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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Property Qualifications › Section 11160.

11160. To the extent federal financial participation is available, any state agency responsible for the administration of any program under this division may establish procedures for common eligibility determination for public social service programs that aid needy families to the extent consistent with the eligibility of each program, so as to improve the efficiency of the operation of the welfare program, improve the cost-effective use of state dollars, and simplify the process for permitting qualified recipients to establish their eligibility.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 48. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Recipients Property Tax › Section 11170.

11170. Upon discovery that persons receiving public assistance were improperly granted homeowners’ exemptions for fiscal year 1972–1973 and preceding fiscal years, a county may request from the Director of Social Services, as unmet shelter needs, the amounts required to cancel any escape assessment existing at the time of the request.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 380.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Recipients Property Tax › Section 11171.

11171. Upon receipt of funds pursuant to its request, the county shall cancel the escape assessment and any penalty or interest thereon pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 4985) of Chapter 4 of Part 9 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as if it had been imposed, levied, or charged erroneously, and if paid, a refund thereof shall be made.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 504.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Recipients Property Tax › Section 11172.

11172. The receipt of funds shall be deemed as payments by the public assistance recipients and shall be accounted for as tax receipts which may be used for state, county, city, and district purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 504.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Recipients Property Tax › Section 11173.

11173. If an audit by the State Controller results in a reduction of state reimbursements for the homeowners’ property tax exemption because of persons described in Section 11170, the county shall make the reimbursements to cities and districts without regard to the Controller’s reduction, using the funds described in Sections 11171 and 11172.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 504.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Recipients Property Tax › Section 11174.

11174. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest and necessary for the public welfare to provide assistance to certain needy persons of limited income and resources in the payment of delinquent property taxes. It is further found and declared that such assistance may in some cases be most appropriately provided through the limitation of escape assessments and the cancellation of such assessments, or by a combination of limitation or cancellation, and assistance payments, rather than merely through assistance payments.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 504.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Recipients Property Tax › Section 11175.

11175. Whenever a county requests additional unmet shelter needs funds so as to cancel escape assessments upon the homes of welfare recipients improperly granted the homeowners’ exemption, such request is deemed a voluntary act of the county and the county shall assume the burden of all the costs in compliance with this act. For this reason, the act involves no mandated acts within the meaning of Section 2164.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and no state reimbursement pursuant to that section is required.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 504.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11200.

11200. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act, and may also be cited as the CalWORKs program.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 50. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11200.5.

11200.5. Funding for social services under this chapter is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 10100) of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1235. Note: Repeal conditions in Sec. 14 of Ch. 1235 failed.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11201.

11201. For the purposes of this chapter, the following shall apply:
(a) “Unemployed parent” means a natural or adoptive parent with whom the child is living.
(b) A child for whom a parent is applying for assistance under this chapter shall be considered to be deprived of parental support or care due to the unemployment of his or her parent or parents when the parent has worked less than 100 hours in the preceding four weeks and meets the requirements concerning an unemployed parent in effect on August 21, 1996, as set forth in Section 233.100 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations except for the provisions of subparagraph (i) to (v), inclusive, of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of that section.
(c) A family receiving aid under this chapter with a child who is considered to be deprived of parental support or care due to unemployment may continue to receive assistance regardless of the number of hours his or her parent works provided the family does not exceed the applicable gross or net income limits and is otherwise eligible for assistance.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 902, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11202.

11202. As used in this chapter, the term “needy child” means a child living in a family as described in Section 11250, or a child as described in Section 11401.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1166, Sec. 2.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11204.

11204. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing any public official, agent, or representative, in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter, to take charge of any child over the objection of either of the parents of such child, or of the person standing in the place of a parent to such child, except pursuant to a proper court order.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11205.

11205. The Legislature finds and declares that the family unit is of fundamental importance to society in nurturing its members, passing on values, averting potential social problems, and providing the secure structure in which citizens live out their lives. Each family unit has the right and responsibility to provide for its own economic security by full participation in the work force to the extent possible. Each family has the right and responsibility to provide sufficient support and protection of its children, to raise them according to its values and to provide every opportunity for educational and social progress.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1329, Sec. 11.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11206.

11206. In case of dispute, the application and supporting documents pertaining to his case on file in the department or on file in any county office shall be open to inspection at any time during business hours by the applicant or recipient or his attorney or agent.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11207.

11207. Every county shall grant aid to any child eligible therefor, in any amount needed, not to exceed the amount specified in Section 11450, and shall administer this chapter in such a manner as to achieve the greatest possible reduction of dependency and to promote the rehabilitation of recipients. At the time of application the county department shall discuss parental responsibility with the applicant.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11208.

