Sad Facts About Calworks 2019 What’S New

Sad Facts About Calworks 2019 What’S New

CCWRO California Public Benefits Legislative Bill & – February 25, 2019 Budget Action Tracker #2019-01 Sad Facts about CalWORKs 2019 What’s New • California has the highest child poverty rate in the United States of America. A bunch new bills • California has $3.9 billion Federal TANF available for Cal- for the 2019-2020 WORKs in 2018-2019. Only $1.9 billion will be allocated to Legislative CalWORKs. The remaining $2 billion will be treated as “Cal- WORKs Contribution to the General Fund”. Session. • Only 40% of CalWORKs families get aid for their family size. • 60% of the families are getting aid for one or more less persons – compliments of CalWORKs sanctions, penalties, time limits and other anti-child and punitive features of the All support/oppose let- CalWORKs program. ter must be submitted Electronically here. $2 billion CalWORKs dollars redirected from the mouths of CalWORKs babies and children endur- You can email letters to the ing deep poverty to non-CalWORKs programs committee staff, but only letters submitted here will be considered. Federal TANF Block Grant Federal TANF Block Grant Used for CalWORKs - $1.9 Available for CalWORKs - billion $1.9 billion 1 Assembly Human Services Committee Daphne Hunt, Chief Consultant – [email protected] Kelsy Castillo, Senior 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 Cyndi Hillery, Republican Committee Consultant – [email protected] • Phone – (916) 319-3900 • Fax (916) 319-3902 1020 “N” St., Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814 2019 Assembly Human Services Committee Hearing Dates ASSEMBLY BILLS • February 26, 2019; • March 12, 2019; • April 9, 2019, • April 23, 2019, • April 30, 2019 (non-fiscal bills) SENATE BILLS - • June 12, 2019 • June 26, 2019 (Senate Bills) NOTE: All hearings at 1:30 pm in room #437 All Support/Oppose letters must be submitted here. Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Eloise Reyes- Chair (D) Amer Rashid • Phone: 916-319-2047 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: 916-319-2147 • Room # 4015 Brian Maienschein – CVice Chair (R) Nadra Mamou • Phone: 916-319-2077 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: 916-319-2177 • Room # 4139 Joaquin Arambula • (D) Marla Cowan • Phone: 916-319-2031 • Email: [email protected] •Fax: 916-319-2131 • Room # 5155 Steven Choi - (R) Nicolas Gauthier • Phone: 916-319-2068 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: 916-319-2168 • Room # 2016 Laura Friedman (D) Allison Ruff-Schurman • Phone: 916-319-2043 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: 916-319-2143 • Room # 137 Mike Gibson (D) Estella Pacheco • Phone: 916-319-2064 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: 916-319-2164 • Room # 3173 Mark Stone – (D) Keely O’Brien • Phone: 916-319-2029 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: 916-319-2129 • Room # 3146 2019 ASSEMBLY BILLS 2 Bill Bill Bill Description Status – Sponsor Next Steps AB 24 – Burke (D) CalWORKs - This bill would Room:5150 GRACE declare the Legislature’s intent Tel. 916-319-2062 to enact legislation that would Staff: Harrison Bowlby WCLP establish a Targeted Child Tax Email: [email protected] Credit as recommended by the SUPPORT task force. AB 229 – Nazarian (D) IHSS– This bill would clarify • Room # - 5150 • Tel. 916- 319-2062 CWDA that the department is required to Staff: Zachary Leary provide translations of written Email: [email protected] SUPPORT content, as defined, in languages spoken by a substantial number of providers of in-home supportive services. AB 341 - Maienschein (D) CalFresh – This bill would pro- • Room # - 4208 • Tel. 916- 319-2042 CCWRO vide that persons applying for Staff: Nadra Mamou medical assistance indicating that [email protected] SUPPORT they also would like to apply for CalFresh would have their appli- cation transmitted to the county of residence prepopulated with in- formation from the medical assis- tance application. AB 426 - Maienschein (D) IHSS – This bill would repeal the • Room # - 4208 • Tel. 916- 319-2042 CCWRO unnecessary IHSS form SOC 821 Staff: Nadra Mamou and provide that hours can only [email protected] SUPPORT be changed if there is evidence of change of conditions of the IHSS beneficiary. AB 494 - Berman –(D) CCWRO CalFresh – This bill would pro- • Room # - 6011 • Tel. 916- 319-2024 CFBA vide for an objective rule to deter- Staff: Elizabeth Schmitt WCLP mine when shelter cost of ques- [email protected] SUPPORT tionable and requires verification. AB 526 – Petrie-Norris SUPPORT Horizontal Integration – This • Room # - 4144 • Tel. 916- 319-2074 CDF bill would help WIC eligible Staff: Andrew Medina families and persons become Email: [email protected] eligible for Medi-Cal AB 534 – Mayes (R) CCWRO CalFresh - This bill would re- • Room # - 4098 • Tel. 916- 319-2042 CFBA quire the CDSS, SDPH, CDE and Staff: Brandon Ebeck WCLP the Department of Food and Agri- [email protected] culture, to develop a plan to end SUPPORT hunger. 