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CA Welf & Inst Code § 11495 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare|Section 11495.

11495.  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to adopt a family violence provision by enacting the federal option concerning victims of domestic violence provided for in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program pursuant to Section 402(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 602(a)(7)). By adopting this provision, the Legislature recognizes that some individuals who may need public assistance have been or are victims of abuse, and intends to ensure that applicants and recipients who are past or present victims of abuse are not placed at further risk or unfairly penalized by CalWORKs requirements and procedures. The Legislature intends that, in implementing this article, program requirements not be created or applied in such a way as to encourage a victim to remain with the abuser. It is also the intent of the Legislature that CalWORKs recipients participate in welfare-to-work activities, to the full extent of their abilities, including participation in counselling and treatment programs, as appropriate, to enable the recipient to obtain unsubsidized employment and move towards self-sufficiency.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 155. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11495.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare|Section 11495.1.

11495.1.  (a) The department shall convene a task force including, but not limited to, district attorney domestic violence units, county departments of social services, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the California State Association of Counties, statewide domestic violence prevention groups, local domestic violence prevention advocates, and service providers, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the California Emergency Management Agency. The department shall develop, in consultation with the task force, protocols on handling cases in which recipients are past or present victims of abuse. The protocols shall define domestic abuse, and shall address training standards and curricula, individual case assessments, confidentiality procedures, notice procedures and counseling or other appropriate participation requirements as part of an overall plan to transition from welfare-to-work. The protocol shall specify how counties shall do the following:(1) Identify applicants and recipients of assistance under this chapter who have been or are victims of abuse, including those who self-identify, while protecting confidentiality.(2) Refer these individuals to supportive services.(3) Waive, on a case-by-case basis, for so long as necessary, pursuant to a determination of good cause under paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 11320.3, any program requirements that would make it more difficult for these individuals or their children to escape abuse, and that would be detrimental or unfairly penalize past or present victims of abuse. Requirements that may be waived include, but are not limited to, time limits on receipt of assistance, work requirements, educational requirements, paternity establishment and child support cooperation requirements.(b) The department shall issue regulations describing the protocol identified in subdivision (a) no later than January 1, 1999.(c) Waivers of time limits granted pursuant to this section shall not be implemented if federal statutes or regulations clarify that abuse victims are included in the 20 percent hardship exemptions and that no good cause waivers of the 20 percent limit will be granted to the state for victims of abuse, thereby incurring a penalty to the state.(d) Waivers of the work requirements granted pursuant to this section shall not be implemented if federal statutes or regulations clarify that the state will be penalized for failing to meet work participation requirements due to granting waivers to abuse victims.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 220. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11495.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare|Section 11495.12.

11495.12.  For purposes of this article, until regulations are adopted pursuant to Section 11495.1, the term “abuse” means battering or subjecting a victim to extreme cruelty by (1) physical acts that resulted in or threatened to result in physical injury, (2) sexual abuse, (3) sexual activity involving a child in the home, (4) being forced to participate in nonconsensual sexual acts or activities, (5) threats of, or attempts at, physical or sexual abuse, (6) mental abuse, (7) neglect or deprivation of medical care, or (8) stalking.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 155. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11495.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare|Section 11495.15.

11495.15.  A county may waive a program requirement for a recipient who has been identified as a past or present victim of abuse when it has been determined that good cause exists pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 11320.3. Until implementation of the regulations required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 11495.1, a county may utilize standards, procedures, and protocols currently available, and shall identify them in its county plan. Waivers shall be reevaluated in accordance with other routine periodic reevaluations by the county.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 902, Sec. 52.5. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11495.16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare|Section 11495.16.

11495.16.  All CalWORKs applicants and recipients shall be informed verbally and in writing, and to the extent required by law, in the language understood by the applicant or recipient, of the availability of services designed to assist individuals to identify, escape, or stop future domestic abuse as well as to overcome the effects of domestic abuse.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 691, Sec. 6. (AB 557) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11495.17 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare|Section 11495.17.

