CalWORKs - A Few Facts
- California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) is California's cash assistance program.
- To be eligible to CalWORKs one must meet strict work participation requirements, have dependent children, meet deprivation requirements and have resources and income which falls within program regulations.
- CalWORKs has a cumulative 48–month time limit for receipt of cash aid.
- CalWORKs assists individuals receiving public assistance in their transition from dependency to self-sufficiency.
- Siskiyou County is committed to this goal by providing holistic case management, fostering the recipient's efforts to seek, secure, and retain employment and reach future employment goals.
