California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 3.2.a - Welfare-to-Work Activities

  • Section 11320.
    Any reference to the Greater Avenues for Independence program or (GAIN) shall mean the welfare-to-work activities under the CalWORKs program provided for in this article.(Repealed...
  • Section 11320.1.
    Subsequent to the commencement of the receipt of aid under this chapter, the sequence of employment-related activities required of recipients under this article, unless exempted...
  • Section 11320.15.
    (a) After a participant has been removed from the assistance unit under subdivision (a) of Section 11454, additional welfare-to-work services may be provided to the recipient,...
  • Section 11320.16.
    Employment services may be provided to a noncustodial parent of a child receiving benefits under the CalWORKs program, at the option of the county, from...
  • Section 11320.3.
    (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or if otherwise exempt, every individual, as a condition of eligibility for aid under this chapter, shall participate in...
  • Section 11320.31.
    Sanctions shall not be applied for a failure or refusal to comply with program requirements for reasons related to employment, an offer of employment, an...
  • Section 11320.32.
    (a) The department shall administer a voluntary Temporary Assistance Program (TAP) for current and future CalWORKs recipients who meet the exemption criteria for work participation activities...
  • Section 11321.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, sanctions shall not be applied for a grieving parent’s failure or refusal to comply with program requirements during the month in...
  • Section 11321.6.
    (a) A county plan may provide that the program provided for in this article shall apply to recipients of aid under Part 5 (commencing with Section...
  • Section 11322.2.
    Counties shall continually monitor their program expenditures throughout the fiscal year. If a county determines that its anticipated expenditures will exceed the amount of that...
  • Section 11322.4.
    It is the intent of the Legislature to fund welfare-to-work activities under this article so that all recipients of aid under this chapter for whom...
  • Section 11322.5.
    (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to do each of the following:(1) Maximize the ability of CalWORKs recipients to benefit from the federal or state...
  • Section 11322.6.
    The welfare-to-work plan developed by the county welfare department and the participant pursuant to this article shall provide for welfare-to-work activities. Welfare-to-work activities may include,...
  • Section 11322.61.
    (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 11327.5, if there is any interruption in receipt of income for an employee in a...
  • Section 11322.62.
    Employers, sponsors of training activities, and contractors shall not discriminate against participants on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government...
  • Section 11322.64.
    (a) (1) The department, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association of California, shall develop an allocation methodology to distribute additional funding for expanded subsidized employment...
  • Section 11322.65.
    (a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, assignment to any activity otherwise authorized under this article shall be limited in any county to the number or...
  • Section 11322.67.
    (a) If a pregnant woman is required to participate in work under this article, she may satisfy the work participation requirements by participating in a voluntary...
  • Section 11322.7.
    (a) Every county shall provide an adequate range of those activities described in Section 11322.6 to ensure each participant’s access to needed activities and services to...
  • Section 11322.8.
    (a) For a recipient required to participate in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11322.85, unless the recipient is otherwise exempt, the following...
  • Section 11322.8.a.
    (a) An adult recipient required to participate in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11322.85, unless otherwise exempt, shall participate in welfare-to-work activities...
  • Section 11322.83.
    (a) A recipient who is making satisfactory progress in a career pathway program established in accordance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law...
  • Section 11322.85.
    (a) Unless otherwise exempt, an applicant or recipient shall participate in welfare-to-work activities.(1) For 24 cumulative months during a recipient’s lifetime, these activities may include the activities...
  • Section 11322.86.
    (a) (1) Each county may provide an extension of time during which a recipient may participate in activities described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of...
  • Section 11322.87.
    (a) A recipient subject to the 24-month time limitation described in Section 11322.85 may request an extension in accordance with Section 11322.86 and may present evidence...
  • Section 11322.9.
    (a) Community service activities shall meet all of the following criteria:(1) Be performed in the public and private nonprofit sector.(2) Provide participants with job skills that can lead...
  • Section 11323.2.
    (a) Necessary supportive services shall be available to every participant in order to participate in the program activity that he or she is assigned to or...
