Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

(a) Utilizing no more than ten million five hundred thousand dollars ($10,500,000) of the combined one-time funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2021 and the Budget Act of 2022 for the purposes of the CalWORKs Housing Support Program (Article 3.3 (commencing with Section 11330…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the procedure described in this section is sufficient to meet any applicable due process requirements for the programs described in this section. Furthermore, for the purposes of those programs, it is the intent of the Legislature to pr…

A public agency shall, in implementing programs affected by the act adding this section to the Welfare and Institutions Code, perform program functions exclusively through the use of merit civil service employees of the public agency, except to the extent permitted by provisions …

Aid, services, or both shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter, and subject to the regulations of the department, to families with related children under the age of 18 years, except as provided in Section 11253, in need thereof because they have been deprived of par…

Aid under this chapter shall not be payable to an assistance unit if a caretaker relative is, on the last day of the month, participating in a strike, unless the strike is necessitated by an imminent health and safety hazard or abnormally dangerous working conditions at the place…

Except where inconsistent with federal laws, the income of any person under a contract of employment on an annual basis but who works and receives income from such contract in fewer than 12 months, but more than eight months, shall be prorated over the period of the contract for …

Except where inconsistent with federal law, the salary of a full-time certificated employee of a school district shall be prorated over a 12-month period for the purposes of determining eligibility for aid under this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1982, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 3, Sec. 15…

If an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits pursuant to this chapter receives one or more educational loans or grants, for purposes of determining availability of income, that person’s educational expenses shall not be applied to any educational loans or grants which, under fe…

If an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits pursuant to this chapter is a veteran, the dependent of a veteran, or the spouse of a veteran who either died in the line of duty or has a service-connected disability, benefits received for education, training, vocation, or rehabili…

(a) Subject to the limitations of subdivision (b), pursuant to Section 115(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 104-193 (21 U.S.C. Sec. 862a(d)(1)(A)), California opts out of the provisions of Section 115(a)(1) of Public Law 104-193 (21 U.S.C. Sec. 862a(a)(1)). An individual convicted as an ad…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), aid shall not be granted under this chapter to or on behalf of any child who has attained 18 years of age unless all of the following apply: (1) The child is less than 19 years of age and is attending high school or the equivalent level …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an application for aid filed on behalf of a child to whom Section 309, 361.45, or 16519.5 applies shall be processed pursuant to an expedited process as determined by the department in consultation with the counties. (b) Subdivision (a) does not…

(a) On and after the effective dates of the age extensions provided in subdivision (k) of Section 11403, a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, who was receiving CalWORKs aid and was placed in the approved home of a relative under the supervision of…

(a) (1) On and after January 1, 2015, a child eligible for the Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program in accordance with Section 11461.3 is not subject to the provisions of this chapter relating to CalWORKs, including, but not limited to, the provisions that relate to CalWOR…

(a) All children in an assistance unit for whom school attendance is compulsory, except individuals who are eligible for the Cal-Learn Program under Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 11331), for any period during which that article is operative, and children subject to a count…

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), in the case of any individual who is under the age of 18 years and has never married, and who is pregnant or has a dependent child in his or her care: (1) The individual may receive aid under this chapter for the individual and the child, if otherw…

For the purposes of this chapter only, the ownership of stock in a water company not appurtenant to the land shall be considered real property to the extent of and in the amount necessary to obtain water for agricultural purposes. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

(a) (1) (A) To the extent not inconsistent with Sections 11265.1, 11265.2, 11265.3, and 11004.1, aid under this chapter shall not be granted or paid for any child who has real or personal property, the combined market value reduced by any obligations or debts with respect to this…

Notwithstanding the property limitations in subdivision (a) of Section 11257, a family may retain, for nine months, real property if the family is making a good faith effort to sell the real property. However, any aid payable to the family for the nine-month period shall be condi…

For the purposes of this chapter, “personal property” shall not include the value of property belonging to an absent parent and not available to the family. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

A child’s share of any estate, which share has not been distributed and of which he has no present economic use, does not constitute property for the purpose of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

The department shall include questions that enable a recipient to disclose a disability, the need for accommodation due to disability, and any experience of domestic violence, in any amendment or revision adopted on or after January 1, 2019, to the semiannual report form describe…

Except as provided in Sections 11253 and 11455, no person over the age of 18 years is a needy child within the meaning of this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 579.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a child living with his or her parent, where the parent is a minor or a nonminor dependent, as described in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, and who also is a recipient of foster care pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Sec…

