Download or read book List of Officers and Members Rev to Oct 1st 1936 and Statement of Accounts for 1935 written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cuts and Consequences written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The CalWORKs Project written by California. Institute for Mental Health and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The CalWORKs Project written by California Institute for Mental Health and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book California s Response to Recent TANF Changes Should Preserve the Strengths of the CalWORKs Program written by Scott Graves and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book California Budget Project CalWORKs written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California established the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program in 1997 to conform the state's welfare system to the new federal law. [...] In fact, CalWORKs expenditures now exceed available funding by several hundred million dol- lars, and the state has been drawing down the TANF surplus to close the gap.3 Consequently, the TANF surplus is projected to fall to $253 million at the end of fiscal year 2001-02, a 71 percent drop since 1997-98 (Figure 1). [...] This reserve is not large enough to bridge the estimated CalWORKs deficit in 2002-03, prompting the Governor to propose cuts to the program in his Budget (discussed below). [...] The TANF surplus will effectively disappear in 2003.4 In addition to static federal and state funding, two factors have contributed to the emergence of the CalWORKs deficit: • The state and counties have expanded employment and training services and child care subsi- dies, and used TANF and MOE funds to pay for a range of CalWORKs-related initiatives designed to help families transition from welfa. [...] The state reinstated cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for cash grants in 1998-99, after suspending COLAs and reducing grant payments during much of the 1990s.10 COLAs increased the maximum monthly CalWORKs grant for a family of three in high-cost regions by 20 percent, from $565 in 1997-98 to $679 in 2001-02.11 However, this is well below the 2002 federal poverty level of $1,252 per month for a.

Download or read book Sanctions in the CalWORKS Program written by Jacob Alex Klerman and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California Department of Social Services asked RAND to study the state's policy for sanctioning welfare program participants who do not comply with statutory requirements of the welfare-to-work program. Researchers found that sanctions were weak in practice and that caseworkers were reluctant to sanction clients. Making sanction swifter, stronger, and safer are possible directions for reforming sanction policy and practice.

Download or read book The CalWORKs Project written by California Institute for Mental Health and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the main components of the CalWORKs Project is a six county case study which has followed the progress of Alameda, Kern, Los Angeles, Monterey, Shasta, and Stanislaus counties as they implement the AOD [alcohol and other drugs], MH [mental health], and DV [domestic violence] supportive services in their CalWORKs programs. This report is the second six county case study report issued by the CalWORKs project."--Executive summary, p. 1.

Download or read book Welfare Reform in California written by Jacob Alex Klerman and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An executive summary of RAND MR-1358-CDSS, Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis. The study examines the effects of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program on work activity participation rates of welfare recipients, welfare caseloads, and outcomes for welfare leavers. It describes outcomes under CalWORKs through approximately the summer of 2000 and begins the process of explaining the observed variation in outcomes through time, between California and other states, and among California's counties. Analyses of national data (administrative data on caseloads and national survey data on household income) and statewide data (on caseloads, employment, and earnings) show almost uniform improvement in outcomes in California since the implementation of CalWORKs. While the CalWORKs reforms appear to have been responsible for some of that improvement, the robust economy and other policy changes were probably also important. The rest of the nation has experienced similar improvements in outcomes.

Download or read book California Budget Project TANF and CalWORKs written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California Department of Social Services (DSS) spends the majority of TANF and MOE funds within the CalWORKs program. [...] The county spending requirement for single allocation funds is equal to the amount spent for administration in 1996-97.6 Counties received $1.8 billion and spent an additional $63 million of their own funds on these programs in 2000-01. [...] Mental Health and Substance Abuse Allocations: State law provides for separate funding streams for mental health and substance abuse services for CalWORKs recipients.7 As in the case of single alloca- tion funds, counties were originally allowed to carry over unspent mental health and substance abuse funds to the next fiscal year. [...] Counties spent 96 percent of the amounts allocated to them for employment services and administration in 1999-00 and have spent 45 percent of the 2000-01 allocations in the first two fiscal quarters.13 This pattern can be explained in part by the fact that county programs underwent major transformations in 1998 and 1999 to implement the new CalWORKs program and had not fully ramped up services unt. [...] It is likely that counties will spend the same or a higher percentage of the allocations in 2000-01 based on expendi- tures in the first half of the year.