11208. Caseworker services shall be made available immediately to an applicant for aid under this chapter upon the filing of his application.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11209.

11209. The department shall make rules and regulations for the proper maintenance and care of needy children and for the administration of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Such rules and regulations shall be binding upon the institutions, county welfare departments and any public or private agency that is responsible for the placement and care of a child receiving AFDC-FC.
The department may inquire at any time into the management of any institution or public or private agency receiving aid on behalf of children under their placement and care in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or into the management by any county of Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
If an institution, public or private agency or a county fails to comply promptly with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the department cannot be enforced in any other manner, the institution, public or private agency or county failing or refusing to comply with such provisions, rules, and regulations, or to permit the inquiry provided for in this section, shall not thereafter receive aid under the provisions of this chapter until it has complied with all such provisions, rules, and regulations and has permitted the inquiry by the department, if such inquiry is demanded.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 977, Sec. 4. Effective September 13, 1982. Operative October 1, 1982, by Sec. 36 of Ch. 977.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11210.

11210. The department shall make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the United States Department of Health and Human Services from time to time requires, and shall comply with such provisions as that department from time to time finds necessary to assure correctness and verification of such reports. County welfare departments and any public or private agency receiving aid on behalf of children under their placement and care in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall provide the department with all information and statistics required to compile the reports.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 977, Sec. 5. Effective September 13, 1982. Operative October 1, 1982, by Sec. 36 of Ch. 977.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11211.

11211. Rehabilitation or employment training or job placement made pursuant to any program of rehabilitation or job development and placement operated by a county welfare department or by any state agency shall not be considered completed, and the recipient shall be considered to remain unemployed, until such time as the recipient receives from his earnings an income equivalent to the amount of income which he and his family are entitled to receive pursuant to provisions of this chapter.
This section shall be operative only on a demonstration project basis in a single, urban county selected by the department, and only during such time as the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare has waived compliance with Section 402 of the Social Security Act as permitted by Section 1115 of that act.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1505.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11212.

11212. (a) The state, through the county welfare department, shall reimburse the foster parent or foster parents for the cost of the burial plot and funeral expenses incurred for any child who, at the time of death, is receiving AFDC-FC pursuant to Section 11401 or Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program payments pursuant to Section 11461.3, to the extent that the foster parent or foster parents are not otherwise reimbursed for costs incurred for those purposes.
(b) The state, through the county welfare department, shall pay the burial costs and funeral expenses directly to the funeral home and the burial plot owner when either one of the following conditions exists:
(1) The foster parent or foster parents request the direct payment.
(2) The child’s death is due to alleged criminal negligence or other alleged criminal action on the part of the foster parent or foster parents.
(c) The foster parent, or the funeral home and burial plot provider, shall file a claim for reimbursement of costs with the county welfare department at the time and in the manner specified by the department. The county welfare department shall pay the claims in an amount not to exceed the level of reimbursement allowed by the California Victim Compensation Board for burial costs and funeral expenses under its Victims of Violent Crimes program, which is contained in Article 1 (commencing with Section 13959) of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Claims for the burial costs and funeral expenses for a foster child shall be paid out of funds appropriated annually to the department for those purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 24, Sec. 17. (SB 89) Effective June 27, 2017.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11213.

11213. For the purpose of developing a more efficient, effective, and equitable Aid to Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care program, the department shall develop:
(a) A management information database providing expenditure and caseload characteristics information, such as method of entry into AFDC-FC, average cost of placement, type of facility used for placement, and average length of stay in placement.
(b) A quality control system for AFDC-FC, and recommendations to the Legislature regarding resources required for implementation of the system by October 1, 1980.
(c) Recommendations to the Legislature regarding the following:
(1) A system or systems for establishing payment levels for children eligible to the AFDC-FC program.
(2) Plans and resources required for implementation of the selected system or systems by July 1, 1981.
(d) Recommendations to the Legislature regarding defining that segment of the population to be served by the AFDC-FC program, and impact of such definition on the current AFDC-FC population.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 231. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11216.

11216. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant funds or state maintenance of effort funds may only be expended outside of the CalWORKs program if the expenditure does not result in additional caseload to be included in the calculation of the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program caseload reduction credit.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant funds authorized for any program except the CalWORKs program shall not be increased above the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 75, Sec. 29.1. Effective July 12, 2006.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11217.

