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Welfare reform in California : state and county implementation of CalWORKs in the first year, executive summary / Gail L. Zellman ... [et al.].

Title
Welfare reform in California : state and county implementation of CalWORKs in the first year, executive summary / Gail L. Zellman ... [et al.].
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Zellman, Gail.
  • California. Department of Social Services.
  • Labor and Population Program.
  • Rand Corporation.
Description
xi, 23 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is California's response to the welfare reforms Congress set in motion in 1996. The most visible features of this program are its emphasis on moving welfare recipients from reliance on government cash assistance to work and toward self-sufficiency; its use of time limits and participation requirements; its provision of certain services, such as child care and job search assistance, to make participation easier; and its devolution of program authority from the state to the county level. This executive summary focuses on the four themes that have emerged from the authors' work to date: (1) Organizations have changed in response to the expanded mission of CalWORKs, despite limited time for planning. (2) Implementation is under way, but recipient compliance is low. (3) Counties currently have sufficient funds, but this may change. (4) Achieving earnings needed to achieve self-sufficiency before time limits expire is a challenge.
Series Statement
Rand statewide CalWORKs evaluation
Uniform Title
Rand statewide CalWORKs evaluation.
Alternative Title
  • State and county implementation of CalWORKs in the first year, executive summary
  • CalWORKs
Subject
  • California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program)
  • Public welfare > California
  • Public welfare administration > California
  • Social service > California
  • Welfare recipients > Employment > California
  • Labor > California
  • California > Social policy
Note
  • "Prepared for the California Department of Social Services."
  • "Labor and Population."
  • "MR-1051/1-CDSS"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-95).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
OCLC
  • 41183258
  • SCSB-10403232
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library