Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

(a) If, in the course of appraisal pursuant to Section 11325.2 or at any point during an individual’s participation in welfare-to-work activities, it is determined that a recipient meets the criteria described in subdivision (b), the recipient is eligible to participate in family…

(a) A participant with a suspected learning or medical problem, as indicated by information received during appraisal or assessment or by lack of satisfactory progress in an assigned program component, shall be referred to an evaluation to determine whether the individual is unab…

(a) After a recipient has received services described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.1 for which the county deemed the recipient eligible, other than job club or job search activities, if it is determined that the recipient has not received his or her high s…

(a) An assessment shall be available upon completion of orientation and appraisal pursuant to Section 11320.1. An assessment evaluates the participants’ strengths and skills to assist them in choosing the activities they wish to include in their welfare-to-work plan. At the parti…

(a) If, pursuant to the appraisal conducted pursuant to Section 11325.2 or assessment conducted pursuant to Section 11325.4, there is a concern that a mental disability exists that will impair the ability of a recipient to obtain employment, he or she shall be referred to the cou…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to create a funding stream and program that assists certain recipients of aid under this chapter to receive necessary mental health services, including case management and treatment, thereby enabling them to make th…

(a) The county plan required by Section 10531 shall include a plan for the provision of substance abuse treatment services. The plan shall describe how the county human services agency and the county alcohol and drug program will collaborate to ensure an effective system is avail…

(a) The department shall develop three-year pilot projects in Alameda County, San Bernardino County, and Ventura County, at the option of each county, to create an integrated and coordinated case management system for delivery of services to CalWORKs families who face multiple ba…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of Section 10850, a team engaged in any activity permitted pursuant to Section 11325.93 shall be deemed to be engaged in the administration of public social services. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 919, Sec. 3. Effective Januar…

(a) Team members may disclose to one another information about, and view records on, members of an assistance unit to the extent permitted by this section, for CalWORKs clients in the targeted population. In the operation of the pilot projects authorized by Section 11325.9, infor…

The department shall prepare a report, for submission to the Legislature on or before April 1, 2002, on the outcomes of the pilot program established pursuant to Sections 11325.9 to 11325.93, inclusive, improving coordinated case management, assisting hard-to-serve CalWORKs famil…

Any county which fails to provide services according to its plan approved pursuant to this article shall receive sanctions in accordance with Section 10605. A recipient or a group of recipients may request the director to invoke Section 10605. (Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 306, Se…

(a) (1) Whenever an individual has failed or refused to comply with program requirements without good cause in a program component to which they are assigned and refuses to agree to or fails, without good cause, to comply with a compliance plan agreed to between the county and th…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be subject to the sanctions specified in Section 11327.5 unless the county verifies that the person had childcare available at the time they were supposed to participate in a specified welfare-to-work activity. (b) Prior to im…

(a) Sanctions shall be imposed in accordance with subdivision (b) or (c), as appropriate, if an individual has failed or refused to comply with program requirements without good cause and conciliation efforts, as described in Section 11327.4, have failed. (b) (1) The sanctions pr…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is not required, but who volunteers, to participate in the program established by this article and fails to appear for a scheduled appointment prior to entering into the welfare-to-work plan shall be deemed to not be subj…

(a) Except as specified in this section, whenever a participant believes that any program requirement or assignment in this program is in violation of his or her welfare-to-work plan or is inconsistent with this article, the participant may request a state hearing pursuant to Cha…

In determining whether good cause exists for a refusal or failure to comply with program requirements, the county shall take into consideration whether the participant has a mental disability that caused or substantially contributed to the refusal or failure to comply with progra…

A participant under this article shall have all due process rights granted pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 10950) of Part 2. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1568, Sec. 7. Effective September 30, 1990. Operative October 1, 1990, by Sec. 15 of Ch. 1568.)

(a) The department, under the direction of the Health and Welfare Agency, the Chancellor’s office of the California Community Colleges, and the State Department of Education shall each develop and implement regulations whereby any payment for education and training services from …

(a) The department shall evaluate the program and shall collect data on program cost, caseload movement, and program outcomes, including data on all of the following: (1) The numbers of voluntary and mandatory participants in each program component. (2) The amount of time that ea…

(a) The department shall seek any federal funds available for implementation of this article, including, but not limited to, funds available under Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.). (b) (1) The department shall seek any waiver from the Secre…

(a) No funds appropriated for purposes of this article shall be used to fund education or training services in any county plan if these services could reasonably be provided by local educational agencies from Section A or Section B of the State School Fund which are not otherwise…