11495.17.  (a) During the annual budget process, the department shall update the Legislature at hearings regarding the number of CalWORKs welfare-to-work recipients, aggregated by county, who have been identified as potential victims of domestic abuse during the online CalWORKs appraisal process. The report shall also include a list of counties that require domestic violence survivors to be offered waivers pursuant to Section 11495.15 and a summary of actions taken by the department to address the specific and unique needs of survivors of domestic abuse.(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2018.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 691, Sec. 7. (AB 557) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11495.25 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare|Section 11495.25.

11495.25.  Sworn statements by a victim of past or present abuse shall be sufficient to establish abuse unless the agency documents in writing an independent, reasonable basis to find the recipient not credible. Evidence may also include, but is not limited to: police, government agency, or court records or files; documentation from a domestic violence program, legal, clerical, medical or other professional from whom the applicant or recipient has sought assistance in dealing with abuse; or other evidence, such as a statement from any other individual with knowledge of the circumstances that provide the basis for the claim, physical evidence of abuse, or any other evidence that supports the statement.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 703. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11495.40 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 7.5 - Family Violence Option: Domestic Violence and Welfare|Section 11495.40.

11495.40.  The department shall adopt a model curriculum for domestic violence and sexual abuse prevention training, based on the statewide protocol, in consultation with the task force identified in Section 11495.1. County welfare agencies shall determine which staff will be trained.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 155. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 8 - Employment Retention Services|Section 11500.

11500.  The county may continue to provide case management and services to either a recipient of aid under this chapter not participating under Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) or a former recipient of aid under this chapter who has received aid within the previous 12 months if a recipient or former recipient is employed, in order to assist the individual in retaining employment. These job retention services may be provided for up to 12 months after the first day of employment, to the extent they are not provided by the employer, the entity that arranged the job placement, if other than the county, and, to the extent that the services are not available from other sources.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 157. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11520 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11520.

11520.  The State Department of Social Services shall ensure that a comprehensive, independent statewide evaluation of the CalWORKs program is undertaken and that accurate evaluative information is made available to the Legislature in a timely fashion.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11520.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11520.3.

11520.3.  The department shall develop a research design to ensure a thorough evaluation of the direct and indirect effects of the CalWORKs program. Effects shall include, but not be limited to, employment, earnings, self-sufficiency, child care, child support, child well-being, family structure, and impacts on local government. Child well-being shall include entries into foster care, at-risk births, school achievement, child abuse reports, and rates of child poverty.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11520.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11520.5.

11520.5.  The statewide evaluation shall be conducted by an independent evaluator or evaluators. It shall represent a clear delineation of the research questions and shall, through discrete reports issued at regular intervals, provide information regarding process, impacts, and analyses of the costs and benefits of the CalWORKs program.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11520.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11520.7.

11520.7.  The department shall ensure that county demonstration projects and other innovative county approaches to CalWORKs program implementation are independently and rigorously evaluated and that findings are reported to the Legislature in a timely fashion. The evaluation of a county-specific program shall be developed in conjunction with the county and other appropriate agencies responsible for the local program.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11521.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11521.3.

11521.3.  Evaluation of CalWORKs program implementation conducted or commissioned by the department shall, to the extent practical, use or build upon existing welfare data archives, including, but not limited to, the data bases and research completed to date as part of the Work Pays Demonstration Project authorized pursuant to Chapter 97 of the Statutes of 1992.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11521.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11521.5.

11521.5.  The department shall have access and authority to obtain for tracking, monitoring, research and evaluation purposes to data collected by counties on recipients receiving cash aid, in-kind payments, or supportive services.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11522 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11522.

11522.  The department, in conjunction with participating representatives of counties and the Legislature, shall develop approaches to improving data collection and management information reporting in the CalWORKs program.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 78, Sec. 28. Effective July 19, 2005.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11523.05 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11523.05.

