ARTICLE 6. Computation and Payment of Aid Grants

Article 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.

§§ 11450–11469.3 · 96 sections

§ 11450 (a) (1) (A) Aid shall be paid for each needy family, which shall include all eligible children of each eligible applicant or recipient child and the parents of… see note
§ 11450.01 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing October 1, 1992, the maximum aid payments specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section…
§ 11450.015 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payments in effect on June 30, 1993, in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section…
§ 11450.017 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payment in effect on June 30, 1994, in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section…
§ 11450.018 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payment in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450 as reduced by…
§ 11450.019 Effective the first day of the month following 90 days after a change in federal law that allows states to reduce aid payments without any risk to federal…
§ 11450.02 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing July 1, 2009, the maximum aid payments in effect September 1, 2007, as specified in paragraph (1) of…
§ 11450.021 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, effective April 1, 2019, the maximum aid payments pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450 in effect on…
§ 11450.022 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to increase CalWORKs maximum aid payment levels in the 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21 fiscal years, or until the maximum…
§ 11450.023 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, effective October 1, 2019, the maximum aid payments pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450 in effect…
§ 11450.025 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, effective on March 1, 2014, the maximum aid payments in effect on July 1, 2012, as specified in subdivision (b) of…
§ 11450.026 (a) Commencing in the 2019–20 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, if an incremental adjustment is made to the maximum aid payments pursuant to…
§ 11450.027 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, maximum aid payments in the CalWORKs program are sufficient to…
§ 11450.03 (a) Notwithstanding the maximum aid payments specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450, families that have resided in this state for less…
§ 11450.05 (a) For purposes of determining the maximum aid payment specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11450, the number of needy persons in the same family shall not…
§ 11450.3 (a) The director may establish, within the department, the Emergency Housing Apartment Program Demonstration Project. (b) The director may, by formal order,…
§ 11450.4 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish an emergency assistance for needy families program to serve the shelter needs of homeless families…
§ 11450.5 For purposes of computing and paying aid grants under this chapter, the director shall adopt regulations establishing a budgeting system consistent with…
§ 11450.8 No payment of aid pursuant to Section 11450 shall be made to a family for a month in which the amount the family would receive is less than ten dollars ($10).…
§ 11450.9 (a) (1) The department shall designate as energy assistance payments any increase in the maximum aid payments provided pursuant to Section 11450 made on or…
§ 11450.10 Whenever the department is informed pursuant to either Section 857 or 1764.5 that a minor is being incarcerated for a period of at least 30 consecutive days,…
§ 11450.11 Whenever a county welfare department is informed that a child who is incarcerated is also a member of a family receiving benefits pursuant to Section 11450,…
§ 11450.12 (a) (1) An applicant family shall not be eligible for aid under this chapter unless the family’s income, exclusive of the first four hundred fifty dollars…
§ 11450.13 (a) In calculating the amount of aid to which an assistance unit is entitled in accordance with Section 11320.15, the maximum aid payment, adjusted to reflect…
§ 11450.16 (a) For purposes of determining eligibility under this chapter, and for computing the amount of aid payment under Section 11450, families shall be grouped into…
§ 11450.17 (a) (1) For purposes of determining the maximum aid payment specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11450 and for no other purpose, the number of needy persons…
§ 11451 Any county may, in its discretion, pay from its own funds additional sums for the care of any needy child, and the state and county may pay such aid as is…
§ 11451.5 (a) The following income shall be exempt from the calculation of the income of the family for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 11450: (1) If… see note
§ 11452 (a) (1) Minimum basic standards of adequate care shall be distributed to the counties and shall be binding upon them. The standards are determined on the basis…
§ 11452.018 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the minimum basic standards of adequate care, as set forth in Section 11452, and as adjusted pursuant to any…
§ 11453 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the amounts set forth in Section 11452 and subdivision (a) of Section 11450 shall be adjusted annually by the…
§ 11453.01 (a) Commencing July 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the maximum aid payment set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 11450 shall be adjusted annually to…
§ 11453.1 (a) It is the intent of this section to assure that the food purchasing power provided by benefits available from CalFresh under the federal Supplemental…
§ 11453.2 A county shall issue vouchers or vendor payments for at least rent and utilities payments, for any assistance unit in which any parent or caretaker relative…
§ 11454 (a) A parent or caretaker relative shall not be eligible for aid under this chapter when the parent or caretaker relative has received aid under this chapter… see note
§ 11454.1 (a) County welfare departments shall provide each recipient who is subject to the 60-month time limitation described in subdivision (a) of Section 11454 with…
§ 11454.5 (a) Any month in which the following conditions exist shall not be counted as a month of receipt of aid for the purposes of subdivision (a) of, and paragraph… see note
§ 11454.6 (a) Notwithstanding Section 15200, to the extent that the exemptions from the time limits on aid specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of subdivision…
§ 11455 If on the first day of the month a child is eligible for aid, aid for the entire month shall be paid.
