CHAPTER 3.3. CalWORKs Demonstration Projects

Chapter 3.3 added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 181.

§§ 18230–18247 · 16 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. County Welfare-to-Work Demonstration Projects §§ 18230–18235 · 6 sections

   • § 18230 Pursuant to this chapter and Article 1 (commencing with Section 18200) of Chapter 3, the director may approve county demonstration projects for the CalWORKs…
   • § 18231 (a) A county, or two or more counties, may implement three-year performance-based CalWORKs demonstration projects under this chapter to test alternative…
   • § 18232 (a) A county board of supervisors that wishes to demonstrate an alternative method of CalWORKs service delivery shall apply to the director for approval of its…
   • § 18233 Before authorizing a demonstration project, the director shall ensure that it is consistent with the intent of state CalWORKs law. At least 30 days prior to…
   • § 18234 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a county’s CalWORKs demonstration project shall not be exempt from state law that governs eligibility, unless…
   • § 18235 A demonstration project under this article shall include a range of services designed to assist recipients to achieve employment, which may not include job…
2. ARTICLE 2. School Attendance Demonstration Projects §§ 18236–18237 · 2 sections

   • § 18236 (a) The director may approve school attendance demonstration projects in San Diego and Merced Counties, at the option of each county, to demonstrate means of…
   • § 18237 (a) The department, in conjunction with the State Department of Education and the Attorney General, may evaluate the effectiveness of one program, as described…
3. ARTICLE 3. Microenterprise Demonstration Projects §§ 18238–18239 · 2 sections

   • § 18238 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Microenterprise” means a small business in which a participant works as his or her own employer. (b) “Microenterprise…
   • § 18239 (a) With the consent of participating counties, the department may implement demonstration projects to provide self-employment training and technical…
4. ARTICLE 5. Child Support Assurance Demonstration Project §§ 18241–18247 · 6 sections

   • § 18241 It is the intent of the Legislature, in implementing federal welfare reform, to create a Child Support Assurance Demonstration Project that is consistent with…
   • § 18242 (a) Upon application by a county board of supervisors, the department may approve up to three demonstration projects to test models of child support assurance.…
   • § 18243 The department shall develop research designs to ensure thorough evaluations of the child support assurance demonstration projects that shall include, but not…
   • § 18244 (a) A family shall be eligible to participate in the project described in Section 18246 only if, at the time of application to participate in the child…
   • § 18245 (a) A family shall be eligible to receive a child support assurance payment on behalf of a child only if the child’s custodial parent has done all of the…
   • § 18247 (a) The state share of child support assurance payments under this article shall be paid in accordance with Section 15200. (b) The department shall, to the…