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CHAPTER 2. California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act

Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 49.

§§ 11200–11526.5 · 397 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 11200–11218 · 18 sections
    • § 11200 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act, and may also be cited as the CalWORKs program.
    • § 11200.5 Funding for social services under this chapter is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 10100) of this division.
    • § 11201 For the purposes of this chapter, the following shall apply: (a) “Unemployed parent” means a natural or adoptive parent with whom the child is living. (b) A…
    • § 11202 As used in this chapter, the term “needy child” means a child living in a family as described in Section 11250, or a child as described in Section 11401.
    • § 11203 (a) During those times as the federal government provides funds for the care of a needy relative with whom a needy child or needy children are living, aid to…
    • § 11204 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing any public official, agent, or representative, in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter,…
    • § 11205 The Legislature finds and declares that the family unit is of fundamental importance to society in nurturing its members, passing on values, averting potential…
    • § 11206 In case of dispute, the application and supporting documents pertaining to his case on file in the department or on file in any county office shall be open to…
    • § 11207 Every county shall grant aid to any child eligible therefor, in any amount needed, not to exceed the amount specified in Section 11450, and shall administer…
    • § 11208 Caseworker services shall be made available immediately to an applicant for aid under this chapter upon the filing of his application.
    • § 11209 The department shall make rules and regulations for the proper maintenance and care of needy children and for the administration of Aid to Families with…
    • § 11210 The department shall make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the United States Department of Health and Human Services from time to…
    • § 11211 Rehabilitation or employment training or job placement made pursuant to any program of rehabilitation or job development and placement operated by a county…
    • § 11212 (a) The state, through the county welfare department, shall reimburse the foster parent or foster parents for the cost of the burial plot and funeral expenses…
    • § 11213 For the purpose of developing a more efficient, effective, and equitable Aid to Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care program, the department shall…
    • § 11216 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant funds or state maintenance of effort funds may only…
    • § 11217 (a) The Director of Social Services shall execute a declaration stating that increased federal financial participation in the Emergency Contingency Fund for…
    • § 11218 Pursuant to Section 43.3 of the Civil Code, an applicant or recipient of aid under this chapter is entitled to breastfeed her child in any public area, or area…
  2. ARTICLE 1.5. Definitions §§ 11225–11236 · 12 sections
    • § 11225 Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
    • § 11226 “Appeal proceeding” means an administrative hearing conducted by a hearing officer of the department.
    • § 11227 “Audit” means a review of the claims, accounts, and documents of an auditee.
    • § 11228 “Date of mailing” means the date postmarked on the envelope if postage was prepaid and the envelope was properly addressed.
    • § 11229 “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
    • § 11230 “Director” means the Director of Social Services.
    • § 11231 “Duplicate” means a facsimile copy of the original produced by photocopying or other technique of accurate reproduction.
    • § 11232 “Hearing officer” means an administrative law judge designated by the director.
    • § 11233 “Informal conference” means a proceeding conducted in person or by telephone for the purpose of clarifying or resolving issues.
    • § 11234 “Party” means the group home provider, foster family agency, or the department.
    • § 11235 “Protest” means a written request for a review. The request shall contain the basis for the provider’s objections to the audit findings or set rate.
    • § 11236 (a) “Set rate” means the per child per month rate set by the department for an AFDC-FC group home program or foster family agency. (b) “Set rate” includes the…
  3. ARTICLE 2. Eligibility for Aid §§ 11250–11270 · 41 sections
    • § 11250 Aid, services, or both shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter, and subject to the regulations of the department, to families with related…
    • § 11250.4 Aid under this chapter shall not be payable to an assistance unit if a caretaker relative is, on the last day of the month, participating in a strike, unless…
    • § 11250.6 Except where inconsistent with federal laws, the income of any person under a contract of employment on an annual basis but who works and receives income from…
    • § 11250.7 Except where inconsistent with federal law, the salary of a full-time certificated employee of a school district shall be prorated over a 12-month period for…
    • § 11250.8 If an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits pursuant to this chapter receives one or more educational loans or grants, for purposes of determining…
    • § 11250.9 If an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits pursuant to this chapter is a veteran, the dependent of a veteran, or the spouse of a veteran who either died in…
    • § 11251.3 (a) Subject to the limitations of subdivision (b), pursuant to Section 115(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 104-193 (21 U.S.C. Sec. 862a(d)(1)(A)), California opts out…
    • § 11253 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), aid shall not be granted under this chapter to or on behalf of any child who has attained 18 years of age unless all…
    • § 11253.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an application for aid filed on behalf of a child to whom Section 309, 361.45, or 16519.5 applies shall be processed…
    • § 11253.3 (a) On and after the effective dates of the age extensions provided in subdivision (k) of Section 11403, a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of…
    • § 11253.4 (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2015, a child eligible for the Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program in accordance with Section 11461.3 is not subject to…
    • § 11253.5 (a) All children in an assistance unit for whom school attendance is compulsory, except individuals who are eligible for the Cal-Learn Program under Article…
    • § 11254 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), in the case of any individual who is under the age of 18 years and has never married, and who is pregnant or has a dependent…
    • § 11256 For the purposes of this chapter only, the ownership of stock in a water company not appurtenant to the land shall be considered real property to the extent of…
    • § 11257 (a) To the extent not inconsistent with Sections 11265.1, 11265.2, 11265.3, and 11004.1, no aid under this chapter shall be granted or paid for any child who… see note
    • § 11257.5 Notwithstanding the property limitations in subdivision (a) of Section 11257, a family may retain, for nine months, real property if the family is making a…
    • § 11259 For the purposes of this chapter, “personal property” shall not include the value of property belonging to an absent parent and not available to the family.
