This comprehensive, three-day program provides eligibility workers with critical knowledge and skills necessary to administer the CalFresh program. The series addresses overarching eligibility concepts, as well as practical skills necessary for taking appropriate actions in both new and continuing CalFresh cases. Learners will have the opportunity to apply the concepts taught in this workshop during discussions of realistic case examples.
By the end of this training, eligibility caseworkers will have gained greater confidence in their ability to administer the CalFresh program for applicants and recipients. They will have increased knowledge of both financial and non-financial eligibility requirements, as well as a clearer understanding of prospective budgeting concepts. They will be better prepared to correctly process CalFresh applications, redeterminations, SAR 7 reports, and correctly determine when a mid-period action is appropriate.
Day 1 Topics
- Background and purpose of SNAP
- Household Composition
- Mandatory, excluded and non-household members
- Elderly and disabled separate household
- Student eligibility
- Non-financial eligibility and verification
- Non-citizen categories and eligibility
- CF work rules & ABAWD
- WINS benefits
- Modified Categorical Eligibility (MCE)
- Resources
Day 2 Topics
- CalFresh budgeting
- Income
- Deductions
- Gross & net tests
- Standards of Assistance chart
- Income types and verification
- Prospective budgeting
- Reasonably anticipated income (RAI)
- Intake Applications
- Expedited Services (ES)
- Authorized Representative (AR)
- Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS)
- Overview of SAR Reporting Rules
- Elderly Simplified Application Process (ESAP)
Day 3 Topics
- Processing a SAR 7
- Mid-period rules & actions
- Verified Upon Receipt (VUR)
- Processing a Recertification
- CalFresh Expansion, SNB & TNB
- Transitional CalFresh (TCF)
- Sponsor income deeming
- Over-issuances & supplement