LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Molina Asks Delay in Notice of Planned Welfare Changes
Supervisor Gloria Molina on Tuesday asked the county Department of Public Social Services to delay sending notices to welfare recipients about proposed changes in family grant programs.
State officials had asked the department to send out a notice to welfare recipients notifying them that the Legislature has passed a bill making them ineligible for increased payments if they have additional children while on welfare.
Molina agreed that welfare recipients should be notified of the state’s plans to cut aid for additional children but noted that the federal government has not yet approved the changes in state law.
Although the notice includes a sentence explaining that the federal government must approve the change, Molina said the layout of the notice suggests that the change is in place now.
She asked department Director Eddy Tanaka to ask state officials if the county is required to send out the notice. In addition, she wants to know if the county can change the layout of the notice to make it clearer that federal approval of the state changes has not yet been received.
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