    • § 11260 A child’s share of any estate, which share has not been distributed and of which he has no present economic use, does not constitute property for the purpose…
    • § 11262 The department shall include questions that enable a recipient to disclose a disability, the need for accommodation due to disability, and any experience of…
    • § 11263 Except as provided in Sections 11253 and 11455, no person over the age of 18 years is a needy child within the meaning of this chapter.
    • § 11263.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a child living with his or her parent, where the parent is a minor or a nonminor dependent, as described…
    • § 11264 No child maintained in an institution, for whom a bona fide offer of a proper home has been made, is eligible for further aid; but no institution shall be…
    • § 11265 (a) The county shall redetermine eligibility annually. The county shall at the time of the redetermination, and may at other intervals as may be deemed… see note
    • § 11265.1 (a) Counties shall redetermine recipient eligibility and grant amounts on a semiannual basis in a prospective manner, using reasonably anticipated income…
    • § 11265.15 (a) The department shall work with the County Welfare Directors Association of California, representatives of county eligibility workers, the Statewide…
    • § 11265.2 (a) The grant amount a recipient shall be entitled to receive for each month of the semiannual reporting period shall be prospectively determined as provided… see note
    • § 11265.3 (a) In addition to submitting the semiannual report form as required in Section 11265.1, the department shall establish an income reporting threshold for… see note
    • § 11265.4 (a) If a recipient submits a complete report form within the month following the discontinuance for nonsubmission of a semiannual report form required pursuant…
    • § 11265.45 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 11265.1, 11265.2, and 11265.3, a CalWORKs assistance unit that does not include an eligible adult shall not be subject to periodic… see note
    • § 11265.46 (a) For an assistance unit described in subdivision (a) of Section 11265.45, the grant amount a recipient shall be entitled to receive for each month of the…
    • § 11265.47 (a) The department shall establish an income reporting threshold for CalWORKs assistance units described in subdivision (a) of Section 11265.45. (b) The income… see note
    • § 11265.48 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, regulations, waivers, and directives, the department shall implement Sections 11265.45, 11265.46, and 11265.47 in a…
    • § 11265.6 (a) The department may conduct up to five demonstrations of alternatives to the current monthly reporting system, CalFresh recertification, and AFDC…
    • § 11265.7 (a) The department may conduct a demonstration in up to three counties of alternatives to the current monthly reporting system, CalFresh recertification, and…
    • § 11265.8 (a) All applicants for aid under this chapter, within 30 days of the determination of eligibility for Medi-Cal benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with…
    • § 11265.9 Whenever aid to an individual or family is discontinued under this chapter for any reason other than fraud, the department shall include, in the notice of…
    • § 11266 (a) At the time of application, the county shall determine whether the applicant needs immediate assistance because the applicant does not have sufficient…
    • § 11266.5 (a) Every applicant for aid under this chapter shall be informed of the availability of lump-sum diversion services to resolve the circumstances that require…
    • § 11268 (a) Each applicant for or recipient of aid shall be required as a condition of eligibility, to furnish the applicant’s social security account number (or…
    • § 11269 A child who is a patient in a public or private hospital for medical or surgical care shall be considered temporarily absent from the home for the duration of…
    • § 11270 Applicants for and recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children who are not exempt from registration under Section 11310 and who are apparently…
  4. ARTICLE 2.2. Restricted Payments §§ 11271–11274 · 5 sections
    • § 11271 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Restricted payment” means payment of homeless assistance benefits in the form of…
    • § 11271.5 (a) Restricted payments for homeless assistance benefits shall be provided by a county welfare department to a recipient, if at least one of the following…
    • § 11272 When restricted payments are provided to a recipient, the county welfare department shall do all of the following: (a) Issue the vendor or two-party payment by…
    • § 11273 (a) Homeless assistance provided pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 11450 shall be subject to restricted payments consistent with federal…
    • § 11274 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11271, for purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “AFDC” benefits means benefits paid pursuant to…
  5. ARTICLE 2.5. Needy Families’ Paperwork Reduction Act of 1990 §§ 11275–11275.50 · 11 sections
    • § 11275 (a) Only verification of information necessary to determine past or present eligibility for or the computation of or delivery of aid shall be requested from an…
    • § 11275.05 (a) Whenever a former recipient of aid applies for aid before the expiration of one year from the effective date of discontinuance, the county shall examine…
    • § 11275.10 (a) When an applicant or recipient establishes that he or she has made a good faith effort to obtain information or verification from a third party, including…
    • § 11275.15 No application for aid may be denied for failure to provide verification if the applicant is cooperating in obtaining the information requested, except as…
    • § 11275.20 (a) If an applicant is denied assistance solely due to failure to provide verification of eligibility, but subsequently submits all required verifications…
    • § 11275.25 If any provision of this article is in conflict with any federal statute or regulation, it shall be inapplicable to the extent of the conflict, but the…
    • § 11275.30 (a) In the event of an initial determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that any provision of this section is in conflict with any federal…
    • § 11275.35 (a) If the determination that all or any provision of this article conflicts with federal law is reversed, the department shall reinstate the provision or…
    • § 11275.40 This article applies to all applicants for, and recipients of, aid under this chapter, regardless of whether federal financial participation is available for…
    • § 11275.45 (a) This article shall be applied prospectively only, and shall apply only with respect to applications for aid made on or after July 1, 1991. (b) This section…
    • § 11275.50 The State Department of Social Services shall consult with the County Welfare Directors Association when developing state budget estimates on the…
  6. [ARTICLE 3.2. Greater Avenues for Independence Act of 1985] § 11320.33 · 1 section
    • § 11320.33 (a) The county shall provide training for those county employees who are responsible for the provision of, or arrangement of, child care services under this…
  7. ARTICLE 3.2. Welfare-to-Work Activities §§ 11320–11329.5 · 73 sections
    • § 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…
    • § 11320.1 (a) Subsequent to the commencement of the receipt of aid under this chapter, the sequence of employment-related activities required of recipients under this… see note