3 AB 612 – Weber (D) WCLP CalFresh – Restaurant Meals – • Room # - 3104 • Tel. 916- 319-2079 This bill would allow college stu- Staff: Kiara Patton SUPPORT dents to use their EBT card to buy [email protected] food at college campuses. AB 683 – Carrillo (D) WCLP Medi-Cal – This bill would pro- • Room #4167 • Tel. 916-319-2051 hibit the department from an asset Staff: Samantha Samuelsen SUPPORT and resource test for Medi-Cal Email: [email protected] beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Shared Savings Program. It would also require the exemption of certain assets subject to federal approval. AB 715 – Arambula (D) WCLP Medi-Cal – This bill would re- • Room #5155 • Tel. 916-319-2031 DRC quire upon receipt of federal Staff: Marla Cowan approval, all countable income [email protected] SUPPORT over 100% of the federal pov- erty level, up to 138% of the federal poverty level, to be dis- regarded, after taking all other disregards, deductions, and ex- clusions into account for those persons eligible under the pro- gram for aged and disabled persons. AB 807- Bauer-Kahan CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would • Room #2130 • Tel. 916-319-2016 WCLP expand the number of income Staff: John Skoglund exemptions for CalWORKs. Email: [email protected] SUPPORT AB 870 - Burke (D) Author’s Bill Public Social Services – This • Room #5150 • Tel. 916-319-2062 bill would require the various Staff: Harrison Bowlby SUPPORT state agencies to examine the Email: [email protected] eligibility process and systems for public assistance programs and supportive services to help integrating services for benefi- ciaries of public assistance. AB 942 – Weber (D) CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would • Room #3123 • Tel. 916-319-2079 WCLP provide Food Security, Food Staff: Tiffany Boyd SUPPORT Safety, and Access to Choices [email protected] Act of 2019, would require the DSS consistent with federal law, to establish a process to enter into MOU with restaurants in a county that has chosen not to administer its own RMP that can include multiple locations in the State. 4 AB 944 – Quirk (D) Alameda County CalWORKs – This bill requires • Room #2163 • Tel. 916-319-2020 CCWRO the county to reconsider the spon- Staff: Miranda Flores WCLP sored alien indigence exception [email protected] every 12 months. SUPPORT AB 960 - Maienschein (D) CalWORKs Homeless Assis- • Room # 4208 • Tel. 916-319-2077 CCWRO tance – This bill would make Staff: Nadra Mamou WCLP changed in the CalWORKs home- [email protected] less assistance program (HAP). It SUPPORT will delete the “use it or lose it” provision of temporary HAP, it would eliminate the once-a-year homeless assistance for homeless families and other changes. AB 987 – Rivas (D) CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would in- • Room #5158 • Tel. 916-319-2030 WCLP crease the monthly maximum Staff: Rita Durgin amount for recurring special [email protected] needs to $15 and authorize the al- SUPPORT lowance for a special diet to also be used for special food prepara- tion needs. AB 1022 – Wicks (D) WCLP CalWORKs – This bill estab- • Room #5160 • Tel. 916-319-2015 CFBA lishes a state-only program for Staff: persons losing CalFresh due to the federal ABAWDs program. SUPPORT AB 1070 – Arambula (D) WCLP CalWORKs – This bill is Cal- • Room #5155 • Tel. 916-319-2031 WORKs Home Visiting Initiative Staff: Marla Cowan spot bill. [email protected] SUPPORT WCLP Child Support – This bill would AB 1091 – Jones-Sawyer (D) make modifications in collection • Room #2117 • Tel. 916-319-2059 of child support and also making Staff: Michael Lucien SUPPORT child due the month following the Email: [email protected] month of having income again. AB 1092 -Jones-Sawyer (D) WCLP Child Support. The bill would • Room #2117 • Tel. 916-319-2059 instead require the department Staff: Michael Lucien and local child support agen- Email: [email protected] SUPPORT cies, with respect to delinquen- cies in child support that have been assigned to the county, to charge interest on the principal amount owed at a rate no higher than the rate required by federal law 5 AB 1377 – Wicks (D) CWDA CalFresh – This bill is would re- • Room #5160 • Tel. 916-319-2015 quire schools to notify children Staff: Samantha Huynh SUPPORT eligible for school meals that they Email: [email protected] may also be eligible for CalFresh. AB 1403 – Carillo(D) CCWRO General Assistance – This bill • Room #4167 • Tel. 916-319-2051 WCLP would amend state law which Staff: Jessica Zaragoza makes an adult ineligible for Gen- Email: [email protected] SUPPORT eral Assistance when they are no longer receiving CalWORKs to clarify that this only applies when the CalWORKs eligible child is still in the home.

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