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(a) Each Applicant shall present a verifiable social security number.
(b) Each Applicant shall present proof of identity. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) only the following photo identification shall be accepted:
(1) California Department of Motor Vehicles Driver’s License or a valid driver’s license from another state;
(2) A valid U.S. state Identification Card;
(3) Current United States Passport provided that such Passport contains a photo taken of Applicant/Recipient when he or she was at least 18 years of age; or
(4) Current Immigration and Naturalization identification, provided that such identification contains a photo which was taken of the Applicant/Recipient when he or she was at least 18 years of age and was taken within 10 years prior to the date of application of Applicant/Recipient.
(c) In the event that an Applicant cannot produce a valid photo identification card as specified in subsection (b), the Department may assist Applicants and Recipients once in obtaining California Department of Motor Vehicles photo identification. Failure to cooperate in obtaining a Department of Motor Vehicles identification or other permanently acceptable identification as determined by the Executive Director, after 90 days on aid under any County-funded indigent assistance program, shall be grounds for discontinuing aid. Recipients discontinued on these grounds are not eligible to receive aid under any County-funded indigent assistance program until they have valid identification pursuant to Department Regulations.
(As Sec. 20.56.13, amended by Ord. 271-81, App. 5/21/81; Ord. 152-98, App. 5/8/98; redesignated as Sec. 20.7-16 and amended by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017)
For the purpose of preventing multiple aid payments to the same person, the Department may require that Applicants and Recipients provide finger images as a condition of eligibility or continuing eligibility, subject to such procedures and regulations as the Department may adopt. Failure to cooperate with the finger imaging procedures provides grounds for denial or discontinuance of aid.
Such finger images are subject to all applicable State and federal laws and regulations regarding the confidentiality of information of Applicants for, or Recipients of, public benefits.
(Added as Sec. 20.56.14 by Proposition V, 11/2/93; redesignated as Sec. 20.7-17 and amended by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017)
Terminally ill Applicants with medical verification that such Applicant has a remaining life expectancy of six months or less are exempt from:
(a) Providing documentation of legal status in the United States;
(b) The provisions of Section 20.7-13(g) regarding the cash value of a vehicle, provided that the Applicant can demonstrate that such vehicle is necessary to transport the Applicant to and from medical treatment, and that he or she is physically or mentally unable to use public transportation;
(c) The provisions of Section 20.7-16 regarding the requirement to obtain and present any photo identification.
Such Applicants shall meet all other eligibility requirements.
There shall be no time limit to the duration of eligibility for the exemptions authorized under this Section 20.7-18, provided, however, that eligibility for these exemptions shall be redetermined regularly by the Department. A Recipient whose assistance is terminated and who reapplies for assistance will need to provide new medical verification of a remaining life expectancy of no more than six months upon reapplication, as set forth in Department regulations.
The Department shall maintain records of the number of individuals granted aid under this provision, and may provide a report of that number to the Mayor and the Human Services Commission, as requested.
(Added as Sec. 20.56.15 by Ord. 265-94, App. 7/29/94; Ord. 152-98, App. 5/8/98; redesignated as Sec. 20.7-18 and amended by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017)
(Added by Ord. 152-98, App. 5/8/98; repealed by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017)
(a) An individual shall not be eligible for assistance under this Article VII if he or she is either:
(1) Fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody and confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing, for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing, or which, in the case of the state of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor under the laws of that state.
(2) Violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under federal law or the law of any state.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply with respect to conduct of an individual for any month beginning after the President of the United States grants a pardon with respect to the conduct.
(Added as Sec. 20.56.17 by Ord. 152-98, App. 5/8/98; redesignated as Sec. 20.7-19 and amended by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017)
(a) Any individual who is not eligible for aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code as a result of the lifetime limitation on adult assistance specified in Section 11454 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall not be eligible for assistance under the General Assistance Program until all of the children of the individual on whose behalf aid was received, whether or not currently living in the home with the individual, are 18 years of age or older.
(b) Any individual who is not eligible for aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code as a result of the lifetime limitation on adult assistance specified in Section 11454 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall not be eligible for assistance under the PAES Program, the CALM Program, or the SSIP Program, unless all of the children of the individual on whose behalf aid was received are 18 years of age or older, or unless the minor children of the individual on whose behalf aid was received are not currently under the care and control of the individual.
(c) Any individual who is receiving aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code on behalf of an eligible child, but who is either ineligible for aid or whose needs are not otherwise taken into account in determining the amount of aid to the family pursuant to Section 11450 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code due to the imposition of a sanction or penalty, shall not be eligible for aid or assistance under this Article VII.
(d) This Section 20.7-20 shall not apply to any health care benefits provided under this Article VII..
(a) General Assistance Grant: For each eligible individual or for each eligible family of two or more persons who qualify for aid under the General Assistance Program, the maximum monthly amount of aid to which such Recipients are entitled is listed below.