    • § 11320.15 (a) After a participant has been removed from the assistance unit pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11454, additional welfare-to-work services may be… see note
    • § 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 the…
    • § 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…
    • § 11320.31 (a) 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… see note
    • § 11320.32 (a) The department shall administer a voluntary Temporary Assistance Program (TAP) for current and future CalWORKs recipients who meet the exemption criteria… see note
    • § 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…
    • § 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 17000),…
    • § 11322.2 Counties shall continually monitor their program expenditures throughout the fiscal year. If a county determines that its anticipated expenditures will exceed…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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.… see note
    • § 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 grant-based…
    • § 11322.62 Employers, sponsors of training activities, and contractors shall not discriminate against participants on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940…
    • § 11322.64 (a) (1) The department, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association of California, shall develop an allocation methodology to distribute…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 11322.8 (a) An adult recipient required to participate in welfare-to-work activities, unless otherwise exempt, shall participate in welfare-to-work activities for the… see note
    • § 11322.81 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if an adult recipient reports and the county verifies, or the county otherwise discovers, that the recipient is meeting the…
    • § 11322.82 (a) For the purpose of calculating the number of hours a recipient is participating in welfare-to-work activities pursuant to Section 11322.8, the number of…
    • § 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…
    • § 11322.84 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who satisfies the criteria in subdivision (b) shall be entitled to receive the standard payment for books and…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 11323.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program serves the poorest…
    • § 11323.2 (a) Necessary supportive services shall be offered and available to every participant to enable them to participate in a program activity or to accept or… see note
    • § 11323.21 (a) (1) A CalWORKs eligible individual who provides the county with evidence that the individual is participating in an educational activity full time at a…
    • § 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…
    • § 11323.3 (a) An applicant for, or a recipient of, CalWORKs benefits shall be informed of the availability of childcare services upon enrollment in the CalWORKs program,…
    • § 11323.4 (a) Payments for supportive services, as described in Section 11323.2, shall be advanced to the participant, whenever necessary, and when desired by the…
    • § 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 of…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 do all of…
    • § 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 other job training…
    • § 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… see note
    • § 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,…
    • § 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… see note
    • § 11325.22 (a) Participation in activities assigned pursuant to this section may be sequential or concurrent. The county may require concurrent participation in the… see note
    • § 11325.23 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any student who does not meet the requirements of Section 11322.84 at the time the student is required to…
    • § 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… see note
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 an… see note
    • § 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…
    • § 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 this…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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, for…
    • § 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 pursuant…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 they are assigned…
    • § 11327.41 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be subject to the sanctions specified in Section 11327.5 unless the county verifies that the person had…
    • § 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… see note
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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.
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 for…
  8. ARTICLE 3.3. CalWORKs Housing Support §§ 11330–11330.5 · 2 sections
    • § 11330 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Stable housing is a fundamental component of self-sufficiency and child well-being. (b) According…
    • § 11330.5 (a) The department shall award funds in accordance with subdivision (e) to counties for the purpose of providing CalWORKs housing supports to CalWORKs…
  9. ARTICLE 3.4. CalWORKs Home Visiting Initiative Program §§ 11330.6–11330.9 · 4 sections
    • § 11330.6 (a) (1) The Legislature hereby establishes the CalWORKs Home Visiting Program as a voluntary program for the purpose of supporting positive health,…
    • § 11330.7 (a) A primary component of the program described in this article shall be case management and evidence-based home visiting for the purpose of family support,…
    • § 11330.8 (a) For the purpose of implementing this article, the department shall form and consult with a workgroup of stakeholders, including legislative staff,…
    • § 11330.9 This article shall become operative on January 1, 2019.
  10. ARTICLE 3.5. Cal-Learn Program §§ 11331–11334.7 · 14 sections
    • § 11331 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the connection between teenage parenting and long-term welfare dependency has been well documented by recent social…
    • § 11331.5 (a) Recipients of aid under this chapter who are under 19 years of age, who are pregnant or custodial parents, shall be required to participate in the program,…
    • § 11331.7 Counties shall arrange for the provision of education and supportive services that teenage parents need to successfully participate in the Cal-Learn Program.…
    • § 11332 (a) Participation by a teenage parent shall be deferred if the county determines that any of the services an individual is assessed as needing pursuant to…
    • § 11332.5 (a) Counties shall arrange for the provision of case management services and counseling to teenage parents to assist their participation in the Cal-Learn…
    • § 11332.7 (a) Notwithstanding Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320), there shall be no limits on the amount of time that a teen under 19 years of age may…
    • § 11333 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), counties shall contract for the provision of intensive case management services, as described in subdivision (b) of…
    • § 11333.5 (a) Counties shall develop linkages with local service providers that serve teenage parents. (b) The county plan shall specifically describe those required…
    • § 11333.7 (a) A participating or exempt student, as described in Section 11331.5, or a deferred student, as described in Section 11332, shall, not more than four times…
    • § 11334.2 Sanctions and bonuses pursuant to Section 11333.7 shall be applied in the first quarter following participant notification of program requirements.
