Chapter 10-MCE and Resources

Question 1

Who are not eligible for MCE?

Answer 1

If a household has either an IPV intentional program violation, or
a Work sanctioned person they do not qualify for MCE and that means they must have their resources evaluated

Question 2

Why are household looked at to see if they are MCE qualify?

Answer 2

MCE qualified household did not have the resources counted for Cal fresh

Question 3

What do you focus on for an MCE household if they do not have an IPV or work sanctioned individual living in household?

Answer 3

You only focus on if the household is under the 200% federal poverty level (FPL)

Question 4

What is MCE’s intention?

Answer 4

MCE is intended to exempt resources for household to meet all other conditions for eligibility for Cal fresh

Question 5

What MCE factors are used to establish if resources will be considered to determine Cal fresh eligibility

Answer 5

They will need to receive the brochure
Would need to look at the Cal fresh household composition
And would need to look at household income to determine if they will be MCE

Question 6

What is the PUB275 brochure

Answer 6

It is a brochure that must be given to each household one time when applying for Cal fresh do we need to print it? No, it’s included in the packet.

Question 7

If a household includes an IPV or work sanctioned member, do they qualify for MCE?

Answer 7

No, if a member is in the household is who is either IPV or work sanctioned then they do not qualify for MCE

Question 8

If the household does not have an IPV or work sanctioned member in their household, what is the next thing we look at?

Answer 8

We look at the household gross income to see if it’s less than 200% FPL

Question 9

If the household is less than 200% FPL would they qualify for MCE?

Answer 9

Yes, they would so we would not look at the resources resources would be exempt

Question 10

What would summarize a household if it is MCE?

Answer 10

A household would be MCE
1-if they received the PUB275 brochure plus there was
2-no IPV and/or work sanction household member living in the home and
3-the income is less than 200% FPL.
If all three of these things occur, then the resources would be exempt

Question 11

Case comments; what do we do?

Answer 11

During case comments, we would make sure to mark that the household is MCE approved in CalWINS and the date that it is effective

Question 12

What is the minimum amount and MCE household with one or two members will receive

Answer 12

$23 MCE household are exempt from the gross and net income test

Question 13

What are resources?

Answer 13

Resources are liquid assets and non-liquid assets

Question 14

What are liquid resources?

Answer 14

Liquid assets are resources in the form of cash or can readily could be converted into cash.
Examples are
Cash
Money in checking or savings account
Trust deeds
stocks and bonds
Non-recurring lump sum payments

Question 15

What are non-liquid resources

Answer 15

Nonliquid, resources or real property are those resources which are not easily converted into cash
Examples are personal property
Buildings
Land
Recreational properties
Any other property unless specifically excluded

Question 16

What are non-recurring lump sum payments

Answer 16

To be considered a non-recurring lump sum payment, a payment must be money owed to the household for a period prior to the current month, or represents the return of payment or part of a payment that was in the past, made by the household and/or is a one time payment resulting from a government law policy
Three types of nonrecurring lump sum payment are
Retroactive payments
Return of resources
One time payment resulting from a government policy or law

Question 17

What are excluded resources?

Answer 17

Vehicles
excluding the home and surrounding property, which is not separated from the home by intervening
property owned by others,
household goods and personal effects or exempt resources.
These include one burial plot per household member
the cash value of one funeral agreement per household member provided that the agreement does not exceed exceed $1500 in equity value. Any amount above $1500 will be counted in the resource amount
the cash value of life insurance policies.

Question 18

When are resources evaluated?

Answer 18

Resources are evaluated when a household is not MCE or
Income exceeds 200% FPL, and include in an elderly or disabled household member
And passes the net income test of 100% FPL that makes him not MCE and must evaluate for resources

Question 19

What are non-MCE household resource limits for Cal fresh?

Answer 19

Household without an E/D household member would be $2750
Or
A household, which includes an ED household member would be $4250

Question 20

What are E/D households?

Answer 20

E/D household, or household, which contain at least one member who is age 60 or over or a federally disabled person