With respect to paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3 and Section 11325.71, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following, but only for the operative period of these added provisions: (a) Due to the significant General Fund revenue decline for the 2009–10 …

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Stable housing is a fundamental component of self-sufficiency and child well-being. (b) According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, residential stability is a necessary precursor to effectively addressing ba…

(a) The department shall award funds in accordance with subdivision (e) to counties for the purpose of providing CalWORKs housing supports to CalWORKs recipients who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, including recipients who have not yet received an evicti…

(a) (1) The Legislature hereby establishes the CalWORKs Home Visiting Program as a voluntary program for the purpose of supporting positive health, development, and well-being outcomes for pregnant and parenting people, families, and infants born into poverty, expanding their fut…

(a) A primary component of the program described in this article shall be case management and evidence-based home visiting for the purpose of family support, which shall commence upon the determination that an individual is eligible in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision…

(a) For the purpose of implementing this article, the department shall form and consult with a workgroup of stakeholders, including legislative staff, representatives of counties and county human services agencies, CalWORKs eligibility workers, home visitors with experience servi…

This article shall become operative on January 1, 2019. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 35, Sec. 19. (AB 1811) Effective June 27, 2018. Note: This section makes Article 3.4, commencing with Section 11330.6, operative on January 1, 2019.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the connection between teenage parenting and long-term welfare dependency has been well documented by recent social science research. An estimated 60 percent of teenage parents who are currently receiving welfare will have 10 or more ye…

(a) Recipients of aid under this chapter who are under 19 years of age, who are pregnant or custodial parents, shall be required to participate in the program, subject to both of the following requirements: (1) The teen shall participate in the program until earning a high school…

Counties shall arrange for the provision of education and supportive services that teenage parents need to successfully participate in the Cal-Learn Program. The county shall identify the need of each individual for, and the method of providing, the following services: (a) Suppor…

(a) Participation by a teenage parent shall be deferred if the county determines that any of the services an individual is assessed as needing pursuant to Section 11331.7 are not available. (b) Participation by a teenage parent shall be deferred so long as the individual has a sp…

(a) Counties shall arrange for the provision of case management services and counseling to teenage parents to assist their participation in the Cal-Learn Program. Case management services shall include all of the following: (1) Designing a realistic plan that assists in maximizin…

(a) Notwithstanding Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320), there shall be no limits on the amount of time that a teen under 19 years of age may participate in the initial education components of the program in order to achieve a high school diploma or its equivalent. (b) A …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), counties shall contract for the provision of intensive case management services, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 11331.7 and in Section 11332.5, with public or nonprofit agencies or school districts that administer services pu…

(a) Counties shall develop linkages with local service providers that serve teenage parents. (b) The county plan shall specifically describe those required services that are available to teenage parents, as follows: (1) An identification of available services to teenagers. (2) Th…

(a) A participating or exempt student, as described in Section 11331.5, or a deferred student, as described in Section 11332, shall, not more than four times in a calendar year, receive a one-hundred-dollar ($100) supplement to the amount of aid paid pursuant to Section 11450. (b…

Sanctions and bonuses pursuant to Section 11333.7 shall be applied in the first quarter following participant notification of program requirements. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 902, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 1999. As prescribed in former Section 11334.8, this section (as part…

Notwithstanding Sections 11322 and 11322.2, the state shall fund 100 percent of the nonfederal share of case management and supportive services provided under the Cal-Learn program. The net costs of bonuses and sanctions provided pursuant to Section 11330.10 shall be subject to t…

(a) The department shall reduce the allocation of money from Items 5180-151-001 and 5180-151-890 of the Budget Act with respect to any county to which both of the following apply: (1) The county did not have an approved Cal-Learn county plan pursuant to Section 11333.5 as of Apri…

(a) The department shall provide to the budget committees of the Legislature, no later than February 1, 2013, and, notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on February 1 annually thereafter, a report that includes all of the following information: (1) The number of…

The director may provide funds to support this article in an item separate from other welfare-to-work activities, and these funds shall not be subject to Section 11322.4. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 902, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 1999. As prescribed in former Section 11334.8…

County GAIN programs shall cooperate with the department and the State Department of Education in the provision and coordination of services under the New Chance Program at program sites. To the extent consistent with the county plan adopted pursuant to Section 11320.2, county pr…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the CalWORKs Educational Opportunity and Attainment Program. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 24, Sec. 30. (SB 89) Effective June 27, 2017. Section operative January 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 11346.)