    • § 11334.5 Notwithstanding Sections 11322 and 11322.2, the state shall fund 100 percent of the nonfederal share of case management and supportive services provided under…
    • § 11334.51 (a) The department shall reduce the allocation of money from Items 5180-151-001 and 5180-151-890 of the Budget Act with respect to any county to which both of…
    • § 11334.6 (a) The department shall provide to the budget committees of the Legislature, no later than February 1, 2013, and, notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the…
    • § 11334.7 The director may provide funds to support this article in an item separate from other welfare-to-work activities, and these funds shall not be subject to…
  11. ARTICLE 3.6. New Chance Program § 11336 · 1 section
    • § 11336 County GAIN programs shall cooperate with the department and the State Department of Education in the provision and coordination of services under the New…
  12. ARTICLE 3.7. CalWORKs Educational Opportunity and Attainment Program §§ 11340–11346 · 6 sections
    • § 11340 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the CalWORKs Educational Opportunity and Attainment Program.
    • § 11341 (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…
    • § 11342 (a) (1) A CalWORKs recipient who applies for an education incentive award pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11341 shall submit evidence of completion of…
    • § 11343 (a) A CalWORKs recipient who is receiving an education incentive award or education stipend but then ceases to receive CalWORKs assistance is not eligible for…
    • § 11345 The education incentive awards and stipends authorized pursuant to this article are not entitlement benefits. A county is required to comply with the…
    • § 11346 This article shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
  13. ARTICLE 3.9. Employment with Public Contractors §§ 11349–11349.4 · 5 sections
    • § 11349 In complying with Section 10353 of the Public Contract Code, a contractor shall give priority consideration to qualified recipients of aid under this chapter.…
    • § 11349.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, participation by a recipient of aid under this chapter, shall be voluntary only, and in no event shall any person…
    • § 11349.2 Contractors shall immediately list with the appropriate local office of the Employment Development Department all suitable employment openings in positions…
    • § 11349.3 This article and Section 10353 of the Public Contract Code may be waived by the Governor, if requested to do so by the state agency involved, in order to…
    • § 11349.4 In the event that the State Department of Social Services determines that a waiver of any federal regulations or policies, or both, are required to fulfill the…
  14. ARTICLE 4. Relatives’ Responsibility §§ 11351.5–11353 · 2 sections
    • § 11351.5 Whenever an unrelated adult male resides with a family applying for or receiving aid under this chapter, he shall be required to make a financial contribution…
    • § 11353 Any parent whose absence is the basis upon which an application is filed for aid in behalf of a child shall complete and return to the county within 15 days…
  15. ARTICLE 4.5. Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program §§ 11360–11379 · 16 sections
    • § 11360 Effective on the date that the director executes a declaration pursuant to Section 11217, the department shall establish a state-funded Kinship Guardianship…
    • § 11361 The Legislature finds and declares that the continuation of the state-funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program is intended to enhance family…
    • § 11362 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments (Kin-GAP)” means the state-funded aid…
    • § 11363 (a) Aid in the form of state-funded Kin-GAP shall be provided under this article on behalf of any child under 18 years of age and to any eligible youth under…
    • § 11364 (a) In order to receive payments under this article, the county child welfare agency, probation department, Indian tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal…
    • § 11366 A child who is eligible to receive Medi-Cal benefits with no share of cost shall maintain that eligibility notwithstanding the receipt of state-funded Kin-GAP…
    • § 11367 The supplemental clothing allowance shall be paid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (f) of Section 11461.
    • § 11369 (a) Notwithstanding the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,…
    • § 11370 The county welfare department or probation department or Indian tribe, as appropriate, at the time of the Kin-GAP annual redetermination, shall meet with the…
    • § 11371 Income to the child, including the state-funded Kin-GAP payment, shall not be considered income to the kinship guardian for purposes of determining the kinship…
    • § 11372 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state-funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program implemented under this article is exempt from…
    • § 11374 (a) Each county that formally had court ordered jurisdiction under Section 300, 601, or 602 over a child receiving benefits under the state-funded Kin-GAP…
    • § 11375 (a) Both of the following shall apply to any child or nonminor in receipt of state-funded Kin-GAP benefits: (1) The child or nonminor is eligible to request…
    • § 11376 A foster child who has become the subject of a legal guardianship, who is receiving assistance under the Kin-GAP Program under this article or under Article…
    • § 11378 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a seamless and minimally intrusive process to allow an otherwise federally eligible child who is receiving…
    • § 11379 This article shall become operative on the date that the Director of Social Services executes the declaration required pursuant to Section 11217, stating that…
  16. ARTICLE 4.7. Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments for Children §§ 11385–11393 · 9 sections
    • § 11385 (a) On and after the date that the director executes a declaration pursuant to Section 11217, the State Department of Social Services shall exercise its option…
    • § 11386 Aid shall be provided under this article on behalf of a child under 18 years of age, and to any eligible youth under 19 years of age, as provided in Section…
    • § 11387 (a) In order to receive federal financial participation for payments under this article, the county child welfare agency or probation department, Indian tribe,…
    • § 11388 If a federally eligible child described in Section 11386 has one or more siblings who are not so described, the child and any sibling of the child may be…
    • § 11389 A child eligible for a Kin-GAP payment under this article is categorically eligible for Medi-Cal at no share of cost pursuant to Section 473(b)(3) of the…
    • § 11390 (a) A person who is a kinship guardian under this article, and who has met the requirements of Section 361.4, is exempt from identity verification requirements…
    • § 11391 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments (Kin-GAP)” means the aid provided on behalf…
    • § 11392 On and after the date that the director executes a declaration pursuant to Section 11217, for purposes of eligibility under this article, children who are…
    • § 11393 (a) Notwithstanding the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code)…
  17. ARTICLE 5. Aid to Families With Dependent Children—Foster Care §§ 11400–11410 · 32 sections
    • § 11400 For purposes of this article, and Article 6 (commencing with Section 11450), the following definitions apply: (a) “Aid to Families with Dependent…
