California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation

• Section 11520.
  The State Department of Social Services shall ensure that a comprehensive, independent statewide evaluation of the CalWORKs program is undertaken and that accurate evaluative information...
• Section 11520.3.
  The department shall develop a research design to ensure a thorough evaluation of the direct and indirect effects of the CalWORKs program. Effects shall include,...
• Section 11520.5.
  The statewide evaluation shall be conducted by an independent evaluator or evaluators. It shall represent a clear delineation of the research questions and shall, through...
• Section 11520.7.
  The department shall ensure that county demonstration projects and other innovative county approaches to CalWORKs program implementation are independently and rigorously evaluated and that findings...
• Section 11521.3.
  Evaluation of CalWORKs program implementation conducted or commissioned by the department shall, to the extent practical, use or build upon existing welfare data archives, including,...
• Section 11521.5.
  The department shall have access and authority to obtain for tracking, monitoring, research and evaluation purposes to data collected by counties on recipients receiving cash...
• Section 11522.
  The department, in conjunction with participating representatives of counties and the Legislature, shall develop approaches to improving data collection and management information reporting in the...
• Section 11523.
  (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the CalWORKs Outcomes and Accountability Review Act of 2017.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018