11217. (a) The Director of Social Services shall execute a declaration stating that increased federal financial participation in the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Programs is no longer available pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Public Law 111-5) or subsequent federal legislation, including an amendment to the ARRA, that maintains or extends increased federal financial participation.
(b) The director shall provide a copy of the declaration to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 559, Sec. 32.5. (AB 12) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 11218.

11218. Pursuant to Section 43.3 of the Civil Code, an applicant or recipient of aid under this chapter is entitled to breastfeed her child in any public area, or area where the mother and the child are authorized to be present, in a county welfare department or other county office.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 563, Sec. 2. (SB 252) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11225.

11225. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11226.

11226. “Appeal proceeding” means an administrative hearing conducted by a hearing officer of the department.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11227.

11227. “Audit” means a review of the claims, accounts, and documents of an auditee.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11228.

11228. “Date of mailing” means the date postmarked on the envelope if postage was prepaid and the envelope was properly addressed.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11229.

11229. “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11230.

11230. “Director” means the Director of Social Services.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11231.

11231. “Duplicate” means a facsimile copy of the original produced by photocopying or other technique of accurate reproduction.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11232.

11232. “Hearing officer” means an administrative law judge designated by the director.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11233.

11233. “Informal conference” means a proceeding conducted in person or by telephone for the purpose of clarifying or resolving issues.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11234.

11234. “Party” means the group home provider, foster family agency, or the department.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11235.

11235. “Protest” means a written request for a review. The request shall contain the basis for the provider’s objections to the audit findings or set rate.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 1.5 - Definitions › Section 11236.

11236. (a) “Set rate” means the per child per month rate set by the department for an AFDC-FC group home program or foster family agency.
(b) “Set rate” includes the rate set using projected data supplied by the provider for a proposed program, the rate set using data reported by the provider for an existing program, or the rate set using the results of a rate review, rate appeal, or audit done by, or on behalf of, the department.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective April 10, 1990.)
2023 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 2 - Eligibility for Aid › Section 11250.

11250. Aid, services, or both shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter, and subject to the regulations of the department, to families with related children under the age of 18 years, except as provided in Section 11253, in need thereof because they have been deprived of parental support or care due to:
(a) The death, physical or mental incapacity, or incarceration of a parent.
(b) The unemployment of a parent or parents.
(c) Continued absence of a parent from the home due to divorce, separation, desertion, or any other reason, except absence occasioned solely by reason of the performance of active duty in the uniformed services of the United States. “Continued absence” exists when the nature of the absence is such as either to interrupt or to terminate the parent’s functioning as a provider of maintenance, physical care, or guidance for the child, and the known or indefinite duration of the absence precludes counting on the parent’s performance of the function of planning for the present support or care of the child. If these conditions exist, the parent may be absent for any reason, and may have left only recently or some time previously.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1552, Sec. 1.)
2023 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 2 - Eligibility for Aid › Section 11250.4.

11250.4. Aid under this chapter shall not be payable to an assistance unit if a caretaker relative is, on the last day of the month, participating in a strike, unless the strike is necessitated by an imminent health and safety hazard or abnormally dangerous working conditions at the place of employment as determined by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or a lockout as defined in Section 1132.8 of the Labor Code. For the purposes of this section, a strike necessitated by an imminent health and safety hazard or abnormally dangerous working condition shall last only so long as necessitated by the imminent hazard or abnormally dangerous working condition. If an individual other than a caretaker relative is participating in a strike, as defined in this section, on the last day of the month, subject to the exceptions and their limitations set forth in this section, that individual’s needs shall not be included in determining the amount of aid payable to the assistance unit for the month during which the individual is participating in the strike on the last day of that month.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 902, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 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 2 - Eligibility for Aid › Section 11250.6.

11250.6. Except where inconsistent with federal laws, the income of any person under a contract of employment on an annual basis but who works and receives income from such contract in fewer than 12 months, but more than eight months, shall be prorated over the period of the contract for the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 3, Sec. 14. Effective February 17, 1982.)
2023 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 2 - Eligibility for Aid › Section 11250.7.

11250.7. Except where inconsistent with federal law, the salary of a full-time certificated employee of a school district shall be prorated over a 12-month period for the purposes of determining eligibility for aid under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 3, Sec. 15. Effective February 17, 1982.)
2023 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 2 - Eligibility for Aid › Section 11250.8.

11250.8. If an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits pursuant to this chapter receives one or more educational loans or grants, for purposes of determining availability of income, that person’s educational expenses shall not be applied to any educational loans or grants which, under federal or state law, are totally exempt from consideration as income for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 957, Sec. 1.)
2023 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 2 - Eligibility for Aid › Section 11250.9.

