ICT Time Frames

The requesting county must request the ICT from the sending county within seven (7) working days of a client’s application for benefits. When the county receives an eICT request, they will initiate and send the case documentation along with the eICT within the time frames designated by each program.

If the program is...

Then the sending county must send the eICT
along with the case documentation within...

CalWORKs only,

7 business days

Medi-Cal only,

CalFresh only,

30-day Transfer Period

ICTs have a 30-day transfer period which begins with the date the eICT is sent by the sending county. The transfer period expires at the end of the month following the date the 30th day occurs in.

Example Example The sending county receives an eICT request from the receiving county on April 11th. The sending county has 7 days to send the ICT to the receiving county. The sending county sends the eICT along with case documents to the receiving county on April 15th. Due to the eICT batch process, the receiving county receives the eICT from the sending county on April 17th. The 30-day transfer period ends on May 14th and the end of the transfer period is May 31st. 

Processing Incoming ICTs

Benefits shall be transferred from the sending county to the receiving county with no redetermination/recertification of eligibility in the new county of residence. The new county of residence shall not require an interview, or request a new application, or any verification from recipients moving from one county to another in order to determine continuing eligibility and grant amount. These rules apply to CalWORKs and CalFresh incoming ICTs.

eICT Disposition

When the eligibility determination has been authorized by the receiving county, the sending county will be automatically alerted of the approval or denial of the eICT. Workers are required to communicate any deviation to extend or shorten the pick-up dates ensuring there is no break in assistance to the household, or overlapping benefits and that adequate notification can be provided to the client.

Related Topics

Inter-County Transfer (ICT) Overview

eICT Procedures

Overpayment Claims and Redeterminations