Download or read book Welfare Reform Update CALWORKS AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To bring perspective to the difficult decisions facing policymakers, this Update summarizes CalWORKs caseload trends, reviews CalWORKs spending reductions and freezes contained in the 2002 Budget Act, examines CalWORKs proposals included in the Governor's 2003-04 Proposed Budget, and ana- lyzes the impact of the Governor's plan to suspend cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) and reduce grant payment. [...] IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED COLA SUSPENSIONS AND GRANT REDUCTION The Governor's proposal to suspend COLAs and reduce grant payments would achieve savings of $499.9 million for the CalWORKs program, but would lead to a loss of purchasing power for families that depend on CalWORKs for cash assistance. [...] Thus, even if the state implements the statutory CalWORKs COLA in 2004-05, CalWORKs grants would be 12.5 percent lower than they would have been in the absence of the suspensions and the grant reduction. [...] In 2000-01, the maxi- mum CalWORKs grant for a family of three in high-cost counties was 81.5 percent of the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom unit (Figure 7).22 By 2002-03, the grant dropped to 66.3 percent of FMR and would fall to 62.2 percent in 2003-04 under the Governor's proposal. [...] The state could use the $200 million TANF reserve and the estimated $350 million in caseload savings to offset the grant reduction and fund the June and October 2003 COLAs.

Download or read book Report to the Legislature on Domestic Violence Services Under the CalWORKs Program written by California. Department of Social Services. Work Support Services Program and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book B U D G E T B R i E F HOW ARE COUNTIES IMPLEMENTING CalWORKs INTRODUCTION WHICH ACTIVITIES ARE ANALYZED written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PROWRA gave states broad authority to restructure welfare programs within the confines of strict time-limits and work participation requirements.1 California, in turn, established the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program in 1997 to conform the state's welfare system to the new federal law. [...] As compared to the state's previous Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, CalWORKs gives counties a significant amount of control over the design and direction of local welfare- to-work programs.2 AB 1542 requires counties to submit a plan to the state for certification. [...] B U D GE T P R O J E CT 2 • Number of work participation hours required for a participant to remain eligible for assistance; • Criteria selected by the county to determine an applicant's eligibility for diversion services and the maximum diversion payment allowed; • Work activities offered in addition to those specified by the state and work activities not offered of those specified by the state;. [...] State law provides an exemption from the work participation requirements for the parent of a child under the age of six months, with an option for counties to limit the exemption to three months or extend the exemption to 12 months. [...] Approximately two-thirds of the counties (some of which are also reducing the exemption period to three months on a case-by-case basis) are extending, on a case-by-case basis, the exemption period to 12 months.

Download or read book CALIFORNIA S RESPONSE TO RECENT TANF CHANGES SHOULD PRESERVE THE STRENGTHS OF THE CALWORKS PROGRAM C Budget Brief JUNE 2005 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fixed federal allocation of $3.7 billion and $2.7 billion in state and county maintenance of effort (MOE) funds, the minimum amount required by federal law, provide funding for CalWORKs and related programs.2 These policy changes shifted the focus of welfare from providing cash aid to needy families to helping participants overcome barriers to employment, find a job, and move toward self-suffici. [...] The DRA, for example, requires the DHHS to define both federal work activities and the circumstances under which an unaided adult who resides with a child receiving assistance (a "child-only" case) should be included in the federal work rate calculation.10 These new regulations could make it harder for states to meet the higher work participation requirements. [...] California Should Preserve the Strengths of the CalWORKs Program Policymakers may wish to modify certain CalWORKs policies in order to increase the state's work participation rate and thereby minimize or avoid federal penalties. [...] For example, the state could attempt to increase the participation of 4 individuals who are already working in federally-allowable activities, but for an insufficient number of hours to meet the federal requirement.11 Prior to modifying CalWORKs, however, policymakers should identify the program's key strengths and ensure that any proposed changes preserve or enhance those strengths. [...] 16 Counties may reduce the exemption period for a parent with a young child to the first 12 weeks, or increase it to the first 12 months, after the birth or adoption of the child.

