CalWORKS

Program Description:

The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program provides welfare-to-work services designed to help remove barriers to employment and to encourage personal responsibility. CalWORKs is administered locally by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services (DPSS). The CalWORKs program assists participants to become self-sufficient through employment and to establish a career path in an area of interest to them that will lead to increased income and personal growth through continued training and education.

Benefits:

CalWORKs provides a wide range of services and support services to help you reach your employment goal. Some of the benefits are:

• On-going case management
• Continued supportive services
• Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) counseling
• Job-retention services
• On-the-job skills training for upward career mobility
• Opportunities for continued education or training
• Life-skills instruction
• One-to-one mentoring
• Substance abuse/mental health/domestic violence services

Eligibility/Who Can Participate:

• Currently receiving TANF assistance (Cash Aid, Welfare)

Services:

• Job search assistance
• Work experience (paid/unpaid)
• On-the-job training
• Adult basic education Vocational training

Information Request Form: