CalWORKs is California's primary welfare system, providing cash assistance and services to eligible low-income families in the state's 58 counties. This support is essential to hel ...
TANF measures success using a metric called the Work Participation Rate. Under federal rules, at least 50% of people receiving cash assistance must work at least 30 hours a week, or 20 hours for ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Five South Bay families are being awarded for their determination and resilience. On Monday, Santa Clara County Supervisors recognized families from the CalWORKs program, who ...
To apply for CalWORKs in California is complex and daunting to most applicants who have never used government services. The guide aims to take all the mystery out of what can be a confusing process, ...
The Kern County Department of Human Services, as well as the Public Health Department, are looking to provide home-visiting ...
Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018. She had left an abusive partner and had failed her first semester at Laney ...
Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018. She had left an abusive partner and had failed her first semester at Laney ...
Raising twins as a working single mother became a bigger challenge for Gente Tesfai when she suffered a knee injury that required major surgery, leaving her unable to return to work. That’s when she ...
The Metropolitan Education District (MetroED) was named Partner of the Year by Santa Clara County for the 35th annual CalWORKs Achievement Awards. MetroED, which serves the Milpitas Unified School ...