The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program stands as a vital resource for families and ...

CalWORKs and CalFresh support are indispensable benefits for the economy of thousands of families in the state of California, ...

To apply for CalWORKs in California is complex and daunting to most applicants who have never used government services. The guide aims to take all the mystery out of what can be a confusing process, ...

Two years after a wave of public benefit thefts that left low-income Californians scrambling to pay rent and afford food each month, Gov. Gavin Newsom is touting a significant decline in the reported ...

Californians will get cash and food assistance on more secure cards early next year — about six months later than promised, prolonging a massive recent theft wave that has been taking more than $15 ...

Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018. She had left an abusive partner and had failed her first semester at Laney ...

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) is an essential program that provides financial assistance to thousands of families in California. Unlike SNAP coupons, CalWORKs is ...

With a year's data in the books, San Diego County officials announced Thursday that since the state enhanced security and issued chipped cards, theft of electronic benefits transfer funds is down by ...

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