MAXIMUM GENERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT AMOUNT
Single Individual | $ 320 |
Number of Eligible Persons in Same Family | |
2 Persons | $ 574 |
3 Persons | $ 647 |
4 Persons | $ 771 |
5 Persons | $ 877 |
6 Persons | $ 984 |
7 Persons | $ 1,081 |
8 Persons | $ 1,179 |
9 Persons | $ 1,273 |
10 Persons | $ 1,367 |
(b) PAES Grant: For each eligible individual or for each eligible family of two or more persons who qualify for aid under the PAES Program, the maximum monthly amount of aid to which such Recipients are entitled is listed below.
MAXIMUM PAES GRANT AMOUNT
Single Individual | $ 395 |
Number of Eligible Persons in Same Family | |
2 Persons | $ 649 |
3 Persons | $ 804 |
4 Persons | $ 955 |
5 Persons | $ 1,089 |
6 Persons | $ 1,223 |
7 Persons | $ 1,343 |
8 Persons | $ 1,464 |
9 Persons | $ 1,586 |
10 Persons | $ 1,723 |
(c) CALM Grant: For each eligible individual or for each eligible family of two or more persons who qualify for aid under the CALM Program, the maximum monthly amount of aid to which such Recipients are entitled is listed below.
MAXIMUM CALM GRANT AMOUNT
Single Individual | $ 395 |
Number of Eligible Persons in Same Family | |
2 Persons | $ 649 |
3 Persons | $ 804 |
4 Persons | $ 955 |
5 Persons | $ 1,089 |
6 Persons | $ 1,223 |
7 Persons | $ 1,343 |
8 Persons | $ 1,464 |
9 Persons | $ 1,586 |
10 Persons | $ 1,723 |
(d) SSIP Grant: For each eligible individual or for each eligible family of two or more persons who qualify for aid under the SSIP Program, the maximum monthly amount of aid to which such Recipients are entitled is listed below.
MAXIMUM SSIP GRANT AMOUNT
Single Individual | $ 395 |
Number of Eligible Persons in Same Family | |
2 Persons | $ 649 |
3 Persons | $ 804 |
4 Persons | $ 955 |
5 Persons | $ 1,089 |
6 Persons | $ 1,223 |
7 Persons | $ 1,343 |
8 Persons | $ 1,464 |
9 Persons | $ 1,586 |
10 Persons | $ 1,723 |
(e) In the case of more than 10 persons in a family budget unit, an additional $14 each month shall be paid for each additional person in the family budget unit. For the purpose of this subsection (e), a family is defined as an Applicant/Recipient and his or her spouse or “domestic partner,” as defined under Section 62.2 of the Administrative Code, and/or any of the Applicant/Recipient’s children who are under age 18, living with, and applying for assistance under this Article VII
with, such Applicant/Recipient. For family budget units in which members receive cash payments from more than one federal, State, or County assistance program, except for SSI/SSP, the maximum grant amount shall be reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount of such cash assistance.
(f) The Maximum Grant Amounts listed in subsections 20.7-21(a) - (e) shall be increased by any percentage cost of living increase to the Maximum Aid Payment, and according to the same schedule, if such an increase is implemented by the State in the TANF/CalWORKs program. The automatic adjustment provisions of this subsection (f) were suspended for fiscal year 1997-98. Adjustments for subsequent fiscal years made pursuant to this subsection shall not include any adjustments for any fiscal year in which the cost of living adjustments were suspended.
(g) The Maximum Grant for which an individual or family is eligible may include transportation assistance (e.g. railway tokens or passes), in which event the cost of the transportation assistance shall not be deducted from the Maximum Grant Amounts listed above to arrive at the Maximum Cash Grant Amount which may be issued by means of in-kind assistance, vouchers, checks, two-party checks, or electronic benefit transfers. The transportation assistance shall be for the sole use of the Recipient.
(h) The maximum monthly amount of aid for which an Applicant is eligible shall be the Maximum Grant Amount for which an individual or family is eligible, prorated as of the date of application, minus any nonexempt assets and/or nonexempt personal property available to the Applicant during that calendar month, and minus the value of any prorated in-kind housing, utilities, and/or meals available or provided to the Applicant. Applicants who anticipate receiving first-time income from other sources during the month of their application for assistance under this Article VII, shall receive the prorated maximum monthly grant amount for which they are eligible until the verified date of anticipated receipt of such other income.
(i) The maximum monthly amount of aid for which a Recipient is eligible shall be the Maximum Grant Amount to which he or she is eligible, minus any cash received from sources other than the County Adult Assistance Programs which is or will be available to the Recipient during the month for which aid is paid unless otherwise exempt, minus the fair market value of any nonexempt personal property which is or will be available to the Recipient during the month for which aid is paid, and minus the value of any in-kind housing, utilities and/or meals available or provided to the Recipient.