    • § 11401 Aid in the form of AFDC-FC shall be provided under this chapter on behalf of any child under 18 years of age, and to any nonminor dependent who meets the…
    • § 11401.05 The department shall amend the foster care state plan required under Subtitle IV-E (commencing with Section 470 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.…
    • § 11401.1 (a) Otherwise eligible children placed voluntarily prior to January 1, 1981, may remain eligible for AFDC-FC payments. (b) Beginning on January 1, 1982,…
    • § 11401.2 AFDC-FC shall be paid to an otherwise eligible child in a voluntary placement in a demonstration county for a period not to exceed six months, with a maximum…
    • § 11401.4 A child living with his or her parent who is a minor or, on and after January 1, 2012, a nonminor dependent and a recipient of AFDC-FC benefits shall be deemed…
    • § 11401.5 (a) The county shall review the child’s or nonminor dependent’s payment amount annually. The review shall include an examination of any circumstances of a…
    • § 11401.6 At the time of determining eligibility for AFDC-FC payments, the county shall also determine whether the child is currently in receipt of benefits pursuant to…
    • § 11402 In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, a child or nonminor dependent shall be placed in one of the following: (a) Before January 1, 2021: (1) The approved home…
    • § 11402.005 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that implementation of Part IV of the federal Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) affects…
    • § 11402.1 For purposes of Section 11402, “eligible for federal financial participation” means that the payment is consistent with an approved state plan under Sections…
    • § 11402.2 (a) Recognizing that transitions to independence involve self-initiated changes in placements, it is the intent of the Legislature that regulations developed…
    • § 11402.4 (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to an approved home of a…
    • § 11402.5 (a) The federal government has provided the state the option of including in its state plan children placed in public child care institutions. Therefore,…
    • § 11402.6 (a) The federal government has provided the state with the option of including in its state plan children placed in a private facility operated on a for-profit…
    • § 11402.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a minor dependent at least 16 years of age who is otherwise eligible for AFDC-FC benefits, as described in Section 11401,…
    • § 11402.9 In order to receive funding on behalf of children receiving AFDC-FC, each provider, as defined in Section 11466, shall provide a full disclosure of all…
    • § 11403 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to exercise the option afforded states under Section 475(8) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 675(8)), and Section 473(a)(4) (42 U.S.C.…
    • § 11403.01 On and after January 1, 2012, a nonminor who is receiving Kin-GAP benefits under Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 11360) or Article 4.7 (commencing with…
    • § 11403.05 (a) The department shall include all of the following on a flyer for the Independent Living Program created by the department, the form used for a nonminor…
    • § 11403.1 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that former foster youth are a vulnerable population at risk of homelessness, unemployment, welfare dependency,…
    • § 11403.2 (a) The following persons are eligible for transitional housing provided pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 16522) of Chapter 5 of Part 4: (1) A…
    • § 11403.3 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a transitional housing placement provider, as defined in subdivision (r) of Section 11400, that provides transitional housing…
    • § 11404 (a) Except as provided in Section 11405, a child is not eligible for AFDC-FC unless responsibility for placement and care of the child is with the county…
    • § 11404.1 In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, the child shall receive a periodic review no less frequently than once every six months and a permanency hearing within 12…
    • § 11404.2 When a child qualified for federal financial participation under the AFDC-FC program is residing with a relative caretaker and the relative caretaker makes…
    • § 11405 (a) Except for nonminors described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e), AFDC-FC benefits shall be paid to an otherwise eligible child living with a nonrelated…
    • § 11406.5 A refugee who is eligible for, and is required to participate in, an alternative project implemented pursuant to Section 412(e)(7) of the federal Immigration…
    • § 11407 If, when and during such times as the federal statutes provide federal funds for any child who is granted aid pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 11450, the…
    • § 11408 County claims for aid to needy children placed in foster care, as defined by the rules and regulations of the department, shall be filed separately and…
    • § 11409 To the extent required by federal law, the department shall establish specific numeric goals for the number of children receiving AFDC-FC payments who have…
    • § 11410 (a) The department shall amend the foster care state plan required under Subtitle IV-E (commencing with Section 470) of the federal Social Security Act (42…
  18. ARTICLE 6. Computation and Payment of Aid Grants §§ 11450–11469.3 · 96 sections
    • § 11450 (a) (1) (A) Aid shall be paid for each needy family, which shall include all eligible children of each eligible applicant or recipient child and the parents of… see note
    • § 11450.01 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing October 1, 1992, the maximum aid payments specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section…
    • § 11450.015 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payments in effect on June 30, 1993, in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section…
    • § 11450.017 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payment in effect on June 30, 1994, in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section…
    • § 11450.018 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payment in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450 as reduced by…
    • § 11450.019 Effective the first day of the month following 90 days after a change in federal law that allows states to reduce aid payments without any risk to federal…
    • § 11450.02 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing July 1, 2009, the maximum aid payments in effect September 1, 2007, as specified in paragraph (1) of…
    • § 11450.021 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, effective April 1, 2019, the maximum aid payments pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450 in effect on…
    • § 11450.022 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to increase CalWORKs maximum aid payment levels in the 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21 fiscal years, or until the maximum…
    • § 11450.023 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, effective October 1, 2019, the maximum aid payments pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450 in effect…
    • § 11450.025 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, effective on March 1, 2014, the maximum aid payments in effect on July 1, 2012, as specified in subdivision (b) of…
    • § 11450.026 (a) Commencing in the 2019–20 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, if an incremental adjustment is made to the maximum aid payments pursuant to…
