BILL NUMBER: AB 335 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member De Leon
FEBRUARY 13, 2007
An act to amend Section 11450 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to CalWORKs.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 335, as introduced, De Leon. CalWORKs: aid: homeless
assistance.
Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds
through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs)
program under which, through a combination of state and county funds
and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county
provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income
families. Existing law establishes maximum aid grant amounts to be
provided under the CalWORKs program, and provides, with certain
exceptions, that the aid grant amounts shall be adjusted annually to
reflect any increases or decreases in the cost of living.
Under existing law, after a family has used all available liquid
resources in excess of $100, the family shall be entitled to receive
an allowance for nonrecurring special needs, including homeless
assistance, under specified circumstances, including when
homelessness is a direct result of domestic violence by a spouse,
partner, or roommate. Existing law requires domestic violence under
these circumstances to be verified by a 3rd-party governmental or
private health and human services agency.
This bill would also permit the domestic violence to be verified
by a sworn statement made by the victim, as provided by specified
existing law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 11450 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as
amended by Section 31.1 of Chapter 75 of the Statutes of 2006, is
amended to read:
11450. (a) (1) Aid shall be paid for each needy family, which
shall include all eligible brothers and sisters of each eligible
applicant or recipient child and the parents of the children, but
shall not include unborn children, or recipients of aid under Chapter
3 (commencing with Section 12000), qualified for aid under this
chapter. In determining the amount of aid paid, and notwithstanding
the minimum basic standards of adequate care specified in Section
11452, the family's income, exclusive of any amounts considered
exempt as income or paid pursuant to subdivision (e) or Section
11453.1 shall be deducted from the sum specified in the following
table, as adjusted for cost-of-living increases pursuant to Section
11453 and paragraph (2). In no case shall the amount of aid paid for
each month exceed the sum specified in the following table, as
adjusted for cost-of-living increases pursuant to Section 11453 and
paragraph (2), plus any special needs, as specified in subdivisions
(c), (e), and (f):
Number
of
eligible
needy
persons
in Maximum
the same home aid
1.............................. $ 326
2.............................. 535
3.............................. 663
4.............................. 788
5.............................. 899
6.............................. 1,010
7.............................. 1,109
8.............................. 1,209
9.............................. 1,306
10 or more...................... 1,403
If, when, and during those times that the United States government
increases or decreases its contributions in assistance of needy
children in this state above or below the amount paid on July 1,
1972, the amounts specified in the above table shall be increased or
decreased by an amount equal to that increase or decrease by the
United States government, provided that no increase or decrease shall
be subject to subsequent adjustment pursuant to Section 11453.
(2) The sums specified in paragraph (1) shall not be adjusted for
cost of living for the 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95,
1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98 fiscal years, and through October 31,
1998, nor shall that amount be included in the base for calculating
any cost-of-living increases for any fiscal year thereafter.
Elimination of the cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to this
paragraph shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11453.05, and no
further reduction shall be made pursuant to that section.
(b) When the family does not include a needy child qualified for
aid under this chapter, aid shall be paid to a pregnant mother for
the month in which the birth is anticipated and for the three-month
period immediately prior to the month in which the birth is
anticipated in the amount which would otherwise be paid to one
person, as specified in subdivision (a), if the mother, and child if
born, would have qualified for aid under this chapter. Verification
of pregnancy shall be required as a condition of eligibility for aid
under this subdivision. Aid shall also be paid to a pregnant woman
with no other children in the amount which would otherwise be paid to
one person under subdivision (a) at any time after verification of
pregnancy if the pregnant woman is also eligible for the Cal-Learn
Program described in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 11331) and
if the mother and child, if born, would have qualified for aid under
this chapter.
(c) The amount of forty-seven dollars ($47) per month shall be
paid to pregnant mothers qualified for aid under subdivision (a) or
(b) to meet special needs resulting from pregnancy if the mother, and
child, if born, would have qualified for aid under this chapter.
County welfare departments shall refer all recipients of aid under
this subdivision to a local provider of the Women, Infants and
Children program. If that payment to pregnant mothers qualified for
aid under subdivision (a) is considered income under federal law in
the first five months of pregnancy, payments under this subdivision
shall not apply to persons eligible under subdivision (a), except for
the month in which birth is anticipated and for the three-month
period immediately prior to the month in which delivery is
anticipated, if the mother, and the child if born, would have
qualified for aid under this chapter.