(j) To promote the transition of County Adult Assistance Programs Recipients to gainful employment, the Executive Director may establish an Earned Income and Asset Disregard Policy for the Recipients who are employed. The Earned Income and Asset Disregard Policy shall provide for disregarding a certain amount of gross income which a Recipient earns as wages and savings derived therefrom when determining a Recipient’s County Adult Assistance Programs eligibility and grant amount.
Recipient gross wage earnings are defined for purposes of this Section 20.7-21 as any income received by the Recipient as payment for a Recipient’s labor. This Section supersedes the provisions of Section 20.7-10, Subsections 20.7-13 (a) and (b), Subsections 20.7-21(h) and (i), and Subsections 20.7-38 (d), (e), and (f) when determining Recipient eligibility and when calculating the maximum monthly amount of aid for program participants. All other Recipient income and assets shall continue to be offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis when calculating the grant amount to which a Recipient is otherwise eligible. For Recipients subject to the Earned Income and Asset Disregard Policy, eligibility for assistance under this Article VII shall be determined on a monthly basis and a Recipient’s grant amount shall be adjusted for gross wage earnings on the basis of retrospective budgeting in the month following the Recipient’s receipt of wage income. Verified expenses which exceed the total sum of a participant’s grant, wages, and savings in any given month create a rebuttable presumption of ineligibility for aid.
(k) Changes in grant amounts shall be made when a Recipient becomes eligible for aid in a different amount because of altered circumstances.
(l) A change in aid shall be made effective with the next regular pay date following knowledge by the worker of circumstances warranting a change in grant amount.
(As Sec. 20.57, amended by Ord. 271-81, App. 5/21/81; Ord. 253-90, App. 6/29/90; Ord. 389-90, App. 12/6/90; Ord. 125-93, App. 4/30/93; Ord. 206-94, App. 5/27/94; Ord. 419-94, App. 12/23/94; Ord. 155-95, App. 5/12/95; Ord. 196-96, App. 5/22/96; Ord. 209-97, App. 5/30/97; Ord. 152-98, App. 5/8/98; Proposition N, 11/5/2002; Ord. 193-03, File No. 030871, App. 7/25/2003; redesignated as Sec. 20.7-21 and amended by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017; amended by Ord. 250-18, File No. 180002, App. 11/2/2018, Eff. 12/3/2018)
(a) “Housing” shall include, but not be limited to, single occupancy residential hotels, master lease rooms, transitional housing, supportive housing programs, residential treatment facilities, shelter.
(b) There shall be no reduction in the amount of assistance for which an Applicant or Recipient is eligible because he or she shares housing with others who are not members of the Applicant’s family as defined in Section 20.7-21(e). All Applicants and Recipients shall be required to present a verifiable rent receipt. If the Applicant or Recipient is not the owner or prime lessee of the premises, a verifiable rent receipt signed by the owner or prime lessee may provide evidence of the Applicant’s or Recipient’s place of residence and monthly share of housing costs.
(c) When an Applicant or Recipient obtains rent-free housing, such housing shall be valued according to the Income-in-Kind Values Chart set forth in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 50511 (the “Income-in-Kind Chart”), rather than at fair market value. The value of the rent-free housing, which is presumed to include utilities, as determined under the Income-in-Kind Chart, shall be deducted from the maximum monthly grant amount. If the Applicant or Recipient receives rent-free housing, but pays for utilities, the Applicant or Recipient must present a verifiable bill for utilities at that address, and a verifiable receipt for payment of any portion of that utility bill.
(d) Verified payments made directly to a housing provider or landlord on behalf of an Applicant or Recipient for the entire amount of the rent and/or utilities, or rent-free housing, or housing received in exchange for work, shall be assigned an in-kind value as specified by the Income-in-Kind Chart, and that value shall be deducted from the maximum monthly grant for which that Applicant or Recipient is eligible.
(e) Housing, utilities, and/or meals provided to Applicants and Recipients who are unable to provide a verifiable rent receipt, or verifiable documentation of shared housing, or verifiable documentation of rent-free housing shall be valued as in-kind housing, utilities and/or meals as specified by the Income-In-kind Chart, and that value shall be deducted from the maximum monthly grant for which that Applicant or Recipient is eligible.
(f) Nothing in this Section 20.7-22 shall be construed as requiring an otherwise eligible Applicant or Recipient to accept housing in a facility which is either the subject of a pending nuisance abatement proceeding before a duly authorized agency or department of the City or before a court of competent jurisdiction, or which theretofore has been found to be a public nuisance pursuant to any provision of the Municipal Code by a duly authorized agency or department of the City or by a court of competent jurisdiction and which nuisance has not been abated.
(As Sec. 20.57.1, amended by Ord. 271-81, App. 5/21/81; Ord. 152-98, App. 5/8/98 Proposition N, 11/5/2002; Ord. 193-03, File No. 030871, App. 7/25/2003; redesignated as Sec. 20.7-22 and amended by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017)
(Amended by Ord. 271-81, App. 5/21/81; Ord. 152-98, App. 5/8/98; repealed by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017)
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