CalWORKs Case Rejection Criteria

Deprivation

Verification of deprivation is missing, expired, incorrect, or will expire in the month of transfer, and no action was taken.
An incorrect/unclear determination of the PWE was made on an unemployed parent case.
Unemployed parent deprivation was authorized, and either parent is on strike.
An absent parent was added, but the Primary Wage Earner Worksheet page was not completed to determine the PWE.
Work history was not entered in the Primary Wage Earner Worksheet page on the Unemployed Parent case.

A UAM is in the home, and a Statement of Cash Aid - Mother and Unrelated Adult Male (UAM) (CW 71) is not requested or on file.
The CW 71 indicates there is a contribution, and budget action was not taken.

An 18-year-old is included in the AU and will not graduate or complete high school/vocational/technical school by his/her 19th birthday and does not meet the disabled criteria for an exception.
A child age 16 or older has been deemed a chronic truant, but their needs have not been removed from the grant. Refer to the topic, School Attendance Requirement [40-105.5] in Chapter 23 of the CalWORKs Handbook.
A child is under six years of age and immunizations are NOT verified.

The Statement of Facts - Homeless Assistance (CW 42) form is on file and not processed (neither approved nor denied).

An adult who has already received 60 months of CalWORKs is still aided and does not qualify as an “extender.”
An adult received 60 months of CalWORKs, and the aid type was not changed.
The TOA record in CalSAWS/SCATL for prior and current months is not correct.