    • § 11450.027 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, maximum aid payments in the CalWORKs program are sufficient to…
    • § 11450.03 (a) Notwithstanding the maximum aid payments specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450, families that have resided in this state for less…
    • § 11450.05 (a) For purposes of determining the maximum aid payment specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11450, the number of needy persons in the same family shall not…
    • § 11450.3 (a) The director may establish, within the department, the Emergency Housing Apartment Program Demonstration Project. (b) The director may, by formal order,…
    • § 11450.4 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish an emergency assistance for needy families program to serve the shelter needs of homeless families…
    • § 11450.5 For purposes of computing and paying aid grants under this chapter, the director shall adopt regulations establishing a budgeting system consistent with…
    • § 11450.8 No payment of aid pursuant to Section 11450 shall be made to a family for a month in which the amount the family would receive is less than ten dollars ($10).…
    • § 11450.9 (a) (1) The department shall designate as energy assistance payments any increase in the maximum aid payments provided pursuant to Section 11450 made on or…
    • § 11450.10 Whenever the department is informed pursuant to either Section 857 or 1764.5 that a minor is being incarcerated for a period of at least 30 consecutive days,…
    • § 11450.11 Whenever a county welfare department is informed that a child who is incarcerated is also a member of a family receiving benefits pursuant to Section 11450,…
    • § 11450.12 (a) (1) An applicant family shall not be eligible for aid under this chapter unless the family’s income, exclusive of the first four hundred fifty dollars…
    • § 11450.13 (a) In calculating the amount of aid to which an assistance unit is entitled in accordance with Section 11320.15, the maximum aid payment, adjusted to reflect…
    • § 11450.16 (a) For purposes of determining eligibility under this chapter, and for computing the amount of aid payment under Section 11450, families shall be grouped into…
    • § 11450.17 (a) (1) For purposes of determining the maximum aid payment specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11450 and for no other purpose, the number of needy persons…
    • § 11451 Any county may, in its discretion, pay from its own funds additional sums for the care of any needy child, and the state and county may pay such aid as is…
    • § 11451.5 (a) The following income shall be exempt from the calculation of the income of the family for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 11450: (1) If… see note
    • § 11452 (a) (1) Minimum basic standards of adequate care shall be distributed to the counties and shall be binding upon them. The standards are determined on the basis…
    • § 11452.018 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the minimum basic standards of adequate care, as set forth in Section 11452, and as adjusted pursuant to any…
    • § 11453 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the amounts set forth in Section 11452 and subdivision (a) of Section 11450 shall be adjusted annually by the…
    • § 11453.01 (a) Commencing July 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the maximum aid payment set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 11450 shall be adjusted annually to…
    • § 11453.1 (a) It is the intent of this section to assure that the food purchasing power provided by benefits available from CalFresh under the federal Supplemental…
    • § 11453.2 A county shall issue vouchers or vendor payments for at least rent and utilities payments, for any assistance unit in which any parent or caretaker relative…
    • § 11454 (a) A parent or caretaker relative shall not be eligible for aid under this chapter when the parent or caretaker relative has received aid under this chapter… see note
    • § 11454.1 (a) County welfare departments shall provide each recipient who is subject to the 60-month time limitation described in subdivision (a) of Section 11454 with…
    • § 11454.5 (a) Any month in which the following conditions exist shall not be counted as a month of receipt of aid for the purposes of subdivision (a) of, and paragraph… see note
    • § 11454.6 (a) Notwithstanding Section 15200, to the extent that the exemptions from the time limits on aid specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of subdivision…
    • § 11455 If on the first day of the month a child is eligible for aid, aid for the entire month shall be paid.
    • § 11457 (a) Money from noncustodial parents for child or spousal support with respect to whom an assignment under Section 11477 has been made shall be paid directly to…
    • § 11458 The county may cancel, suspend or revoke aid under this chapter for cause. Upon instructions from the department, the county shall cancel, suspend or revoke…
    • § 11460 (a) (1) Foster care providers shall be paid a per child per month rate in return for the care and supervision of the AFDC-FC child placed with them. The…
    • § 11461 (a) For children or, on and after January 1, 2012, nonminor dependents placed in a licensed or approved family home with a capacity of six or less, or in an…
    • § 11461.1 It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure quality care for children who are placed in foster family homes. Therefore, the State Department of Social…
    • § 11461.3 (a) The Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program is hereby established for the purpose of making the amount paid to an approved relative caregiver for the…
    • § 11461.36 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide support to emergency caregivers, as defined in subdivision (c), who care for children and nonminor…
    • § 11461.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1 may elect to participate in the Tribal Approved…
    • § 11461.5 (a) The department may establish a rate to supplement the basic rate specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11461 for the provision of additional shelter…
    • § 11461.6 (a) The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children is hereby established, to be implemented at the discretion of each county, for the purpose of…
    • § 11462 (a) The department shall commence development of a new payment structure for short-term residential therapeutic program placements claiming Title IV-E funding,…
    • § 11462.01 (a) (1) If a program will admit Medi-Cal beneficiaries, no later than 12 months following the date of initial licensure, a short-term residential therapeutic…
    • § 11462.011 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall, in consultation with the Department of Managed Health Care, the State Department of Social Services,…
    • § 11462.02 (a) Any existing county-operated foster family agency or group home, including the group home operated by the County of San Mateo, shall, commencing January 1,…
    • § 11462.022 (a) Upon meeting the licensure requirements pursuant to Section 1530.8 of the Health and Safety Code, a county child welfare agency operating a temporary…
    • § 11462.04 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2017, no new group home rate or change to an existing rate shall be established pursuant to the Rate…
    • § 11462.041 (a) The Legislature recognizes that group homes are one of the primary placement options utilized by probation departments to avoid inappropriate housing of…