(d) For children receiving AFDC-FC under this chapter, there shall
be paid, exclusive of any amount considered exempt as income, an
amount of aid each month which, when added to the child's income, is
equal to the rate specified in Section 11460, 11461, 11462, 11462.1,
or 11463. In addition, the child shall be eligible for special needs,
as specified in departmental regulations.
(e) In addition to the amounts payable under subdivision (a) and
Section 11453.1, a family shall be entitled to receive an allowance
for recurring special needs not common to a majority of recipients.
These recurring special needs shall include, but not be limited to,
special diets upon the recommendation of a physician for
circumstances other than pregnancy, and unusual costs of
transportation, laundry, housekeeping service, telephone, and
utilities. The recurring special needs allowance for each family per
month shall not exceed that amount resulting from multiplying the sum
of ten dollars ($10) by the number of recipients in the family who
are eligible for assistance.
(f) After a family has used all available liquid resources, both
exempt and nonexempt, in excess of one hundred dollars ($100), the
family shall also be entitled to receive an allowance for
nonrecurring special needs.
(1) An allowance for nonrecurring special needs shall be granted
for replacement of clothing and household equipment and for emergency
housing needs other than those needs addressed by paragraph (2).
These needs shall be caused by sudden and unusual circumstances
beyond the control of the needy family. The department shall
establish the allowance for each of the nonrecurring special need
items. The sum of all nonrecurring special needs provided by this
subdivision shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per event.
(2) Homeless assistance is available to a homeless family seeking
shelter when the family is eligible for aid under this chapter.
Homeless assistance for temporary shelter is also available to
homeless families which are apparently eligible for aid under this
chapter. Apparent eligibility exists when evidence presented by the
applicant or which is otherwise available to the county welfare
department and the information provided on the application documents
indicate that there would be eligibility for aid under this chapter
if the evidence and information were verified. However, an alien
applicant who does not provide verification of his or her eligible
alien status, or a woman with no eligible children who does not
provide medical verification of pregnancy, is not apparently eligible
for purposes of this section.
A family is considered homeless, for the purpose of this section,
when the family lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence; or the
family has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised
publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary
living accommodations; or the family is residing in a public or
private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular
sleeping accommodation for human beings. A family is also considered
homeless for the purpose of this section if the family has received a
notice to pay rent or quit. The family shall demonstrate that the
eviction is the result of a verified financial hardship as a result
of extraordinary circumstances beyond their control, and not other
lease or rental violations, and that the family is experiencing a
financial crisis that could result in homelessness if preventative
assistance is not provided.
(A) (i) A nonrecurring special need of sixty-five dollars ($65) a
day shall be available to families of up to four members for the
costs of temporary shelter, subject to the requirements of this
paragraph. The fifth and additional members of the family shall each
receive fifteen dollars ($15) per day, up to a daily maximum of one
hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). County welfare departments may
increase the daily amount available for temporary shelter as
necessary to secure the additional bedspace needed by the family.
(ii) This special need shall be granted or denied immediately upon
the family's application for homeless assistance, and benefits shall
be available for up to three working days. The county welfare
department shall verify the family's homelessness within the first
three working days and if the family meets the criteria of
questionable homelessness established by the department, the county
welfare department shall refer the family to its early fraud
prevention and detection unit, if the county has such a unit, for
assistance in the verification of homelessness within this period.
(iii) After homelessness has been verified, the three-day limit
shall be extended for a period of time which, when added to the
initial benefits provided, does not exceed a total of 16 calendar
days. This extension of benefits shall be done in increments of one
week and shall be based upon searching for permanent housing which
shall be documented on a housing search form; good cause; or other
circumstances defined by the department. Documentation of housing
search shall be required for the initial extension of benefits beyond
the three-day limit and on a weekly basis thereafter as long as the
family is receiving temporary shelter benefits. Good cause shall
include, but is not limited to, situations in which the county
welfare department has determined that the family, to the extent it
is capable, has made a good faith but unsuccessful effort to secure
permanent housing while receiving temporary shelter benefits.
(B) A nonrecurring special need for permanent housing assistance
is available to pay for last month's rent and security deposits when
these payments are reasonable conditions of securing a residence, or
to pay for up to two months of rent arrearages, when these payments
are a reasonable condition of preventing eviction.
