Chapter 10 - CALFRESH

Section 18900 - Purpose of chapter
Section 18900.1 - New name proposed for Food Stamp Program
Section 18900.2 - Name of federal program as administered by state
Section 18900.3 - CalFresh user-centered simplified paper application for the Elderly Simplified Application Project
Section 18900.4 - Option to complete an application or recertification interview and provide signature by telephone; recommendations
Section 18900.5 - CalFresh benefits for recipients of Supplemental Security Income benefits and/or State Supplementary Payment Program benefits
Section 18900.6 - SSI/SSP Cash-In Supplemental Nutrition Benefit Program
Section 18900.7 - SSI/SSP Cash-In Transitional Nutrition Benefit (TNB) Program
Section 18900.8 - Budgeting methodology
Section 18900.9 - Implementation of waivers
Section 18901 - Eligibility of households
Section 18901.1 - Verification of dependent care expense deductions
Section 18901.15 - Guidance on determination of excess shelter costs deduction
Section 18901.2 - State Utility assistance Subsidy (SUAS)
Section 18901.25 - [Operative until 7/1/2025] Safe Drinking Water Supplemental Benefit Pilot Program
Section 18901.26 - CalFresh Minimum Nutrition Benefit (MNB) Pilot Program
Section 18901.3 - Condition of eligibility of person convicted of drug offense
Section 18901.35 - All-county letter containing recommendations and suggested methods for county human services agencies to partner with Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county jails to enroll otherwise eligible applicants for the CalFresh program
Section 18901.4 - Transitional Food Stamps for Foster Youth demonstration project
Section 18901.5 - Program of categorical eligibility
Section 18901.55 - Children enrolled in School Lunch Program
Section 18901.56 - Measures to increase enrollment in CalFresh program
Section 18901.57 - Department to maximize participation in Summer EBT
Section 18901.6 - Transitional benefits to households terminating participation in CalWORKs program
Section 18901.7 - Household member rendered ineligible
Section 18901.8 - Simplified application form for nonassistance cases
Section 18901.9 - Resource value of motor vehicles
Section 18901.10 - Exemption from face-to-face interview requirements
Section 18901.11 - Educational program considered employment and training program
Section 18901.12 - CalFresh; educational programs
Section 18901.14 - Workgroup to establish application submission process where postsecondary educational institutions with 10,000 students or more are located
Section 18902 - Local administrative responsibilities
Section 18902.5 - Early fraud prevention and detection program
Section 18903 - Execution of necessary agreements
Section 18904 - Regulations, orders or standards
Section 18904.1 - Methods for issuance of benefits
Section 18904.2 - Outreach programs
Section 18904.25 - Homeless population
Section 18904.3 - Outreach contracts or activities
Section 18904.35 - Requesting matching funds for outreach activities
Section 18905 - Reduction of federal funding due to errors or improper or inadequate county administration
Section 18905.1 - Requirements for verification of eligibility
Section 18906 - County Administrative Cost Control Plan
Section 18906.5 - Payment of nonfederal costs of administering program
Section 18906.55 - Cap on county's share of nonfederal costs
Section 18906.6 - Distribution of amount of claims collected
Section 18906.7 - Nonfederal administrative cost of early fraud prevention and detection program
Section 18906.8 - Nonfederal administrative costs of followup activities in Income Eligibility and Verification System
Section 18907 - Discrimination in determining eligibility prohibited
Section 18908 - Reduction of other benefits as consequence of receipt of CalFresh benefits
Section 18909 - Disclosure of information regarding recipients
Section 18910 - Semiannual reporting
Section 18910.1 - CalFresh households assigned certification periods
Section 18910.2 - Workgroup to consider changes to reporting
Section 18911 - Processing applications and authorizations
Section 18912 - Assistance in filling out forms and applications
Section 18913 - Collection of data on number and disposition of applications
Section 18914 - Expedited assistance to households in immediate need of food assistance
Section 18914.5 - Expedited services
Section 18915 - Information in English, Spanish and non-English language prevalent in county
Section 18916 - Simultaneous operation of federally donated foods program under disaster Act of 1970
Section 18917 - Guidance on disaster plans
Section 18918 - Community outreach and education campaign
Section 18918.1 - Expansion of outreach and retention and improvement of dual enrollment between programs
Section 18919 - All county letter regarding Restaurant Meals Program
Section 18919.1 - CalFresh; food choices; hot and prepared foods
Section 18920 - Cooperative agreements
Section 18922 - Basic allowance for housing; income eligibility
Section 18923 - Retention of funds in restricted saving account accumulated while participating in Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program
Section 18924 - Utilization of existing information regarding low-income social security benefit recipients
Section 18925 - Simplified eligibility process to expedite Medi-Cal program and Healthy Families Program enrollment for CalFresh recipients
Section 18926 - Waiver of limitation on able-bodied adult without dependents participation
Section 18926.1 - Work requirements; verification of hours
Section 18926.2 - Homeless persons
Section 18926.5 - CalFresh Employment and Training program
Section 18926.6 - Veteran participation in CalFresh E&T program as volunteer
Section 18926.7 - Contracts with entities to provide services for CalFresh program
Section 18926.8 - CalFresh E&T Workers' Compensation Fund
Section 18927 - Reduction of benefits to recover overissuance caused by intentional program violation
Section 18927.1 - Claim to recover an overissuance of CalFresh benefits due to inadvertent household error
Section 18927.5 - Notification upon discovery of mass overissuance
Section 18928 - Improving access to CalFresh for low-income public postsecondary students
Section 18928.5 - Publication of data specific to students' receipt of CalFresh benefits
Section 18929 - Work requirement