This app is an informative guide about Calworks. This guide is merely informative, you will not be able to carry out any type of procedure within it.

What is Calworks?

Calworks is an opportunity for Work and Responsibility for Children
of California (CalWORKs).

The purpose of CalWORKs is to provide equitable access to the services, resources, and opportunities families need to increase resilience, achieve economic mobility, and break the cycle of poverty.

CalWORKs is a social assistance program that provides cash assistance and services to eligible needy families in California. The program serves all 58 counties in the state and is operated locally by county welfare departments.

Benefits to build on with CalWORKs:

If a family is in need, CalWORKs can help with housing, food, utilities, clothing or medical care, they may be eligible for immediate short-term help. Families who apply and qualify for continuing assistance receive money each month to help pay for housing, food, and other necessary expenses.

To obtain more information about the services and benefits that CalWORks offers, do not hesitate to download our informative guide, you will be able to be informed at all times about CalWORks.

About CalWORKs:

There are welfare offices located in each of California's 58 counties. Families can apply for CalWORKs at any office located in the county where they live.

Who is eligible for CalWORKs?

The amount of a family's monthly CalWORKs payment assistance depends on a number of factors, including the number of people who are eligible and the special needs of any of those family members. Family income is taken into account when calculating the amount of cash assistance the family receives.

Families who have a child(ren) in the home who have been deprived of parental support or care due to the absence, disability or death of either parent.

Families with one child(ren) when both parents are at home but the main income earner is unemployed. Need family caregivers for a foster child.

In the CalWORKs guide we inform you about everything you need to know to know if you can access the CalWORKs benefit. Find out whether or not you are eligible for CalWORKs.

The CalWORKs program helps a family access immediate child care while the parent works or performs their welfare-to-work activity. The purpose of the CalWORKs program is to support parents in their transition to the stable, long-term child care necessary for the family to leave and remain off of assistance.

Remember that this guide on CalWORKs is merely informative and you will not be able to carry out any procedure within it.

With our informative guide on CalWorkds, know the income limit you need to have to qualify for the benefit.

To be eligible for CalWORKs, your family income must be below a certain limit based on your family size and where you live. Here are the details:
Income, CalWORKs does not count some things as income, including:
🔵Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
🔵Loans and scholarships
🔵The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
🔵Federal Relocation/Disaster Benefits

If your countable income for eligibility is less than the limit for your family, you can get CalWORKs benefits.

Additionally, your family can only get CalWORKs if you have $10,888 or less in resources ($16,333 if the family includes someone with a disability or someone age 60 or older).

Stay informed with our guide to CalWORKs.

*DISCLAIMER: This CalWORKs app is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by the government. Our application is designed to provide easy access to public information offered by the government.
INFORMATION SOURCES: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/calworks
Remember that the CalWORKs guide is merely informative and you will not be able to carry out any procedure within it.