Exemptions - County Specific 60-Month Time Limit Extenders

An extender is given to a client when he/she has received 60-months of CalWORKs as a Nonexempt adult, but because of certain criteria is eligible to continue to receive CalWORKs. These individuals will include:

• Learning and/or developmentally disabled individuals who cannot access services,
• Persons pending an SSI determination who appear to have emotional and/or psychiatric barriers, and
• Individuals who did not receive WTW Employment Services.

The extender criteria will be applied on a case-by-case basis. The determination will be made by the AC Supervisor and approved by the SSPM based on information received from SWs, Health Care Providers and experts in the field of Learning Disabilities.

Exception: The AC Supervisor will not be reviewing extender eligibility for clients who did not receive WTW services. This will be done by the Program unit.

A client who qualifies for the county specific extender due to the non-receipt of WTW services must participate in CWES. Individuals in the other two categories are not required to participate in CWES.

Domestic Abuse Exemption

Domestic Abuse is an exemption that is also a TOA Extender. When an individual has been aided as an adult for 60 months, aid may continue for that adult when the individual is a victim of domestic abuse and it is determined by the CalWORKs SW/DV Advocate that domestic abuse issues preclude participation in self-sufficiency. The CalWORKs 60-month TOA/WTW participation requirements are waived and the individual is to be added following Beginning Date of Aid Rules. Refer to Extender. This determination must be made by the CalWORKs SW/DV Advocate.

When the Domestic Abuse exemption is applied to a current CalWORKs recipient, the exemption may be applied for prior months on a case-by-case basis, as per the SW/DV Advocate assessment, to have prior TOA months unticked.

Refer to CalWORKs Handbook, “CalWORKs 60-Month Lifetime Limit,” page 39-4 and “Domestic Abuse,” page 30-2 for additional information.