§ 11457 (a) Money from noncustodial parents for child or spousal support with respect to whom an assignment under Section 11477 has been made shall be paid directly to…
§ 11458 The county may cancel, suspend or revoke aid under this chapter for cause. Upon instructions from the department, the county shall cancel, suspend or revoke…
§ 11460 (a) (1) Foster care providers shall be paid a per child per month rate in return for the care and supervision of the AFDC-FC child placed with them. The…
§ 11461 (a) For children or, on and after January 1, 2012, nonminor dependents placed in a licensed or approved family home with a capacity of six or less, or in an…
§ 11461.1 It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure quality care for children who are placed in foster family homes. Therefore, the State Department of Social…
§ 11461.3 (a) The Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program is hereby established for the purpose of making the amount paid to an approved relative caregiver for the…
§ 11461.36 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide support to emergency caregivers, as defined in subdivision (c), who care for children and nonminor…
§ 11461.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1 may elect to participate in the Tribal Approved…
§ 11461.5 (a) The department may establish a rate to supplement the basic rate specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11461 for the provision of additional shelter…
§ 11461.6 (a) The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children is hereby established, to be implemented at the discretion of each county, for the purpose of…
§ 11462 (a) The department shall commence development of a new payment structure for short-term residential therapeutic program placements claiming Title IV-E funding,…
§ 11462.01 (a) (1) If a program will admit Medi-Cal beneficiaries, no later than 12 months following the date of initial licensure, a short-term residential therapeutic…
§ 11462.011 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall, in consultation with the Department of Managed Health Care, the State Department of Social Services,…
§ 11462.02 (a) Any existing county-operated foster family agency or group home, including the group home operated by the County of San Mateo, shall, commencing January 1,…
§ 11462.022 (a) Upon meeting the licensure requirements pursuant to Section 1530.8 of the Health and Safety Code, a county child welfare agency operating a temporary…
§ 11462.04 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2017, no new group home rate or change to an existing rate shall be established pursuant to the Rate…
§ 11462.041 (a) The Legislature recognizes that group homes are one of the primary placement options utilized by probation departments to avoid inappropriate housing of…
§ 11462.045 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish a working group to develop recommended revisions to the current system of setting reimbursement…
§ 11462.06 (a) For purposes of the administration of this article, including the setting of AFDC-FC provider rates, the department shall deem the reasonable costs of…
§ 11462.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11462, when the director determines that a rate established pursuant to that section for a multistate group home facility which…
§ 11462.4 Notwithstanding Section 11342.610 of the Government Code, providers, as defined in Section 11466, shall be deemed small businesses and the department shall…
§ 11463 (a) The department shall commence development of a new payment structure for the Title IV-E funded foster family agency placement option that maximizes federal…
§ 11463.5 In order to receive funding on behalf of children receiving AFDC-FC, each provider, as defined in Section 11466, shall provide a full disclosure of all…
§ 11464 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Children who are consumers of regional center services and also receiving Aid to Families with…
§ 11465 (a) If a child is living with a parent who receives AFDC-FC or Kin-GAP benefits, or, on or after July 1, 2017, Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program…
§ 11465.6 (a) Up to five counties selected by the department, and at the discretion of the counties, may implement a countywide program for licensed family homes and…
§ 11466 For purposes of this section to Section 11469.3, inclusive, the following definitions apply: (a) “Provider” shall mean a group home, short-term residential…
§ 11466.01 (a) Commencing January 1, 2017, a provisional rate shall be set for both of the following providers: (1) A new short-term residential therapeutic program…
§ 11466.1 (a) (1) The department shall adopt regulations that specify the type of information requested from providers, including reasonable timeframes. All providers…