11523.05.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any contract or grant necessary for the State Department of Social Services to implement or evaluate the Cal-OAR initiative pursuant to this article is exempt from all of the following:(1) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The Public Contract Code, the State Contracting Manual, and Section 11546 of the Government Code.(3) Review and approval by the Department of General Services or the Department of Technology.(b) Subdivision (a) applies to any contract or grant that does any of the following:(1) Provides workforce training and certification to state or county staff on development and completion of a CalWORKs self-assessment.(2) Develops or provides training and technical assistance to state and county staff related to either of the following:(A) Continuous Quality Improvement.(B) Evaluation of system-improvement strategies.(c) The department shall provide a summary of the executed and pending contracts and grants made pursuant to this section, with detail on the amounts involved, to the Cal-OAR portion of the department’s internet website. Commencing January 10, 2021, this posting shall be refreshed at least annually, on January 10 of each year, for as long as this section is operative.(d)  This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2023, and, as of January 1, 2024, is repealed.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 68. (AB 79) Effective June 29, 2020. Inoperative July 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11523.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11523.1.

11523.1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to make the CalWORKs program the most effective family antipoverty program in the country. California continues to be a national leader in total caseload, provision of cash assistance, welfare-to-work services, and assistance for children. California is a national leader in improving the quality of life for CalWORKs families, including the elimination of the “maximum family grant rule,” as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450.025, and the commitment to ending deep poverty among all CalWORKs families.(b) Beginning in the 2019–20 fiscal year and continuing through the 2023–24 fiscal year, California embarks on the first cycle of a new CalWORKs innovation, the CalWORKs Outcome and Accountability Review (Cal-OAR) system. Cal-OAR establishes a local, data-driven program management system that facilitates continuous improvement of county CalWORKs programs by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating outcomes and best practices. This system will help achieve the state’s goals of ensuring that CalWORKs families receive the best possible services and supports to improve their lives and will also help the state meet federal work participation rates by emphasizing quality and engagement.(c) At the same time, county human services agencies are transforming the welfare-to-work process away from a compliance-oriented and work-first model into a modern, science-based, and goal-oriented welfare-to-work model known locally as CalWORKs 2.0. The success of this approach depends on a culture shift away from compliance-oriented, directive case management and toward supportive and responsive interactions between the case manager and the customer. Case management emphasizes coaching that allows clients to naturally develop accountability by setting and achieving their goals. Case managers in CalWORKs 2.0 have a framework to provide customers a trajectory from stability, to upskilling, to employment.(d) Cal-OAR and the county CalWORKs 2.0 initiative are bold steps toward a better CalWORKs program, yet state law has not been updated to be consistent with the new approaches.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 69. (AB 79) Effective June 29, 2020.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11523.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11523.5.

11523.5.  (a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene and facilitate a Cal-OAR implementation steering committee (steering committee) no later than November 1, 2021. The steering committee shall make recommendations to the Legislature on how to implement Cal-OAR and CalWORKs 2.0 principles and practices statewide, and prioritize recommendations made by the Cal-OAR stakeholder group, by April 1, 2022. As part of the recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision, the steering committee shall provide its recommendations, including any recommendations for statutory amendments, and the reasons for these recommendations.(b) The Cal-OAR implementation steering committee shall consist of representatives from the following organizations and stakeholders:(1) The State Department of Social Services.(2) The County Welfare Directors Association and its member county human services agencies.(3) The exclusive representative of county CalWORKs staff.(4) The Western Center on Law and Poverty.(5) Parent Voices.(6) Legislative staff.(c) The steering committee may consult with other individuals, organizations, and entities as deemed appropriate for the purposes of implementing CalWORKs 2.0 and Cal-OAR.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 43. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11523.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation|Section 11523.7.

11523.7.  Payments, as determined by the State Department of Social Services, made to individuals serving either as individual participants or as a participant on an advisory group created by the State Department of Social Services, or the California Health and Human Services Agency, or through a user testing exercise through a contractor, for the purposes of this article shall not be taken into account as income or resources for purposes of determining the eligibility of that individual, or any other individual, for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any state or local program.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 45. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021.)