11250.9. If an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits pursuant to this chapter is a veteran, the dependent of a veteran, or the spouse of a veteran who either died in the line of duty or has a service-connected disability, benefits received for education, training, vocation, or rehabilitation and related allowances through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs shall be exempt from consideration as income for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits or calculating grant amounts pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 463, Sec. 1. (SB 570) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 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 2 - Eligibility for Aid › Section 11251.3.

11251.3. (a) Subject to the limitations of subdivision (b), pursuant to Section 115(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 104-193 (21 U.S.C. Sec. 862a(d)(1)(A)), California opts out of the provisions of Section 115(a)(1) of Public Law 104-193 (21 U.S.C. Sec. 862a(a)(1)). An individual convicted as an adult in state or federal court after December 31, 1997, including any plea of nolo contendere, of any offense classified as a felony that has as an element the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance, as defined in Section 102(6) of the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 802(6)) or Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code, shall be eligible to receive CalWORKs benefits under this section.
(b) As a condition of eligibility for CalWORKs pursuant to subdivision (a), an applicant or recipient described in subdivision (a) who is on probation or parole shall comply with the terms of the probation or parole, including participation in a government-recognized drug treatment program, if required. If the county human services agency receives verification that the individual is ineligible pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11486.5, the individual shall be ineligible for CalWORKs benefits under this section until he or she is no longer in violation of probation or parole or a fleeing felon. Verification shall be obtained using existing county human services agency protocols to determine eligibility.
(c) This section shall become operative on April 1, 2015.
(Repealed (in Secs. 45 and 46) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 26, Sec. 47. (AB 1468) Effective June 20, 2014. Section operative April 1, 2015, by its own provisions.)
2023 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 2 - Eligibility for Aid › Section 11253.

