ACL/ACINs
All County Letters and All County Information Notices contain instructions to and information for county departments of social services. To access these policy directives and informational communications, go to the CDSS Letters and Notices page.
ACL's
ACL 01-42
Prohibition Against Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in the Administration of Federally-Assisted Programs and Activities
ACL 03-56
Requirements for Language Services
ACL 06-20 - Note: The “each contact” requirements are superseded by the revised language in ACL 08-65.
Interpretive Services
ACL 06-39
Discrimination Complaint Investigation
ACL 07-07
Final Rule on Civil Rights Data Collection
ACL 08-16
Be Vu Settlement Agreement and Survey of Languages Requiring Translation of Food Stamp Program and California Work Opportunity and Responsibilty to Kids (CalWORKS) Joint Forms
ACL 08-51
Social Worker Responsibility to Educate Foster Children on Foster Youth Personal Rights
ACL 08-65
Documentation of Interpretive Services
ACL 09-50
Access to Public Assistance Case Records
ACL 09-79
Annual Civil Rights Plans
ACL 17-56
PUB 470 to Replace PUB 13 for Distribution to Adult Protective Services Clients
ACL 18-03
Procedures for Age Discrimination Complaints
ACL 18-111
Guidance on Discrimination Complaint Summary Investigation Letters
ACL 19-45
Prohibition of Discrimination Against Qualified Individuals with Disabilities in County Welfare Department (CWD) Administered Programs, Services, and Activities Funded by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
ACL 21-78
Policy Guidance For Ensuring Equal And Meaningful Access For Individuals With Disabilities In CalFresh
ACL 21-128 NOTE: This letter has been superseded by ACL 24-68
Instructions on When to Offer and How to Complete and Document Form CR 6181 Regarding Interpretive Services and Confidentiality Agreement
ACL 23-98
Changes to Civil Rights Appeal Language
ACL 24-65
Policy Guidance for Ensuring Equal and Meaningful Access for Individuals with Disabilities in California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CALWORKS)
ACL 24-67
Policy Guidance for Ensuring Equal and Meaningful Access for Individuals with Disabilities in Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)/Entrant Cash Assistance (ECA), and Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP) Cash Aid
ACL 24-68
Instructions on When to Offer and How to Complete and Document Form CR 6181 Regarding Interpretation Services and Confidentiality Agreement
ACIN's
ACIN I-31-05
Publication 86, "EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, BUT EQUAL UNDER THE LAW"
ACIN I-09-06
Use of CDSS Translated Forms and Documentation of Services Provided to Non-English/Limited English-Speaking Applicants/Recipients and Disabled Applicants/Recipients
ACIN I-54-08
GEN 1365 Notice of Language Services
ACIN I-09-09
National Voter Registration Act of 1993
ACIN I-69-20
Reminders of Counties’ Civil Rights Obligations during States of Emergencies
ACIN I-76-20
Continued Provision of Timely Access to and Receipt of Benefits and Services to Clients During an Emergency of Disaster
ACIN I-39-24
Reminders of Civil Rights Obligations to Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing