California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 18901.35

WIC § 18901.35 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 9 · Part 6 · Ch. 10

Statute text

(a)(1) No later than September 1, 2022, the department shall issue an all-county letter containing recommendations and suggested methods for county human services agencies to partner with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county jails to enroll otherwise eligible applicants for the CalFresh program to ensure that an applicant’s benefits may begin as soon as possible upon reentry of the applicant into the community from the state prison or a county jail.

(2)The all-county letter shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(A)Information on the benefits of enrolling formerly incarcerated individuals into the CalFresh program.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 225, Sec. 1. (AB 3073) Effective January 1, 2021.