11253. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), aid shall not be granted under this chapter to or on behalf of any child who has attained 18 years of age unless all of the following apply:
(1)  The child is less than 19 years of age and is attending high school or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training on a full-time basis.
(2) The child can reasonably be expected to complete the educational or training program before the child’s 19th birthday.
(b) (1) On and after January 1, 2012, aid shall be granted under this chapter to or on behalf of any nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, if the nonminor dependent is placed in the approved home of a relative under the supervision of the county child welfare or probation department or Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1, and the nonminor dependent otherwise is eligible pursuant to Section 11403.
(2) The eligible nonminor dependent shall be exempt from identity verification requirements for the CalWORKs program.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, payment of aid under this chapter may be made out of state if the nonminor dependent who is described in subdivision (b) is placed in the approved home of a relative who resides in another state.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 36. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019.)
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11253.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an application for aid filed on behalf of a child to whom Section 309, 361.45, or 16519.5 applies shall be processed pursuant to an expedited process as determined by the department in consultation with the counties.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply if the person who applies for aid on behalf of a child described in subdivision (a) is also an applicant for or a recipient of benefits under this chapter.
(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person who applies for aid on behalf of a child described in subdivision (a) shall be exempt from identity verification requirements for the CalWORKs program.
(2) A relative caregiver who is also an applicant for or a recipient of benefits under this chapter shall comply with the identity verification requirements for the CalWORKs program, as those statutory and regulatory requirements existed on October 1, 2018.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 37. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019.)
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11253.3. (a) On and after the effective dates of the age extensions provided in subdivision (k) of Section 11403, a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, who was receiving CalWORKs aid and was placed in the approved home of a relative under the supervision of the county child welfare or probation department or Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1, and who has become eligible for continued receipt of CalWORKs pursuant to Section 11403, shall not be subject to this chapter, except as specified in subdivision (b).
(b) The nonminor dependent shall continue to receive the same grant amount as a CalWORKs grant recipient in an assistance unit of one, pursuant to the amount set forth in Section 11450. Any changes to the CalWORKs grant amount shall also apply to the nonminor dependent’s grant.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 559, Sec. 33.5. (AB 12) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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11254. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), in the case of any individual who is under the age of 18 years and has never married, and who is pregnant or has a dependent child in his or her care:
(1) The individual may receive aid under this chapter for the individual and the child, if otherwise eligible, only if the individual and child reside in a place of residence maintained by a parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative of the individual as the parent’s, guardian’s, or adult relative’s own home, or in another adult-supervised supportive living arrangement.
(2) The aid, where possible, shall be provided to the parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative on behalf of the individual.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply in any of the following circumstances:
(1) The individual has no parent or legal guardian of his or her own who is living or whose whereabouts are known.
(2) No living parent or legal guardian of the individual allows the individual to live in the home of the parent or guardian.
(3) It is determined by the child protective services worker that the physical or emotional health or safety of the individual or child would be jeopardized if the individual and child lived in the same residence with the individual’s own parent, legal guardian or other adult relative.
(4) The individual lived apart from his or her parent or legal guardian for a period of at least one year before either the birth of any such child or the individual having made application for aid under this chapter.
(5) It is determined in accordance with federal regulations that there is good cause for waiving subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1022, Sec. 27. Effective September 28, 2002.)
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11256. For the purposes of this chapter only, the ownership of stock in a water company not appurtenant to the land shall be considered real property to the extent of and in the amount necessary to obtain water for agricultural purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
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11257. (a) To the extent not inconsistent with Sections 11265.1, 11265.2, 11265.3, and 11004.1, no aid under this chapter shall be granted or paid for any child who has real or personal property, the combined market value reduced by any obligations or debts with respect to this property of which exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), or for any child or children in one family who have, or whose parents have, or the child or children and parents have, real and personal property the combined market value reduced by any obligations or debts with respect to this property which exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000).
For purposes of this subdivision, real and personal property shall be considered both when actually available and when the applicant or recipient has a legal interest in a liquidated sum and has the legal ability to make that sum available for support and maintenance.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) above, an applicant or recipient may retain the following:
(1) Personal or real property owned by him or her, or in combination with any other person, without reference to its value, if it serves to provide the applicant or recipient with a home. If the basic home is a unit in a multiple dwelling, then only that unit shall be exempt.
For the purposes of paragraph (1), if an applicant has entered into a marital separation for the purpose of trial or legal separation or dissolution, real property which was the usual home of the applicant shall be exempt for three months following the end of the month in which aid begins. If the recipient was receiving aid when the marital separation occurred, the period of exemption shall be three months following the end of the month in which the separation occurs. To remain exempt following this three-month period, the home must be occupied by the recipient, or be unavailable for use, control, and possession due to legal proceedings affecting a property settlement or sale of the property.
(2) Personal property consisting of one automobile with maximum equity value as permitted by federal law.
(3) In addition to the foregoing, the director may at his or her discretion, and to the extent permitted by federal law, exempt other items of personal property not exempted under this section.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on June 1, 2020, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement Section 11257, as added by Section 40 of the act that added this subdivision, whichever date is later, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 39. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019. Repealed on or after June 1, 2020, as prescribed by its own provisions.)
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11257.5. Notwithstanding the property limitations in subdivision (a) of Section 11257, a family may retain, for nine months, real property if the family is making a good faith effort to sell the real property. However, any aid payable to the family for the nine-month period shall be conditioned upon the sale. At the time of the sale any aid payments made during the nine-month period shall be considered overpayments to the extent they would not have been made had the sale occurred at the beginning of the nine-month period. Notwithstanding Section 11004 overpayments shall be recouped from the proceeds of the sale. If the real property has not been sold at the end of the nine-month period, the family shall be ineligible for aid if the combined net value of the real and personal property owned by the family exceeds the one thousand dollar ($1,000) limitation in Section 11257.
Notwithstanding Section 11007 as a condition to the granting of aid pursuant to this section, the family shall grant the county a lien upon the real property as security for the aid to be paid. The lien shall be used to recoup any overpayments incurred pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the lien shall not be enforceable by the sale of the secured property by the county. The lien of the county shall be paid upon the sale of the property.
The department shall define good faith effort in regulation.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1402, Sec. 6.)
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11259. For the purposes of this chapter, “personal property” shall not include the value of property belonging to an absent parent and not available to the family.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
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11260. A child’s share of any estate, which share has not been distributed and of which he has no present economic use, does not constitute property for the purpose of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
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11262. The department shall include questions that enable a recipient to disclose a disability, the need for accommodation due to disability, and any experience of domestic violence, in any amendment or revision adopted on or after January 1, 2019, to the semiannual report form described in Section 11265.1.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 485, Sec. 3. (AB 2030) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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11263. Except as provided in Sections 11253 and 11455, no person over the age of 18 years is a needy child within the meaning of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 579.)
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11263.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a child living with his or her parent, where the parent is a minor or a nonminor dependent, as described in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, and who also is a recipient of foster care pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 11400), is not an eligible child within the meaning of this chapter for the purpose of payment of AFDC benefits other than AFDC-FC benefits.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 846, Sec. 35. (AB 1712) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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11264. No child maintained in an institution, for whom a bona fide offer of a proper home has been made, is eligible for further aid; but no institution shall be required to surrender a child to any person of religious faith different from that of the child or the parents of the child.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)