” Need Support Services? LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ANALYSIS OR INFORMATION, TRAINING & LITIGATION SUPPORT CONCERNING AFDC\/CalWORKS WtW\/GAIN\/WORKFARE CalFRESH\/FOOD STAMPS REFUGEES GA\/GR MEDI-CAL OUR STAFF STAFF EMAIL ADDRESS ADDRESS TELEPHONE Kevin Aslanian, Executive Director
[email protected] 1111 Howe Ave, Suite 150 Phone (916) 736-0616 Grace Galligher, Directing Attorney
[email protected] Sacramento, CA 95825 Fax (916) 736-2645 Kishwer Vikaas Barrica, Staff Attornet
[email protected] http:\/\/www.ccwro.org Kevin Cell (916) 712-0071 Daphnie Macklin,
[email protected] Region 1 Family Size Who Is Eligible for CalWORKS CHILD CARE? 1. Persons who are getting CalWORKs money and working or participating in any WtW activity and need child care for children 12 years of age unless the child is disabled. 2. Persons who used to get CalWORKs money in the past 2 years if their gross income is below 70% of the State median income (SMI) and need child care. 3. Persons who used to get CalWORKs money longer than 2 years ago if their gross income is below the 70% of the SMI, and they need child care, and if child care money is available. Nonexempt Max. Aid Payment (MAP) Minimum Basic Standard of Care (MBSAC) Exempt Max. Aid Payment (EMAP) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Region 2 Family Size MAP EMAP $355 577 714 852 968 1087 1195 1301 1407 1511 $392 645 799 949 1080 1214 1334 1454 1571 1689 $660 1082 1342 1592 1817 2044 2246 2444 2652 2878 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $336 549 680 810 922 1035 1136 1239 1340 1438 $374 607 762 904 1031 1157 1272 1385 1498 1610 $626 1029 1274 1514 1730 1944 2131 2327 2514 2738 Minimum Basic Standard of Care (MBSAC) Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. – CCWRO CalWORKs Property Limits $3,250 liquid resources for households with member(s) over 60 and $2,250 for all other households $9,500 for a motor vehicle TOTALLY EXEMPT if used for work, as a home, for fishing or was a gift. How to Count CalWORKs Earned Income 1. Subtract the Standard Deduction $225 from the Gross Income; 2. Divide the remainder by one half; 3. Subtract that number from the MAP or EMAP of the family size; 4. The difference will be the CalWORKs benefit amount. AFDC ( Also known as CalWORKs\/TANF) 2016-2017 CALWorks Average Grant Payments & Various Poverty Levels Region 1 Alameda Contra Costa Los Angeles Marin Monterey Napa Orange San Diego San Francisco San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Solano Sonoma Ventura Region 2 All other counties More than 10 Add $26 Assistance Unit (AU) Size 2017 Average Cal- WORKs Grant 2017 Federal Poverty Level 2017 Supple- mental Poverty Level % of Federal Poverty Level Percentage of Supplemantlal Poverty Level 1 $249 $1005 $1247 25% 20% 2 $403 $1353 $1742 30% 23% 3 $497 $1702 $2480 29% 20% 4 $591 $2050 $2889 29% 20% 5 $676 $2398 $3257 28% 21% 6 $755 $3095 $3658 24% 21% Assistance Unit Size 2017 Average Cal- WORKs Grant 2017 Federal Poverty Level 2017 Supple- mental Poverty Level % of Federal Poverty Level Percentage of Supplemantlal Poverty Level 1 0 $00 $1005 $1247 0% 0% 2 1 $276 $1353 $1742 20% 16% 3 2 $452 $1702 $2480 27% 18% 4 3 $600 $2050 $2889 29% 21% 5 4 $668 $2398 $3257 28% 21% 6 5 $760 $3095 $3658 