No child maintained in an institution, for whom a bona fide offer of a proper home has been made, is eligible for further aid; but no institution shall be required to surrender a child to any person of religious faith different from that of the child or the parents of the child. …

(a) The county shall redetermine eligibility annually. The county shall at the time of the redetermination, and may at other intervals as may be deemed necessary, require the family to complete a certificate of eligibility containing a written declaration of the information that …

(a) Counties shall redetermine recipient eligibility and grant amounts on a semiannual basis in a prospective manner, using reasonably anticipated income consistent with Section 5 of the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 2014(f)(3)(A)) and any subsequent amend…

(a) The department shall work with the County Welfare Directors Association of California, representatives of county eligibility workers, the Statewide Automated Welfare System, and client advocates to develop and implement the necessary system changes to prepopulate the semiannu…

(a) The grant amount a recipient shall be entitled to receive for each month of the semiannual reporting period shall be prospectively determined as provided by this section. If a recipient reports that they do not anticipate any changes in income during the upcoming semiannual p…

(a) In addition to submitting the semiannual report form as required in Section 11265.1, the department shall establish an income reporting threshold for recipients of CalWORKs. (b) The CalWORKs income reporting threshold shall be the lesser of the following: (1) Fifty-five perce…

(a) If a recipient submits a complete report form within the month following the discontinuance for nonsubmission of a semiannual report form required pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11265.1, the county shall restore benefits to the household, without requiring a new appli…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 11265.1, 11265.2, and 11265.3, a CalWORKs assistance unit that does not include an eligible adult shall not be subject to periodic reporting requirements other than the annual redetermination required in Section 11265. This subdivision shall not apply…

(a) For an assistance unit described in subdivision (a) of Section 11265.45, the grant amount a recipient shall be entitled to receive for each month of the year shall be prospectively determined as provided by this section. If a recipient reports that he or she does not anticipa…

(a) The department shall establish an income reporting threshold for CalWORKs assistance units described in subdivision (a) of Section 11265.45. (b) The income reporting threshold described in subdivision (a) shall be the lesser of the following: (1) Fifty-five percent of the mon…

(a) To the extent permitted by federal law, regulations, waivers, and directives, the department shall implement Sections 11265.45, 11265.46, and 11265.47 in a cost-effective manner that promotes compatibility between the CalWORKs program and CalFresh, and minimizes the potential…

(a) The department may conduct up to five demonstrations of alternatives to the current monthly reporting system, CalFresh recertification, and AFDC redeterminations. These demonstrations shall be designed to reduce paperwork, achieve administrative savings, and maintain or enhan…

(a) The department may conduct a demonstration in up to three counties of alternatives to the current monthly reporting system, CalFresh recertification, and AFDC redeterminations for recipients of alternative assistance. This demonstration shall be designed to reduce paperwork, …

(a) All applicants for aid under this chapter, within 30 days of the determination of eligibility for Medi-Cal benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000), and 45 days for applicants already eligible for benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000), and a…

Whenever aid to an individual or family is discontinued under this chapter for any reason other than fraud, the department shall include, in the notice of termination of aid, a brief summary of the requirements for transitional Medi-Cal benefits provided for pursuant to Sections …

(a) At the time of application, the county shall determine whether the applicant needs immediate assistance because the applicant does not have sufficient resources to meet their emergency needs, and shall determine whether the applicant is apparently eligible for aid under this …

(a) Every applicant for aid under this chapter shall be informed of the availability of lump-sum diversion services to resolve the circumstances that require the family to apply for assistance prior to the family’s approval for aid. (b) When an applicant is determined to be eligi…

(a) Each applicant for or recipient of aid shall be required as a condition of eligibility, to furnish the applicant’s social security account number (or numbers, if the applicant has more than one social security account number) or submit verification of application for a social…

A child who is a patient in a public or private hospital for medical or surgical care shall be considered temporarily absent from the home for the duration of the hospital stay. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 293, Sec. 2. (AB 419) Effective January 1, 2014.)

Applicants for and recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children who are not exempt from registration under Section 11310 and who are apparently eligible for unemployment insurance shall, as a condition of eligibility, apply for, meet all the conditions of eligibility for…

Money in the 1988 County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure and Youth Facility Bond Fund created pursuant to Section 4496.10 of the Penal Code shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be available, for allocation, upon the request of the Director of the Department of …

(a) The department shall, upon appropriation pursuant to Section 2010, make awards to public or private nonprofit agencies or joint ventures, or both, for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, constructing, and purchasing equipment for youth centers or youth shelters. This chapte…