section 273.9(c)(19)…
§ 18901.1 (a) The department shall issue guidance to counties that does all of the following: (1) Simplifies the verification of dependent care expense deductions…
§ 18901.15 (a) The department shall issue guidance to counties that does both of the following: (1) Establishes that shelter costs reported by an applicant or recipient…
§ 18901.2 (a) There is hereby created the State Utility Assistance Subsidy (SUAS), a state-funded energy assistance program that shall provide energy assistance benefits…
§ 18901.25 (a) There is hereby created the Safe Drinking Water Supplemental Benefit Pilot Program, a state-funded program to provide additional CalFresh nutrition…
§ 18901.26 (a) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for this purpose, the department shall administer the CalFresh…
§ 18901.3 (a) Subject to the limitations of subdivision (b), pursuant to Section 115(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 104-193 (21 U.S.C. Sec. 862a(d)(1)(A)), California opts out…
§ 18901.35 (a) (1) No later than September 1, 2022, the department shall issue an all-county letter containing recommendations and suggested methods for county human…
§ 18901.36 (a) (1) The department, by February 1, 2028, shall establish a CalFresh workgroup to create recommendations for a state reentry process incorporating the…
§ 18901.4 (a) Effective July 1, 2010, the department shall propose a Transitional Food Stamps for Foster Youth demonstration project under which independent foster care…
§ 18901.5 (a) The department shall establish a program of categorical eligibility for CalFresh in accordance with Section 5(a) of the federal Food and Nutrition Act of…
§ 18901.55 (a) If a county has entered into a memorandum of understanding pursuant to Section 49557.3 of the Education Code, the county shall use the procedure described…
§ 18901.56 (a) The State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Social Services shall work together with…
§ 18901.57 The department, as the lead agency in partnership with the State Department of Education, shall maximize participation in the federal Summer Electronic Benefit…
§ 18901.58 (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with advocate representatives, county human service agencies, and the County Welfare…
§ 18901.59 (a) The department may identify data-sharing opportunities with other state and local public entities, and any other unit of state government, for the purposes…
§ 18901.6 To the maximum extent allowable by federal law, each county welfare department shall provide transitional CalFresh benefits to households terminating their…
§ 18901.7 (a) To the extent allowable by federal law, the income, resources, and deductible expenses of any household member who is rendered ineligible for CalFresh…
§ 18901.8 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, and with receipt of necessary federal approvals, the State Department of Social Services, in conjunction with…
§ 18901.9 (a) For the purpose of eligibility under this chapter, the rules governing the resource value of motor vehicles shall be aligned with an alternative program…
§ 18901.10 To the extent permitted by federal law, and subject to the limitation in subdivision (d), each county welfare department shall, if appropriate, exempt a…
§ 18901.11 (a) For purposes of Section 273.5(b)(11)(ii) of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, an educational program that could be a component of a CalFresh E&T…
§ 18901.12 (a) On or before May 31, 2022, the department shall issue a guidance letter to counties, the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges, the…
§ 18901.14 (a) The department shall convene a workgroup comprised of the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, the…
§ 18902 Each county welfare department shall carry out the local administrative responsibilities of this chapter, subject to the supervision of the department and to…
§ 18902.5 (a) In the administration of this chapter counties may conduct an early fraud prevention and detection program pursuant to this section. (b) Funding for an…
§ 18903 The department shall enter into and execute on behalf of the state all necessary agreements in connection with this chapter as may be required by the United…
§ 18904 Regulations, orders or standards of general application to implement, interpret or make specific the law relating to this chapter shall be adopted, amended, or…
§ 18904.1 (a) The director, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall establish methods for CalFresh benefit issuance in all counties which guarantee to low-income…
§ 18904.2 The department may administer outreach programs and adopt rules and regulations requiring counties to conduct outreach programs to the extent permitted by…
§ 18904.25 (a) Pursuant to the federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77), the department shall develop CalFresh information on expedited…
§ 18904.3 (a) If a private nonprofit organization, public postsecondary educational institution, or other state or local agency secures funds for CalFresh outreach…
§ 18904.35 Upon approval of a final plan for CalFresh outreach activities, in accordance with Section 18904.4, the department shall, in determining whether to request…
§ 18905 In the event that the United States Department of Agriculture makes a final determination to reduce federal funding of the federal Supplemental Nutrition…
§ 18905.1 The department shall not impose any additional requirements for verification of eligibility for expedited service other than those minimum requirements that…
§ 18906 The department shall establish and maintain a plan whereby costs for county administration of CalFresh under this chapter will be effectively controlled within…
§ 18906.5 (a) The state shall pay 70 percent of the nonfederal costs of administering the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, administered in California…
§ 18906.55 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 18906.5 or any other law, in order to provide fiscal relief for the substantial fiscal pressures on counties created by the…
§ 18906.6 At the time the United States Department of Agriculture allows the state to retain a portion of the value of any claims collected, the state shall retain 50…
§ 18906.7 The state shall pay 100 percent of the nonfederal costs of administering an early fraud prevention and detection program in the administration of this chapter,…
§ 18906.8 Subject to Section 18906, the state may pay 100 percent of the nonfederal administrative costs, when cost-effective, as determined by the state, of followup…
§ 18907 In the determination of eligibility for CalFresh, there shall be no discrimination against any household by reason of marital status, political belief, or any…
§ 18908 Except as provided in Section 18904.1, federal supplemental security income benefits, state supplemental security program benefits, public assistance, and…
§ 18909 Section 10850, relating to disclosure of information regarding public assistance recipients, shall apply to information obtained under this chapter.