  • Section 11323.25.
    (a) In addition to its authority under subdivision (b) of Section 11323.2, if provided in a county plan, the county may continue to provide welfare-to-work services...
  • Section 11323.3.
    (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all CalWORKs applicants and recipients be aware of their potential liability for child care payment, and that...
  • Section 11323.4.
    (a) Payments for supportive services, as described in Section 11323.2, shall be advanced to the participant, wherever necessary, and when desired by the participant, so that...
  • Section 11323.6.
    The department shall be responsible for supervising the provision of child care by counties during stage one as described in Sections 8350, 8351, and 8352...
  • Section 11323.8.
    Counties shall manage the participant’s transition from stage one to stage two child care pursuant to Article 15.5 (commencing with Section 8350) of Chapter 2...
  • Section 11323.9.
    Each county welfare department shall provide to the State Department of Social Services, on a monthly basis, data regarding child care usage and demand in...
  • Section 11324.
    (a) If the county welfare department or a contractor pays for child care services which are exempt from licensure, all of the following information about the...
  • Section 11324.4.
    (a) The employer or sponsor of an employment or training program position described in Section 11322.6 or 11322.9 or any positions created under any county pilot...
  • Section 11324.5.
    The county shall ensure that the labor union is notified of the use of participants assigned to an employment or training program position described in...
  • Section 11324.6.
    Any employment or training program position described in subdivisions (a) to (l), inclusive, of Section 11322.6 or Section 11322.9 or under any county pilot project,...
  • Section 11324.7.
    (a) The department shall provide a grievance process for regular employees and their representatives who wish to file a complaint that an assignment to community service,...
  • Section 11324.8.
    (a) At the time an individual applies for aid under this chapter, or at the time a recipient’s eligibility for aid is determined, the county shall...
  • Section 11325.1.
    When child care services are provided by a program funded under Section 8481 of the Education Code to a recipient under this article or any...
  • Section 11325.15.
    (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Online CalWORKs Appraisal Tool (OCAT) is an essential part of CalWORKs welfare-to-work case management and should function...
  • Section 11325.2.
    (a) At the time a recipient enters the welfare-to-work program, the county shall conduct an appraisal, pursuant to regulations adopted by the department, during which the...
  • Section 11325.21.
    (a) Any individual who is required to participate in welfare-to-work activities pursuant to this article shall enter into a written welfare-to-work plan with the county welfare...
  • Section 11325.22.
    (a) (1) Following the appraisal required by Section 11325.2, all participants except those described in paragraph (4) of this subdivision or those who are participating in other...
  • Section 11325.23.
    (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any student who, at the time he or she is required to participate under this article pursuant to Section...
  • Section 11325.24.
    (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 in accordance with paragraph...
  • Section 11325.25.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.3.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.4.
    (a) Upon referral to assessment, a participant shall work with the county welfare department to develop and agree on a welfare-to-work plan on the basis of...
  • Section 11325.5.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.5.a.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.6.
    Subject to the limitations of subdivision (f) of Section 11322.6 and subdivision (a) of Section 11325.22, if activities to be provided under the plan between...
  • Section 11325.7.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.7.a.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.8.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.8.a.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.9.
    (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...
  • Section 11325.91.
    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...
  • Section 11325.93.
    (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,...
  • Section 11325.95.
    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...
  • Section 11326.
    (a) The county shall conduct a reappraisal of any participant who does not obtain unsubsidized employment upon completion of all activities included in the welfare-to-work plan...
  • Section 11327.
    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...
  • Section 11327.4.
    (a) (1) Whenever an individual has failed or refused to comply with program requirements without good cause in a program component to which he or she is...
  • Section 11327.5.
    (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...
  • Section 11327.6.
    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...
  • Section 11327.8.
    (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...
  • Section 11327.9.
    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...
  • Section 11328.2.
    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....
  • Section 11328.8.
    (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...
  • Section 11329.
    (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...
  • Section 11329.2.
    (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...
  • Section 11329.4.
    (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...
  • Section 11329.5.
    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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018