Welfare and Institutions Code § 11341

ARTICLE 3.7. CalWORKs Educational Opportunity and Attainment Program

Current as of September 28, 2026Welf. & Inst. Code, § 11341Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 24, Sec. 30. (SB 89) Effective June 27, 2017. Section operative January 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 11346.

(a) A CalWORKs recipient may apply to receive a one-time education incentive award in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for completion of a high school diploma or its equivalent.

(b) (1) A CalWORKs recipient may apply to receive a one-time education stipend totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) for enrollment in a term of an education or training program leading to a career technical education program certificate, an associate’s degree, or a bachelor’s degree.

(2) The stipend described in paragraph (1) shall be paid to a CalWORKs recipient at the outset of the term for which he or she is registered.