25% 21% 52% of the CalWORKs total caseload CalWORKs Average Monthly Benefits Compared to the 100% FPL & SPL for CalWORKs Families with one (1) Excluded Person Due to a Variety of CalWORKs Penalties and Sanctions. More than 10 Add $26 Eff. 2-1-16 Actual AU Size AU Size Aided 48% of the CalWORKs total caseload CalWORKs Average Monthly Benefits Compared to the 100% FPL & SPL for CalWORKs Families. CalWORKs Income Reporting Threshhold (IRT) – 55% of the FPL plus the last income last used to determine CalWORKs Benefits Level. Region 1 ITR nonexempt $898 1380 1586 1846 2070 2296 2498 2704 2906 3102 Region 2 ITR exempt $936 1380 1654 1930 2162 2400 2616 2828 3040 3248 M e d i – C a l Family Size Maintenance of Need – Since 1989 1931(b) for families with children from 6-18 yrs\/ A&D-100% 1931(b) for families with children from 1-5 yrs-133% Medi-Cal MAGI-138% Transitional Medi-Cal-185% Pregnant Women & Infants Up to 1 yrs.-213% Healthy Families & Working Disabled Program-250% 1 2 2 adults 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $600 $750 $934 $934 $1,100 $1,259 $1,417 $1,550 $1,692 $1,825 $1,959 +$14 981 1,328 1,328 1,675 2,022 2,369 2,716 3,063 3,410 3,755 4,101 +347 981 1,328 1,328 1,675 2,021 2,368 2,715 3,061 3,408 3,755 4,101 +339 1,366 1,842 1,842 2,318 2,795 3,271 3,747 4,224 4,702 5,181 5,660 +479 1,815 2,456 2,456 3,098 3,739 4,380 5,022 5,663 6,304 6,946 7,587 +642 2,090 2,828 2,828 3,566 4,305 5,043 5,782 6,520 7,258 7,997 8,735 +739 2,453 3,319 3,319 4,186 5,053 5,919 6,786 7,653 8,519 9,386 10,253 +867 Each Add’l Person SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY = $1,070 MEDI-CAL PROPERTY LIMITS FOR 1931(B) Property Limits Family Size $3,000 3,000 3,000 3,150 3,300 3,450 3,600 3,750 3,900 4,050 4,100 1 2 2 adults 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LONG TERM CARE MEDICARE PREMIUMS A&D INCOME LIMITS A&D INCOME DISREGARDS 2015 FEDERAL BENEFIT RATE 2011 CSRA LIMIT SSI CAPI SSI CAPI SSI\/CAPI $952 $942 $1,661 $1,641 $1,651 $896 $886 $1,510 $1,490 $1,500 $800 $790 BLIND DISABLED DIS. MINOR 2011 CSTA Limit $119,220 Community Spouse Maintenance Need: $2,981 Individual $733 Couple $1,100 SSI Standard Allocation $361 Individual $1,211 Couple $1,638 Individual $230 Couple $310 MN\/QMB $35 SSI\/SSP $50 APPR. $6,840 PART A $407 PART B $104.90 for individual eligible for the hold harmless Any Income Deduction $20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 $1,276 1,726 2,177 2,628 3,078 3,529 4,430 4,881 $41 $981 1,328 1,675 2,021 2,368 2,715 3,061 3,408 $347 $194 357 511 649 771 925 1,022 1,169 $146 Gross Monthly Income Elig. Stan. IRT (130% ) Net Monthly Income Elig. Stan. (100% FPL) Maximum Benefits Level $504 (max) 1-3 persons-$155 4 persons-$168 5 persons-$197 6 persons-$226 Food Stamps ( Also known as SNAP and CalFresh) Elderly (over 60) and Disabled get 100% of Shelter Deduction plus SUA & Medical Costs Deductions over $35. There is no gross income test for elderly or disabled house- olds. CHILD CARE COSTS DEDUCTED HOMELESS HOUSING DEDUCTION SHELTER DEDUCTION STANDARD UTILITY DEDUCTION STANDARD DEDUCTION Gross Monthly Income Elig. Stan. (165% FPL) $1,619 2,191 2,763 3,335 3,907 4,479 5,051 5,623 $572 Household Size $1,962 2,655 3,349 4,042 4,735 5,429 6,122 6,815 $6950 Gross Monthly