AB 2765: CalFresh and CalWORKs: childhood hunger and foster youth.

<p>The bill amends sections of California's welfare and institutions code to address childhood hunger and support foster youth. It specifies that able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) include parents or household members responsible for dependent children aged 14 years or older, in response to federal changes affecting SNAP benefits.</p> <p>It requires the state department of social services to seek a federal waiver to protect vulnerable foster youth from reduced assistance and exempts certain foster youth and former foster youth from SNAP time limits. The bill mandates that counties implement these waivers within three months of approval.</p> <p>The legislation also increases the maximum threshold for recurring special needs allowances under CalWORKS from $10 to $15 per eligible recipient, allowing this allowance to be provided as a food benefit instead. It authorizes additiona…