The last month's rent or monthly arrearage portion of the payment
(1) (i) shall not exceed 80 percent of
the family's total monthly household income without the value of food
stamps or special needs for a family of that size and (2)
(ii) shall only be made to families that have
found permanent housing costing no more than 80 percent of the family'
s total monthly household income without the value of food stamps or
special needs for a family of that size.
However, if the county welfare department determines that a family
intends to reside with individuals who will be sharing housing
costs, the county welfare department shall, in appropriate
circumstances, set aside the condition specified in clause
(2) (ii) of the preceding paragraph.
(C) The nonrecurring special need for permanent housing assistance
is also available to cover the standard costs of deposits for
utilities which are necessary for the health and safety of the
family.
(D) A payment for or denial of permanent housing assistance shall
be issued no later than one working day from the time that a family
presents evidence of the availability of permanent housing. If an
applicant family provides evidence of the availability of permanent
housing before the county welfare department has established
eligibility for aid under this chapter, the county welfare department
shall complete the eligibility determination so that the denial of
or payment for permanent housing assistance is issued within one
working day from the submission of evidence of the availability of
permanent housing, unless the family has failed to provide all of the
verification necessary to establish eligibility for aid under this
chapter.
(E) (i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), eligibility
for the temporary shelter assistance and the permanent housing
assistance pursuant to this paragraph shall be limited to one period
of up to 16 consecutive calendar days of temporary assistance and one
payment of permanent assistance. Any family that includes a parent
or nonparent caretaker relative living in the home who has previously
received temporary or permanent homeless assistance at any time on
behalf of an eligible child shall not be eligible for further
homeless assistance. Any person who applies for homeless assistance
benefits shall be informed that the temporary shelter benefit of up
to 16 consecutive days is available only once in a lifetime, with
certain exceptions, and that a break in the consecutive use of the
benefit constitutes permanent exhaustion of the temporary benefit.
(ii) A family that becomes homeless as a direct and primary result
of a state or federally declared natural disaster shall be eligible
for temporary and permanent homeless assistance.
(iii) A family shall be eligible for temporary and permanent
homeless assistance when homelessness is a direct result of domestic
violence by a spouse, partner, or roommate; physical or mental
illness that is medically verified that shall not include a diagnosis
of alcoholism, drug addiction, or psychological stress; or, the
uninhabitability of the former residence caused by sudden and unusual
circumstances beyond the control of the family including natural
catastrophe, fire, or condemnation. These circumstances shall be
verified by a third-party governmental or private health and human
services agency and homeless ,
except that domestic violence may also be verified by a sworn
statement by the victim, as provided under Section 11495.25. Homeless
assistance payments based on these specific circumstances may
not be received more often than once in any 12-month period. A county
may require that a recipient of homeless assistance benefits who
qualifies under this paragraph for a second time in a 24-month period
participate in a homelessness avoidance case plan as a condition of
eligibility for homeless assistance benefits.
(iv) The county welfare department shall report to the department
through a statewide homeless assistance payment indicator system,
necessary data, as requested by the department, regarding all
recipients of aid under this paragraph.
(F) The county welfare departments, and all other entities
participating in the costs of the AFDC program, have the right in
their share to any refunds resulting from payment of the permanent
housing. However, if an emergency requires the family to move within
the 12-month period specified in subparagraph (E), the family shall
be allowed to use any refunds received from its deposits to meet the
costs of moving to another residence.
(G) Payments to providers for temporary shelter and permanent
housing and utilities shall be made on behalf of families requesting
these payments.
(H) The daily amount for the temporary shelter special need for
homeless assistance may be increased if authorized by the current
year's Budget Act by specifying a different daily allowance and
appropriating the funds therefor.
(I) No payment shall be made pursuant to this paragraph unless the
provider of housing is a commercial establishment, shelter, or
person in the business of renting properties who has a history of
renting properties.
(g) The department shall establish rules and regulations assuring
the uniform application statewide of this subdivision.
(h) The department shall notify all applicants and recipients of
aid through the standardized application form that these benefits are
available and shall provide an opportunity for recipients to apply
for the funds quickly and efficiently.
(i) Except for the purposes of Section 15200, the amounts payable
to recipients pursuant to Section 11453.1 shall not constitute part
of the payment schedule set forth in subdivision (a).