Income Elig. Stan. (200% FPL) LIMILTED UTILITY ALLOWANCE $385 (max) $143 $118 100% from the Gross Income IRT-Income Reporting Threshhold for CalFre semi-annual reporting Singles CouplesSSI & CAPI $952 $942 $1,661 $1,641 $1,651 $896 $886 $1,510 $1,490 $1,500 $800 $790 CalWORKs Family ANNUAL Involuntary Contributions to the California State General Fund The AFDC\/CalWORKs COLA History * Duke . George Deukmejian ** Arnold Schwarzenneger CalWORKs (AFDC) Grant Levels Effective July 1, 1988 – 29 years Ago Family Size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $326 $535 $663 $788 $899 $1,010 $1,109 $1,209 $1,306 $1,403 TANF Block Grant Allocation – $3.7 billion State Maintenance of Need – $3 billion Carry- Over – $.4 billion TOTAL FUNDING AVAILABE FOR CalWORKs – $7.3 Billion Total Funding Actually to be Used for the CalWORKs Program: $5.1 Billion CalWORKs Funding for FY 2017-2018 Year MAP 3 person MAP* COLA MBSAC** Governor 71-72 $235 0.9% $255 Reagan 72-73 $237 2.5% $255 Reagan 73-74 $243 7.8% $262 Reagan 75 $293 8.9% $282 Brown I 76 $319 6% $316 Brown I 76-77 $338 6.3 $343 Brown I 77-78 $356 0.0% $343 Brown I 78-79 $356 15.2% $361 Brown I 79-80 $410 15.4% $416 Brown I 80-81 $473 -2.1% $480 Brown I 81-82 $463 9.3% $470 Brown I 82-83 $506 0.0% $506 Brown I 83-84 $526 4% $526 Duke* 84-85 $555 5.5% $555 Duke 85-86 $587 5.8% $587 Duke 86-87 $617 5.1% $617 Duke 87-88 $633 3.6 $633 Duke 88-89 $663 4.7% $663 Duke 89-90 $694 4.6% $694 Duke 90-91 $694 0.0% $694 Duke Year MAP 3 person MAP COLA MBSAC Gover- nor 97-98 $538-565 0.0% $717-754 Wilson 98-99 $582-611 2.84% $737-775 Wilson 99-00 $596-626 2.36% $754-793 Wilson 00-01 $614-645 2.96% $776-816 Davis 01-02 $647-679 5.31% $817-859 Davis 02-03 $671-704 3.74% $848-891 Davis 03-04 $671-704 0.0% $871-916 Davis 04-05 $689-723 2.75% $871-916 Davis 05-06 $689-723 0.0% $906-953 A.S. ** 06-07 $689-723 0.0% $940–989 A.S 07-08 $689-723 0.0% $975-1,026 A.S 08-09 $689-723 0.0% $1,026-1,080 A.S. 09-10 $661-694 -4% & COLA Repealed $1,042-1,097 A.S. 10-11 $661-694 No COLA $1,058-1,114 Brown II 11-12 $608-638 – 8% $1,078-1,135 Brown II 12-13 $608-638 No COLA $1,110-1,169 Brown II 13-14 $608-638 No COLA $1,139-1,200 Brown II 14-15 $670-704 No COLA +5% $1,164-1,226 Brown II 15-16 $680-714 No COLA- +1.43% $1,194-1,257 Brown II 16-17 $680-714 No COLA $1,292-1,227 Brown II 17-18 $608-638 No COLA Brown II * MAP- Maximum Aid Payment ** MBSAC – Minimum Basic Standard of of Adequate Care No COLA Grant Reduction State Fis- cal Year CalWORKs Recipient Involuntary Contribution to the General Fund FY 98-99 $708,502,000 FY 99-00 $745,249,000 FY 00-01 $1,021,913,000 FY 01-02 $1,126,647,000 FY 02-03 $,1,088,940,000 FY 03-04 $1,163,238,000 FY 04-05 $1,087,321,000 FY 05-06 $1,299,448,000 FY 06-07 $1,184,134,000 FY 07-08 $1,745,291,000 FY 08-09 $1,268,997,000 FY 09-10 $1,262,291,000 FY 10-11 $1,262,046,000 FY 11-12 $1,234,159,000 FY 12-13 $1,896,060,000 FY 13-14 $1,586,755,000 FY 14-15 $1,528,424,000 FY 15-16 $1,489,480,000 FY 16-17 $2,093,622,000 FY 17-18 May Revise Budget $2,209,428,000 Source: Department of Social Servoices 91-92 $663 -5.8 $703 Wilson 93-94 $607 -2.7 $715 Wilson 94-95 $607 0.0% $723 Wilson 95-96 $538 0.0% $723 Wilson 96-97 $538 -8.9% $734 Wilson CalWORKs & CalFresh Facts January Undupliacted Participants (UP) UP Sanctioned % of UP Sanctioned UP Aid Stopped Due to a Job % of UP Aid Stopped Due to a Job UP Needing & NOT Getting Transportation % of UP Needing & NOT Getting Transportation 2000 190,502 33,571 18% 7,077 4% 144,747 76% 2001 181,473 28,410 16% 7,296 4% 110,137 61% 2002 184,134 35,891 19% 5,891 3% 109,605 60% 2003 149,723 44,847 30% 6,388 4% 75,033 50% 2004 121,807 46,030 38% 4,983 4% 69,238 57% 2005 110,504 42,046 37% 3,613 3% 58,381 53% 2006 104,170 38,504 32% 2,884 3% 54,600 52% 2007 111,022 35,107 27% 3,022 3% 55,918 50% 2008 120,685 32,461 25% 2,758 2% 56,353 47% 2009 138,240 34,315 25% 2,928 2% 64,966 47% 2010 141,806 35,273 25% 3,345 2% 77,900 55% 2011 138,960 33,834 24% 3,413 2% 69,598 50% 2012 119,810 33,148 28% 3,145 3% 59,013 49% 2013 116,010 36,124 31% 3,280 3% 55,421 48% 2014 117,845 41,225 38% 2,492 2% 53,088 45% 2015 119,396 43,609 33% 3,722 3% 53,349 45% 2016 111,930 40,537 36% 4,221 4% 56,555 49% 2017 Source: State Department of Social Services WtW 25 reports & State Budget Number of Jobs Welfare Recipients Create Annually and Monthly in California 2016-2017 SOURCE OF COST PER JOB – The $100,000 per job is based upon on estimate received from Chad Stone, Chief Economist working for Center on Budget Policy and Priorities in Washington D.C. There are other estimates that assert that a cost of an entry level job is about $60,000 per job. See: http:\/\/economistsview.typepad.com\/economistsview\/2008\/11\/how-much-does-i.html. Also see USDA, Economic Research Service, Economic Research Report Number 103, October 2010, The Food Assistance National Input-Output Multiplier (FANIOM) Model and Stimulus Effects of SNAP – Kenneth Hanson & CDSS Budget Documents of 2014-2015. Characteristic FACT Family Size 2.5 Children in the Family 2.0 Average Child Age 5.7 Average Age of Parent 34.1 Parents Completed Highschool of GED 39% Children under age of 1 12.8% Families with Childern under age of 6 58% Average Stay on CalWORKS Families with Single parents 29 months Average stay on CalWORKs Families with Two-Parents 25 months Families with a Car 25% Hispanic-All Cases 58% African-American 16% Asian 3.% White 20% 2015-2016 County Welfare Department Single Allocation and Millions Not Spent (in millions) CalWORKs Caseload Characteristics 2017-2018 Actual Dollars Redistibuted 1.79% Economic Multiplier Food Stamps, SNAP\/CalFresh Annual Benefits $8.1 billion $14 billion Dollar Cost for Creating Per Job $100,000.00 2016-2017 Jobs Created by CalFresh (CF) Recipients 140,289 Jobs CalWORKs\/TANF $3.1 billion $5.7 billion 2016-2017 Jobs Created by CalWORKs (CW) Recipients 56,589 Jobs TOTAL CW & CF dollars Issued $11.13 billion $19.7 billion Source: CDSS and County Welfare Department Reports Source: CDSS Monthly Jobs Created by CW & CF Recipients 16,406 Jobs 2016-2017 Jobs Created by CW & FS Recipients 196,877 Jobs Allocation $ Allocation $ Not Spent By Counties WtW- Employment Services $1,097 $243 CalWORKs Child Care $409 $121 CalFresh Administation Costs $632 $38 Substance Abuse $50 $14 Mental Health Care $76 $7 Welfare-toWork Facts Welfare-to-Work or Welfare-to-Sanction? Annual WtW Program Costs = $2.3 billion – Cost Per Job Obtained by a Participant = $47,000 Coming Soon – Los Angeles has not reported data for more than one year. ”