Overview of Financial Eligibility. In order to get CalWORKs, a family must be very poor. If the family is not poor enough, they do not get any CalWORKs.
Financial eligibility is based on a consideration of both income and resources .
The income of both the AU and the non-Assistance Unit family members is considered. Not everything a family has will always count against the limits. In order to see if someone is poor enough to get CalWORKs, there are five general questions to ask with respect to property and income. In the following sections, we explain how to analyze and answer these questions for most income and property. Differentiating Income and Resources.