§ 18910 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, regulations, waivers, and directives, the department shall implement the prospective budgeting, semiannual…
§ 18910.1 All CalFresh households shall be assigned certification periods that are the maximum number of months allowable under federal law for the household type unless…
§ 18910.2 (a) The department shall convene a workgroup that includes, but is not limited to, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, representatives of…
§ 18911 (a) An application and an authorization for participation in CalFresh shall be processed within a period of not more than 30 days from the date of application.…
§ 18912 (a) Each county welfare department shall orally inform each applicant of the availability of expedited service and assistance in filling out the application.…
§ 18913 The department shall collect, quarterly, expedited service data, on a county-by-county basis, of the number of applications and the disposition of the…
§ 18914 (a) In accordance with, and to the extent provided by, federal law, the county human services agency shall provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited basis as…
§ 18914.5 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, regulations, waivers, and directives, a resident of, or an individual on a waiting list to get into, a shelter for…
§ 18915 All applications and public information materials shall be available to potential, present, and past CalFresh recipients in each county in Spanish as well as…
§ 18916 The board of supervisors of each county shall have the authority to request from the United States Department of Agriculture the simultaneous operation of the…
§ 18917 (a) (1) The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall identify the necessary elements of a county disaster plan, and shall issue guidance to county…
§ 18917.1 (a) In the event of a declaration by the Governor or the President of the United States of a major disaster, the Legislature finds and declares that the State…
§ 18917.2 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall maximize the amount of assistance requested and received through the federal Disaster Supplemental Nutrition…
§ 18918 Not later than January 15, 2001, the State Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the State Department of Public Health and appropriate…
§ 18918.1 (a) In an effort to expand CalFresh program outreach and retention and improve dual enrollment between the CalFresh and Medi-Cal programs, county welfare…
§ 18919 (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title…
§ 18919.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to maximize food access for all CalFresh recipients. Many of the hungriest Californians who rely on CalFresh to eat…
§ 18920 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an agreement between the department and a unit of local government, any other unit of state government, or a nonprofit…
§ 18922 (a) On or before July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a request for a federal waiver to waive the provisions of Section 273.9(b)…
§ 18923 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall submit a request to the United States Department of Agriculture for a waiver to permit a CalFresh household…
§ 18924 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, waiver, demonstration project, or other federal authority, the department shall allow counties to utilize existing…
§ 18925 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services, shall implement a simplified eligibility process…
§ 18926 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall annually seek a federal waiver of the existing federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
§ 18926.1 (a) To the extent not prohibited by federal law and guidance, the department shall ensure that all recipients subject to the federal ABAWD time limit described…
§ 18926.2 To the extent not prohibited by federal law and guidance, a recipient who is homeless shall be deemed to be exempt from the federal ABAWD time limit described…
§ 18926.5 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “CalFresh Employment and Training program” or “CalFresh E&T” means the program established under Section 6(d)(4)(B) of…
§ 18926.6 In a county that elects to participate in the CalFresh E&T program, a veteran applying for CalFresh benefits who is required to register to work, but who is…
§ 18926.7 (a) (1) To the extent permitted under federal law, the department may contract directly with an entity that provides services on a regional or statewide basis…
§ 18926.8 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the CalFresh E&T Workers’ Compensation Fund for the purpose of paying workers’ compensation claims…
§ 18927 (a) Current and future CalFresh benefits shall be reduced in accordance with subdivisions (c) and (d) to recover an overissuance caused by intentional program…
§ 18927.1 (a) A county shall establish a claim to recover an overissuance of CalFresh benefits due to inadvertent household error, as defined by subdivision (b) of…
§ 18927.5 (a) A county human services agency shall notify the department when a mass overissuance has been identified, and include information in the notification as to…
§ 18928 For the purpose of maximizing the anti-hunger impact of Section 66027.8 of the Education Code, the department shall consult with stakeholders, including…
§ 18928.5 (a) No later than January 1, 2024, in order to assist in monitoring information about access to the CalFresh program by students enrolled in an institution of…
§ 18928.6 (a) In order to support access to CalFresh and other nutrition programs, to accurately determine eligibility and benefit amounts, to effectively deploy funding…
§ 18929 To the extent permitted by federal law, regulation, or a waiver of a federal law or regulation, a county shall determine that good cause exists for purposes of…