    • § 11462.045 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish a working group to develop recommended revisions to the current system of setting reimbursement…
    • § 11462.06 (a) For purposes of the administration of this article, including the setting of AFDC-FC provider rates, the department shall deem the reasonable costs of…
    • § 11462.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11462, when the director determines that a rate established pursuant to that section for a multistate group home facility which…
    • § 11462.4 Notwithstanding Section 11342.610 of the Government Code, providers, as defined in Section 11466, shall be deemed small businesses and the department shall…
    • § 11463 (a) The department shall commence development of a new payment structure for the Title IV-E funded foster family agency placement option that maximizes federal…
    • § 11463.5 In order to receive funding on behalf of children receiving AFDC-FC, each provider, as defined in Section 11466, shall provide a full disclosure of all…
    • § 11464 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Children who are consumers of regional center services and also receiving Aid to Families with…
    • § 11465 (a) If a child is living with a parent who receives AFDC-FC or Kin-GAP benefits, or, on or after July 1, 2017, Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program…
    • § 11465.6 (a) Up to five counties selected by the department, and at the discretion of the counties, may implement a countywide program for licensed family homes and…
    • § 11466 For purposes of this section to Section 11469.3, inclusive, the following definitions apply: (a) “Provider” shall mean a group home, short-term residential…
    • § 11466.01 (a) Commencing January 1, 2017, a provisional rate shall be set for both of the following providers: (1) A new short-term residential therapeutic program…
    • § 11466.1 (a) (1) The department shall adopt regulations that specify the type of information requested from providers, including reasonable timeframes. All providers…
    • § 11466.2 (a) (1) The department shall perform or have performed provider program and fiscal audits as needed. Provider programs shall maintain all child-specific,…
    • § 11466.21 (a) In accordance with subdivision (b), as a condition to receive an AFDC-FC rate for a foster care program operated by a provider, as defined in Section…
    • § 11466.22 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure overall program integrity in the AFDC-FC program through the establishment of an effective and efficient…
    • § 11466.23 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to comply with the federal requirements of the Improper Payments Act of 2002 with respect to the remittance of the…
    • § 11466.235 (a) The department, in consultation and coordination with the County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA), shall update existing regulations and establish new…
    • § 11466.24 (a) In accordance with this section, a county shall collect an overpayment, discovered on or after January 1, 1999, made to a foster family home, an approved…
    • § 11466.25 Interest begins to accrue on a provider overpayment or penalty on the date of the issuance of the penalty, the date of issuance of the final audit report, or…
    • § 11466.3 (a) The department shall offer a voluntary repayment agreement procedure to providers that owe a sustained overpayment. A provider may enter into a voluntary…
    • § 11466.31 (a) When it has been determined that a provider participating in the AFDC-FC program owes an overpayment that is due and payable, the department may implement…
    • § 11466.32 (a) If a provider that owes a sustained overpayment pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 11466.22 does not enter into a voluntary repayment…
    • § 11466.33 (a) If any amount is due and payable to the department as a result of a sustained overpayment to a provider for care and services in the AFDC-FC program, the…
    • § 11466.34 (a) (1) At any time within 10 years of the recording of a lien pursuant to Section 11466.33, the department may bring an action, in a superior court in the…
    • § 11466.35 (a) Any licensee or member of a governing board of a nonprofit who has been determined to owe a sustained overpayment under this chapter, and who, subsequent…
    • § 11466.36 (a) The department may terminate a program rate or a provider’s eligibility to be paid any rate for a child placed in their care if any of the following…
    • § 11466.5 The department shall collect cost data and monitor the cost of providing care and supervision, and social work services, to AFDC-FC recipients. These data…
    • § 11466.6 A provider who disagrees with the rate determined by the department, the rate adjusted by an audit, or a determination made in a management decision letter…
    • § 11467 (a) The State Department of Social Services, with the advice and assistance of the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation…
    • § 11467.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that standards be developed to address the specific needs of very young children, from birth to six years of age,…
    • § 11468 The department shall establish and maintain administrative procedures to review the rate set by the department for AFDC-FC programs, including, but not limited…
    • § 11468.1 The administrative review procedure for rates established pursuant to Section 11468 shall include a protest within the department and a hearing conducted by a…
    • § 11468.2 (a) A provider who disagrees with a rate determination and who desires a different rate, or who has been denied a rate or had a rate terminated, may file a…
    • § 11468.3 (a) The appeal filed with the department pursuant to Section 11468.2 shall specify whether the provider does or does not wish that an informal conference among…
    • § 11468.4 (a) The hearing regarding a rate held pursuant to Section 11468.1 shall be conducted no later than 180 days after the filing of a timely and specific statement…
    • § 11468.5 The provider may request review of the final decision of the department made pursuant to Section 11468.4 in accordance with Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil…
    • § 11469 (a) The department shall develop, following consultation with group home providers, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation…
    • § 11469.1 The performance standards and outcome measures required by Section 11469 shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) They shall include indicators of…
    • § 11469.2 (a) The department shall develop, following consultation with foster family agency providers, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief…
    • § 11469.3 The performance standards and outcome measures required by Section 11469.2 shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) They shall include indicators of…
  19. ARTICLE 7. Enforcement §§ 11476.6–11487.5 · 24 sections
    • § 11476.6 Each local child support agency shall submit to the department data revealing the range and median time periods by which notification of the receipt of child…
    • § 11477 As a condition of eligibility for aid paid under this chapter, each applicant or recipient shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Do either of the following:… see note
    • § 11477.02 Prior to referral of any individual or recipient, or that person’s case, to the local child support agency for child support services under Section 17400 or…
