ARTICLE 3.2. Welfare-to-Work Activities

Heading of Article 3.2 amended (as added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1568) by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 59.

§§ 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…