Homeless Street Count 2009
350 Volunteers are needed for the Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance "Street Count 2009", a community-wide effort to count the homeless living on the street.
Building Bridges to Better Futures
Prevention and Early Intervention Forum: Children and Youth in Stressed Families
This is three of nine Community Educational Forums scheduled to focus on different Prevention and Early Intervention Key Community Mental Health Needs and/or Priority Populations as defined by the California Department of Mental Health. Please join us!
EBT Restaurant Meals Program
The Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance (DHA) is implementing the EBT Restaurant Meals Program on May 1, 2006. With this new program, more than 4,000 elderly, disabled, or homeless people, who receive food stamp benefits in Sacramento County, will be able to purchase prepared hot meals in addition to making their grocery store purchases using their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card.
Medicare Part D (Federal Prescription Drug Benefit) is now available.
Beginning January 1, 2006, Medicare Part D, the new federal prescription drug benefit, will pay for prescription drugs for Medicare/Medi-Cal dual-eligible recipients and all other Part D-eligible recipients through private prescription drug plans. This change also applies to beneficiaries in Managed Care Plans.
CalWORKs Information Network (CalWIN)
The Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance introduced the new CalWORKs Information Network (CalWIN) client eligibility determination system to Sacramento County on Thursday, March 3, 2005.
CalWIN automates welfare eligibility for the CalWORKs, Food Stamps, Medi-Cal, Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, General Assistance, Refugee Assistance and Foster Care programs. It replaced a 30-year old system, allowing us to have uniform application of welfare rules and regulations by using modern technology. It is designed to streamline the processing and issuance of public assistance benefits.