The amounts payable to recipients pursuant to Section 11453.1
shall not constitute income to recipients of aid under this section.
(j) For children receiving Kin-GAP pursuant to Article 4.5
(commencing with Section 11360) of Chapter 2, there shall be paid,
exclusive of any amount considered exempt as income, an amount of aid
each month, which, when added to the child's income, is equal to the
rate specified in Section 11364.
SEC. 2. Section 11450 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as
amended by Section 31.2 of Chapter 75 of the Statutes of 2006, is
amended to read:
11450. (a) (1) Aid shall be paid for each needy family, which
shall include all eligible brothers and sisters of each eligible
applicant or recipient child and the parents of the children, but
shall not include unborn children, or recipients of aid under Chapter
3 (commencing with Section 12000), qualified for aid under this
chapter. In determining the amount of aid paid, and notwithstanding
the minimum basic standards of adequate care specified in Section
11452, the family's income, exclusive of any amounts considered
exempt as income or paid pursuant to subdivision (e) or Section
11453.1, averaged for the prospective quarter pursuant to Sections
11265.2 and 11265.3, and then calculated pursuant to Section 11451.5,
shall be deducted from the sum specified in the following table, as
adjusted for cost-of-living increases pursuant to Section 11453 and
paragraph (2). In no case shall the amount of aid paid for each month
exceed the sum specified in the following table, as adjusted for
cost-of-living increases pursuant to Section 11453 and paragraph (2),
plus any special needs, as specified in subdivisions (c), (e), and
(f):
Number
of
eligible
needy
persons
in Maximum
the same home aid
1.............................. $ 326
2.............................. 535
3.............................. 663
4.............................. 788
5.............................. 899
6.............................. 1,010
7.............................. 1,109
8.............................. 1,209
9.............................. 1,306
10 or more...................... 1,403
If, when, and during those times that the United States government
increases or decreases its contributions in assistance of needy
children in this state above or below the amount paid on July 1,
1972, the amounts specified in the above table shall be increased or
decreased by an amount equal to that increase or decrease by the
United States government, provided that no increase or decrease shall
be subject to subsequent adjustment pursuant to Section 11453.
(2) The sums specified in paragraph (1) shall not be adjusted for
cost of living for the 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95,
1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98 fiscal years, and through October 31,
1998, nor shall that amount be included in the base for calculating
any cost-of-living increases for any fiscal year thereafter.
Elimination of the cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to this
paragraph shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11453.05, and no
further reduction shall be made pursuant to that section.
(b) When the family does not include a needy child qualified for
aid under this chapter, aid shall be paid to a pregnant mother for
the month in which the birth is anticipated and for the three-month
period immediately prior to the month in which the birth is
anticipated in the amount that would otherwise be paid to one person,
as specified in subdivision (a), if the mother, and child, if born,
would have qualified for aid under this chapter. Verification of
pregnancy shall be required as a condition of eligibility for aid
under this subdivision. Aid shall also be paid to a pregnant woman
with no other children in the amount which would otherwise be paid to
one person under subdivision (a) at any time after verification of
pregnancy if the pregnant woman is also eligible for the Cal-Learn
Program described in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 11331) and
if the mother, and child, if born, would have qualified for aid under
this chapter.
(c) The amount of forty-seven dollars ($47) per month shall be
paid to pregnant mothers qualified for aid under subdivision (a) or
(b) to meet special needs resulting from pregnancy if the mother, and
child, if born, would have qualified for aid under this chapter.
County welfare departments shall refer all recipients of aid under
this subdivision to a local provider of the Women, Infants and
Children program. If that payment to pregnant mothers qualified for
aid under subdivision (a) is considered income under federal law in
the first five months of pregnancy, payments under this subdivision
shall not apply to persons eligible under subdivision (a), except for
the month in which birth is anticipated and for the three-month
period immediately prior to the month in which delivery is
anticipated, if the mother, and the child, if born, would have
qualified for aid under this chapter.
(d) For children receiving AFDC-FC under this chapter, there shall
be paid, exclusive of any amount considered exempt as income, an
amount of aid each month which, when added to the child's income, is
equal to the rate specified in Section 11460, 11461, 11462, 11462.1,
or 11463. In addition, the child shall be eligible for special needs,
as specified in departmental regulations.
