CalFresh Boot Camp

This comprehensive, three-day program provides eligibility workers with critical knowledge and skills necessary to administer the CalFresh program. The series addresses overarching eligibility concepts, as well as practical skills necessary for taking appropriate actions in both new and continuing CalFresh cases. Learners will have the opportunity to apply the concepts taught in this workshop during discussions of realistic case examples.

By the end of this training, eligibility caseworkers will have gained greater confidence in their ability to administer the CalFresh program for applicants and recipients. They will have increased knowledge of both financial and non-financial eligibility requirements, as well as a clearer understanding of prospective budgeting concepts. They will be better prepared to correctly process CalFresh applications, redeterminations, SAR 7 reports, and correctly determine when a mid-period action is appropriate.

Day 1 Topics

  • Background and purpose of SNAP
  • Household Composition
    • Mandatory, excluded and non-household members
    • Elderly and disabled separate household
    • Student eligibility
  • Non-financial eligibility and verification
  • Non-citizen categories and eligibility
  • CF work rules & ABAWD
  • WINS benefits
  • Modified Categorical Eligibility (MCE)
  • Resources

Day 2 Topics

  • CalFresh budgeting
  • Income
    • Deductions
    • Gross & net tests
    • Standards of Assistance chart
  • Income types and verification
  • Prospective budgeting
  • Reasonably anticipated income (RAI)
  • Intake Applications
  • Expedited Services (ES)
  • Authorized Representative (AR)
  • Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS)
  • Overview of SAR Reporting Rules
  • Elderly Simplified Application Process (ESAP)

Day 3 Topics

  • Processing a SAR 7
  • Mid-period rules & actions
  • Verified Upon Receipt (VUR)
  • Processing a Recertification
  • CalFresh Expansion, SNB & TNB
  • Transitional CalFresh (TCF)
  • Sponsor income deeming
  • Over-issuances & supplement
Academic Units
0
Section Number
243CTS911
Instruction Method
Online class

Section Notes

Fee Details: The program enrollment fee is 0.18 training unit per person for those utilizing their county contract. If not using a county contract, the fee is $765.00 per person. The fee for this 3-day program includes materials.

Training Format: This program will be offered online using Zoom. Login information will be provided after your enrollment is processed. Soft-copy materials will be provided.

Enrollment Policies

Enrollment closes on 1/20/25. Those paying by check or with credit card, please have payment to us no later than the start of class to avoid being dropped.

Please notify us at least 10 calendar days prior to the training start date to drop a class and cancel the billing, or request a refund of fees paid, less a $30 processing fee (no exceptions). If you have questions, please contact us at (530) 757-8538 or at human@ucde.ucdavis.edu.

Substitutions can be done with a 48-hour minimum notice prior to the training start date. A 48-hour notice is needed to get all updated information processed.