Students who currently receive CalWORKs cash aid for themselves and/or their child(ren) may be eligible for and receive assistance and services from CARE. Staff must verify participant’s status with Untaxed Income Verification, Notice of Action or comparable certification from the county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator at least once during each academic term. During each mandatory EOPS/CARE counseling contact, student must provide their counselor with proof of their continued eligibility for CARE services. 2. Students receiving Medi-Cal, SSI or CalFresh/SNAP assistance only, but not CalWORKs/TANF cash aid for themselves, are eligible for CARE only if a dependent child in their family assistance unit (AU) currently receives CalWORKs cash aid. 3. The participant is at 18 years old, a single head of household and has been determined to lack marketable employment skills. a. CARE will defer to the county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator’s definition of head of “single household” for the purpose of determining CARE program eligibility. 1) A CARE student may be legally married, but is recognized by the county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator as a single head of household because her/his spouse is incarcerated, legally separated or has abandoned the household. Note: Although a waiver is not required in this particular situation, a document or certification from the county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator verifying the student’s single head of household status should be kept in the student’s CARE file. 2) A student’s marital status may be and not “single married,” but may be determined by county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator to be in a two-parent family assistance unit (AU) and therefore is not eligible for CARE.
Students who currently receive CalWORKs cash aid for themselves and/or their child(ren) may be eligible for and receive assistance and services from CARE. Staff must verify participant’s status with Untaxed Income Verification, Notice of Action or comparable certification from the county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator at least once during each academic term. During each mandatory EOPS/CARE counseling contact, student must provide their counselor with proof of their continued eligibility for CARE services. 2. Students receiving Medi-Cal, SSI or CalFresh/SNAP assistance only, but not CalWORKs/TANF cash aid for themselves, are eligible for CARE only if a dependent child in their family assistance unit (AU) currently receives CalWORKs cash aid. 3. The participant is at 18 years old, a single head of household and has been determined to lack marketable employment skills. a. CARE will defer to the county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator’s definition of “single head of household” for the purpose of determining CARE program eligibility. 1) A CARE student may be legally married, but is recognized by the county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator as a single head of household because her/his spouse is incarcerated, legally separated or has abandoned the household. Note: Although a waiver is not required in this particular situation, a document or certification from the county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator verifying the student’s single head of household status should be kept in the student’s CARE file. 2) A student’s marital status may be “single and not married,” but may be determined by county welfare department or Tribal TANF Program Administrator to be in a two-parent family assistance unit (AU) and therefore is not eligible for CARE.
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