(e) In addition to the amounts payable under subdivision (a) and
Section 11453.1, a family shall be entitled to receive an allowance
for recurring special needs not common to a majority of recipients.
These recurring special needs shall include, but not be limited to,
special diets upon the recommendation of a physician for
circumstances other than pregnancy, and unusual costs of
transportation, laundry, housekeeping service, telephone, and
utilities. The recurring special needs allowance for each family per
month shall not exceed that amount resulting from multiplying the sum
of ten dollars ($10) by the number of recipients in the family who
are eligible for assistance.
(f) After a family has used all available liquid resources, both
exempt and nonexempt, in excess of one hundred dollars ($100), the
family shall also be entitled to receive an allowance for
nonrecurring special needs.
(1) An allowance for nonrecurring special needs shall be granted
for replacement of clothing and household equipment and for emergency
housing needs other than those needs addressed by paragraph (2).
These needs shall be caused by sudden and unusual circumstances
beyond the control of the needy family. The department shall
establish the allowance for each of the nonrecurring special need
items. The sum of all nonrecurring special needs provided by this
subdivision shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per event.
(2) Homeless assistance is available to a homeless family seeking
shelter when the family is eligible for aid under this chapter.
Homeless assistance for temporary shelter is also available to
homeless families which are apparently eligible for aid under this
chapter. Apparent eligibility exists when evidence presented by the
applicant or which is otherwise available to the county welfare
department and the information provided on the application documents
indicate that there would be eligibility for aid under this chapter
if the evidence and information were verified. However, an alien
applicant who does not provide verification of his or her eligible
alien status, or a woman with no eligible children who does not
provide medical verification of pregnancy, is not apparently eligible
for purposes of this section.
A family is considered homeless, for the purpose of this section,
when the family lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence; or the
family has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised
publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary
living accommodations; or the family is residing in a public or
private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular
sleeping accommodation for human beings. A family is also considered
homeless for the purpose of this section if the family has received a
notice to pay rent or quit. The family shall demonstrate that the
eviction is the result of a verified financial hardship as a result
of extraordinary circumstances beyond their control, and not other
lease or rental violations, and that the family is experiencing a
financial crisis that could result in homelessness if preventative
assistance is not provided.
(A) (i) A nonrecurring special need of sixty-five dollars ($65) a
day shall be available to families of up to four members for the
costs of temporary shelter, subject to the requirements of this
paragraph. The fifth and additional members of the family shall each
receive fifteen dollars ($15) per day, up to a daily maximum of one
hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). County welfare departments may
increase the daily amount available for temporary shelter as
necessary to secure the additional bedspace needed by the family.
(ii) This special need shall be granted or denied immediately upon
the family's application for homeless assistance, and benefits shall
be available for up to three working days. The county welfare
department shall verify the family's homelessness within the first
three working days and if the family meets the criteria of
questionable homelessness established by the department, the county
welfare department shall refer the family to its early fraud
prevention and detection unit, if the county has such a unit, for
assistance in the verification of homelessness within this period.
(iii) After homelessness has been verified, the three-day limit
shall be extended for a period of time which, when added to the
initial benefits provided, does not exceed a total of 16 calendar
days. This extension of benefits shall be done in increments of one
week and shall be based upon searching for permanent housing which
shall be documented on a housing search form; good cause; or other
circumstances defined by the department. Documentation of housing
search shall be required for the initial extension of benefits beyond
the three-day limit and on a weekly basis thereafter as long as the
family is receiving temporary shelter benefits. Good cause shall
include, but is not limited to, situations in which the county
welfare department has determined that the family, to the
extent it is capable, has made a good
faith but unsuccessful effort to secure permanent housing while
receiving temporary shelter benefits.
(B) A nonrecurring special need for permanent housing assistance
is available to pay for last month's rent and security deposits when
these payments are reasonable conditions of securing a residence, or
to pay for up to two months of rent arrearages, when these payments
are a reasonable condition of preventing eviction.
The last month's rent or monthly arrearage portion of the payment
(1) (ii) shall not exceed 80 percent of
the family's total monthly household income without the value of
food stamps or special needs for a family of that size and
(2) (ii) shall only be made to families that
have found permanent housing costing no more than 80 percent of the
family's total monthly household income without the value of food
stamps or special needs for a family of that size.