    • § 11477.04 (a) An applicant or a recipient shall be considered to be cooperating in good faith with the county welfare department or the local child support agency for…
    • § 11477.06 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, subject to the requirements of Section 77 of Senate Bill 189 of the 2021–22 Regular Session (Ch. 48, Stats.…
    • § 11477.07 (a) The State Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the Department of Child Support Services, shall convene a workgroup that consists of…
    • § 11477.1 No polygraph tests shall be administered to any applicant or recipient of aid under this chapter for the purposes of enforcement of Title IV-D of the Social…
    • § 11478.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to protect individual rights of privacy, and to facilitate and enhance the effectiveness of the child and spousal…
    • § 11479 In all cases in which the paternity of the child has not been established to the satisfaction of the county department, the county department shall refer the…
    • § 11480 Any person other than a needy child, who willfully and knowingly receives or uses any part of an aid grant paid pursuant to this chapter for a purpose other…
    • § 11481 If the district attorney, during the course of any investigation made by him pursuant to this article, determines that any person has committed any act or has…
    • § 11481.5 The department shall evaluate the effectiveness of a 24-hour welfare fraud hotline pilot project, to assess greater public involvement and assistance in…
    • § 11482 Any person other than a needy child, who willfully and knowingly, with the intent to deceive, makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to…
    • § 11482.5 Any person who knowingly makes more than one application for aid with the intent of establishing multiple entitlements for any person for the same period, or…
    • § 11483 Except as specified in Section 11483.5, whenever any person has, by means of false statement or representation or by impersonation or other fraudulent device,…
    • § 11483.5 Any person who obtains more than one aid payment for any person as a result of knowingly making more than one application for aid with the intent of…
    • § 11484 On request, all state, county, and local agencies shall cooperate with an investigator of an agency whose primary function is to detect, prevent, or prosecute…
    • § 11485 If, to the knowledge of the court, aid has been applied for or granted to a child of parents who are engaged in a divorce or separate maintenance action which…
    • § 11486 (a) The needs of any individual who is a member of a family applying for, or receiving, aid under this chapter shall not be taken into account in making the…
    • § 11486.3 (a) The department, in consultation with system stakeholders, including county welfare departments, shall examine the CalWORKs sanction policy, its…
    • § 11486.5 (a) An individual shall not be eligible for aid under this chapter if the individual is either: (1) Fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody and confinement…
    • § 11487 (a) Whenever any aid under this chapter is repaid to the state by means of child support collections, the state shall be entitled to the amount received or…
    • § 11487.1 Except as provided in Sections 11457 and 11487, whenever any aid under this chapter is repaid to a county or recovered by a county, the state shall be entitled…
    • § 11487.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Sections 11487 and 15204.5, the department shall implement a program in any participating county…
  20. ARTICLE 7.5. Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare §§ 11495–11495.40 · 8 sections
    • § 11495 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to maximize protections afforded to survivors of domestic violence, sexual harassment, sexual…
    • § 11495.1 (a) The department shall align CalWORKs with, and not be more restrictive than, the federal family violence option pursuant to Section 402(a)(7) of the federal…
    • § 11495.12 For purposes of this article, until regulations are adopted pursuant to Section 11495.1, the term “abuse” means battering or subjecting a victim to extreme…
    • § 11495.15 (a) A county shall waive a program requirement for a recipient who has been identified as a past or present victim of abuse when it has been determined that… see note
    • § 11495.16 (a) All CalWORKs applicants and recipients shall be informed verbally and in writing, and to the extent required by law, in the language understood by the… see note
    • § 11495.17 During the annual budget process, the department shall update the Legislature at hearings regarding the number of CalWORKs recipients, aggregated by county,…
    • § 11495.25 Sworn statements by a victim of past or present abuse shall be sufficient to establish abuse unless the agency documents in writing an independent, reasonable…
    • § 11495.40 The department shall adopt a model curriculum for domestic violence and sexual abuse prevention training, based on the statewide protocol, in consultation with…
  21. ARTICLE 8. Employment Retention Services § 11500 · 1 section
    • § 11500 The county may continue to provide case management and services to either a recipient of aid under this chapter not participating under Article 3.2 (commencing…
  22. ARTICLE 9. Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation §§ 11520–11523.7 · 13 sections
    • § 11520 The State Department of Social Services shall ensure that a comprehensive, independent statewide evaluation of the CalWORKs program is undertaken and that…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 11520.7 The department shall ensure that county demonstration projects and other innovative county approaches to CalWORKs program implementation are independently and…
    • § 11521.3 Evaluation of CalWORKs program implementation conducted or commissioned by the department shall, to the extent practical, use or build upon existing welfare…
    • § 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…
    • § 11522 The department, in conjunction with participating representatives of counties and the Legislature, shall develop approaches to improving data collection and…
    • § 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…
    • § 11523.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to make the CalWORKs program the most effective family…
    • § 11523.4 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Legislature has taken numerous steps in recent years to improve the CalWORKs program for…
    • § 11523.5 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene and facilitate a Cal-OAR implementation steering committee (steering committee) no later than…
    • § 11523.6 (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the State Department of Social Services shall contract for the development…
    • § 11523.7 Payments, as determined by the State Department of Social Services, made to individuals serving either as individual participants or as a participant on an…
  23. ARTICLE 9.5. Interagency Data Development and Use § 11525 · 1 section
    • § 11525 (a) The department shall establish procedures to provide timely access to information on CalWORKs families to counties and researchers in a manner that…
  24. ARTICLE 9.7. Role of the University §§ 11526–11526.5 · 2 sections
    • § 11526 (a) The Legislature hereby requests the Regents of the University of California to establish and administer a program or programs to support welfare research…
    • § 11526.5 The department shall enter into an interagency agreement with the University of California for the purpose of implementing Section 11526. The interagency…