Welfare reform in California : state and county implementation of CalWORKs in the first year /

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The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is California's response to the welfare reforms Congress set in motion in 1996. The most visible features of this program are its emphasis on moving welfare recipients from reliance on government cash assistance to wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: California. Department of Social Services, Rand Corporation
Otros Autores: Zellman, Gail
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1999.
Colección:Rand statewide CalWORKs evaluation.
Temas:
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program)
Welfare recipients > Employment > California.
Public welfare > California.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > Travail > Californie.
Aide sociale > Californie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Public welfare
Welfare recipients > Employment
California
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PREFACE
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Background
  • Objective
  • ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CHANGED IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPANDED MISSION OF CalWORKs, DESPITE LIMITED TIME FOR PLANNING
  • Implementing CalWORKs Entails a Profound Expansion of the Organizational Mission
  • Late Legislation Limited the Time Available for County-Level Planning
  • As a Result, Counties Have Been Forced to Implement with Only Limited Planning
  • Counties Are Using Different Strategies to Deal with Key Implementation Requirements.
  • Running Eligibility and Welfare-to-Work Activities
  • Coordinating Operations with Other Agencies and Service Providers
  • Apportioning New Agency Responsibility to Staff
  • Increasing the Use of Outsourcing
  • IMPLEMENTATION IS UNDER WAY, BUT RECIPIENT COMPLIANCE IS LOW
  • Implementation Is Under Way but Is Far from Complete
  • High Job-Placement Rates Mask a Noncompliance Problem
  • Although Counties Are Still Developing Sanction Programs, Many Are Concerned They Will Be Ineffective When in Place
  • COUNTIES CURRENTLY HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS, BUT THIS MAY CHANGE.
  • The Counties Currently Have Sufficient Funds
  • The Shift to a Single TANF Block Grant
  • Other Funding Streams
  • Declining Caseloads
  • Carryover Funds
  • How Much Do These Factors Affect Per-Case Funding?
  • CountiesÌ Fiscal Status Could Change Dramatically
  • Internal Factors
  • External Factors
  • As a Result, the Responses of County Welfare Agencies Vary
  • ACHIEVING EARNINGS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SELF- SUFFICIENCY BEFORE TIME LIMITS EXPIRE IS A CHALLENGE
  • Under CalWORKs, Work Pays
  • Moving Recipients to Self-Sufficiency Is Challenging
  • Counties Need to Work to Meet the Challenge.
  • IMPLICATIONS FOR FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES
  • Theme 1: Organizational Change
  • Theme 2: Implementation and Noncompliance
  • Theme 3: Sufficiency of Funding
  • Theme 4: Transition to Self-Sufficiency.

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