However, if the county welfare department determines that a family
intends to reside with individuals who will be sharing housing
costs, the county welfare department shall, in appropriate
circumstances, set aside the condition specified in clause
(2) (ii) of the preceding paragraph.
(C) The nonrecurring special need for permanent housing assistance
is also available to cover the standard costs of deposits for
utilities which are necessary for the health and safety of the
family.
(D) A payment for or denial of permanent housing assistance shall
be issued no later than one working day from the time that a family
presents evidence of the availability of permanent housing. If an
applicant family provides evidence of the availability of permanent
housing before the county welfare department has established
eligibility for aid under this chapter, the county welfare department
shall complete the eligibility determination so that the denial of
or payment for permanent housing assistance is issued within one
working day from the submission of evidence of the availability of
permanent housing, unless the family has failed to provide all of the
verification necessary to establish eligibility for aid under this
chapter.
(E) (i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), eligibility
for the temporary shelter assistance and the permanent housing
assistance pursuant to this paragraph shall be limited to one period
of up to 16 consecutive calendar days of temporary assistance and one
payment of permanent assistance. Any family that includes a parent
or nonparent caretaker relative living in the home who has previously
received temporary or permanent homeless assistance at any time on
behalf of an eligible child shall not be eligible for further
homeless assistance. Any person who applies for homeless assistance
benefits shall be informed that the temporary shelter benefit of up
to 16 consecutive days is available only once in a lifetime, with
certain exceptions, and that a break in the consecutive use of the
benefit constitutes permanent exhaustion of the temporary benefit.
(ii) A family that becomes homeless as a direct and primary result
of a state or federally declared natural disaster shall be eligible
for temporary and permanent homeless assistance.
(iii) A family shall be eligible for temporary and permanent
homeless assistance when homelessness is a direct result of domestic
violence by a spouse, partner, or roommate; physical or mental
illness that is medically verified that shall not include a diagnosis
of alcoholism, drug addiction, or psychological stress; or, the
uninhabitability of the former residence caused by sudden and unusual
circumstances beyond the control of the family including natural
catastrophe, fire, or condemnation. These circumstances shall be
verified by a third-party governmental or private health and human
services agency and homeless , except that
domestic violence may also be verified by a sworn statement by the
victim, as provided under Section 11495.25. Homeless assistance
payments based on these specific circumstances may not be received
more often than once in any 12-month period. A county may require
that a recipient of homeless assistance benefits who qualifies under
this paragraph for a second time in a 24-month period participate in
a homelessness avoidance case plan as a condition of eligibility for
homeless assistance benefits.
(iv) The county welfare department shall report to the department
through a statewide homeless assistance payment indicator system,
necessary data, as requested by the department, regarding all
recipients of aid under this paragraph.
(F) The county welfare departments, and all other entities
participating in the costs of the AFDC program, have the right in
their share to any refunds resulting from payment of the permanent
housing. However, if an emergency requires the family to move within
the 12-month period specified in subparagraph (E), the family shall
be allowed to use any refunds received from its deposits to meet the
costs of moving to another residence.
(G) Payments to providers for temporary shelter and permanent
housing and utilities shall be made on behalf of families requesting
these payments.
(H) The daily amount for the temporary shelter special need for
homeless assistance may be increased if authorized by the current
year's Budget Act by specifying a different daily allowance and
appropriating the funds therefor.
(I) No payment shall be made pursuant to this paragraph unless the
provider of housing is a commercial establishment, shelter, or
person in the business of renting properties who has a history of
renting properties.
(g) The department shall establish rules and regulations assuring
the uniform application statewide of this subdivision.
(h) The department shall notify all applicants and recipients of
aid through the standardized application form that these benefits are
available and shall provide an opportunity for recipients to apply
for the funds quickly and efficiently.
(i) Except for the purposes of Section 15200, the amounts payable
to recipients pursuant to Section 11453.1 shall not constitute part
of the payment schedule set forth in subdivision (a).
The amounts payable to recipients pursuant to Section 11453.1
shall not constitute income to recipients of aid under this section.
(j) For children receiving Kin-GAP pursuant to Article 4.5
(commencing with Section 11360) of Chapter 2, there shall be paid,
exclusive of any amount considered exempt as income, an amount of aid
each month, which, when added to the child's income, is equal to the
rate specified in Section 11364.