Download or read book GOVERNOR S PROPOSED CALWORKS CHANGES WOULD ELIMINATE AID FOR NEARLY 200 000 CHILDREN T written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fi xed federal allocation of $3.7 billion and a minimum of $2.7 billion in state and county "maintenance-of-effort" (MOE) funds provide support for CalWORKs and related programs.3 The policy changes enacted at the state and federal levels shifted the focus of welfare from providing cash assistance to helping low-income families overcome barriers to employment and move toward self- suffi ciency. [...] CalWORKs Spending Has Declined as a Share of the State Budget CalWORKs spending has declined as a share of the state budget as the number of families receiving cash assistance dropped from a peak of 932,345 in March 1995 to 462,686 in December 2007 (50.4 percent). [...] One analysis concluded that implementation of full-family sanctions in Texas has not led "to compliance with the rules, but to expulsion from the program."29 Policymakers Should Explore Alternative Approaches to Help Meet Federal Work Participation Requirements The Legislature likely will have to consider additional CalWORKs changes in order to meet the required work participation rate and thereby. [...] The Governor's 7 proposals, although partially aimed at helping the state to meet federal work participation requirements, would undermine one of the strengths of the CalWORKs Program - providing aid for children whose parents have lost or are ineligible for cash assistance.30 In contrast, policymakers should explore alternative approaches to help boost the state's work participation rate, while b. [...] The FFY 2009 estimate is lower because it assumes that California will receive a credit for spending above the minimum MOE level - the last year for which the state is likely to receive such a credit given the restrictions on such spending included in the DHSS regulations, as discussed above.

Download or read book THE GOVERNOR S PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD DROP NEARLY 200 000 CHILDREN FROM THE CALWORKS PROGRAM written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 200,000 children would lose CalWORKs cash assistance under the Governor's proposals, which depart from the state's historic, bipartisan commitment to provide a strong work incentive for parents, while promoting the well-being of children. [...] Estimates reflect each district's share of the number of children who would lose aid statewide under each proposal, as estimated by the Department of Social Services. [...] Children would lose cash assistance as of June 1, 2008 under the safety-net and child-only proposals and as of June 1, 2009 under the full-family sanctions proposal. [...] Estimates reflect each district's share of the number of children who would lose aid statewide under each proposal, as estimated by the Department of Social Services. [...] Children would lose cash assistance as of June 1, 2008 under the safety-net and child-only proposals and as of June 1, 2009 under the full-family sanctions proposal.

Download or read book THE GOVERNOR S PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE CALWORKS WOULD AFFECT MORE THAN 1 4 MILLION LOW INCOME CHILDREN AND PARENTS written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliminating CalWORKs would reduce General Fund spending by $2.4 billion in 2010-11 - the first full year that CalWORKs would be eliminated - but California also would lose $3.9 billion in federal funds, for a combined loss of state and federal funding of $6.3 billion in 2010-11. [...] Estimated Impact of Eliminating the CalWORKs Program County Number of Children and Parents Affected Lost State and Federal Funds County Number of Children and Parents Affected Lost State and Federal Funds Alameda 48,710 $210,896,000 Orange 50,540 $218,850,000 Alpine 20 $82,000 Placer 5,020 $21,728,000 Amador 880 $3,806,000 Plumas 490 $2,115,000 Butte 9,840 $42,621,000 Riverside 82,390 $356,734,000. [...] County estimates of affected recipients are based on the three-month average of each county's share of Californians receiving CalWORKS cash grants in January, February, and March 2009, the most recent months for which these data are available. [...] Total estimated loss of funds reflects the projected state savings in 2010-11 due to eliminating the CalWORKs Program ($2.4 billion), combined with the loss of the state's entire annual Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant ($3.7 billion) and a portion ($145 million) of federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds the state is estimated to receive in federal fiscal year 2010. [...] County estimates of affected recipients are rounded to the nearest 10 and county estimates of loss of funds are rounded to the nearest 1,000.