§ 11466.2 (a) (1) The department shall perform or have performed provider program and fiscal audits as needed. Provider programs shall maintain all child-specific,…
§ 11466.21 (a) In accordance with subdivision (b), as a condition to receive an AFDC-FC rate for a foster care program operated by a provider, as defined in Section…
§ 11466.22 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure overall program integrity in the AFDC-FC program through the establishment of an effective and efficient…
§ 11466.23 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to comply with the federal requirements of the Improper Payments Act of 2002 with respect to the remittance of the…
§ 11466.235 (a) The department, in consultation and coordination with the County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA), shall update existing regulations and establish new…
§ 11466.24 (a) In accordance with this section, a county shall collect an overpayment, discovered on or after January 1, 1999, made to a foster family home, an approved…
§ 11466.25 Interest begins to accrue on a provider overpayment or penalty on the date of the issuance of the penalty, the date of issuance of the final audit report, or…
§ 11466.3 (a) The department shall offer a voluntary repayment agreement procedure to providers that owe a sustained overpayment. A provider may enter into a voluntary…
§ 11466.31 (a) When it has been determined that a provider participating in the AFDC-FC program owes an overpayment that is due and payable, the department may implement…
§ 11466.32 (a) If a provider that owes a sustained overpayment pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 11466.22 does not enter into a voluntary repayment…
§ 11466.33 (a) If any amount is due and payable to the department as a result of a sustained overpayment to a provider for care and services in the AFDC-FC program, the…
§ 11466.34 (a) (1) At any time within 10 years of the recording of a lien pursuant to Section 11466.33, the department may bring an action, in a superior court in the…
§ 11466.35 (a) Any licensee or member of a governing board of a nonprofit who has been determined to owe a sustained overpayment under this chapter, and who, subsequent…
§ 11466.36 (a) The department may terminate a program rate or a provider’s eligibility to be paid any rate for a child placed in their care if any of the following…
§ 11466.5 The department shall collect cost data and monitor the cost of providing care and supervision, and social work services, to AFDC-FC recipients. These data…
§ 11466.6 A provider who disagrees with the rate determined by the department, the rate adjusted by an audit, or a determination made in a management decision letter…
§ 11467 (a) The State Department of Social Services, with the advice and assistance of the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation…
§ 11467.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that standards be developed to address the specific needs of very young children, from birth to six years of age,…
§ 11468 The department shall establish and maintain administrative procedures to review the rate set by the department for AFDC-FC programs, including, but not limited…
§ 11468.1 The administrative review procedure for rates established pursuant to Section 11468 shall include a protest within the department and a hearing conducted by a…
§ 11468.2 (a) A provider who disagrees with a rate determination and who desires a different rate, or who has been denied a rate or had a rate terminated, may file a…
§ 11468.3 (a) The appeal filed with the department pursuant to Section 11468.2 shall specify whether the provider does or does not wish that an informal conference among…
§ 11468.4 (a) The hearing regarding a rate held pursuant to Section 11468.1 shall be conducted no later than 180 days after the filing of a timely and specific statement…
§ 11468.5 The provider may request review of the final decision of the department made pursuant to Section 11468.4 in accordance with Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil…
§ 11469 (a) The department shall develop, following consultation with group home providers, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation…
§ 11469.1 The performance standards and outcome measures required by Section 11469 shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) They shall include indicators of…
§ 11469.2 (a) The department shall develop, following consultation with foster family agency providers, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief…
§ 11469.3 The performance standards and outcome measures required by Section 11469.2 shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) They shall include indicators of…