A handful of participants in the CalWORKs program that helps families pull out of poverty, were applauded recently at a “Champions” celebration in Escondido. The event highlighted the hard work and ...

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 ...

Child care advocates on Wednesday announced a settlement that will allow parents statewide – including several hundred in San Luis Obispo County – to continue using a child care program through the ...

Public health officials say the outbreaks of measles and whooping cough over the past year put a spotlight on the need to ensure as many children as possible get their immunizations. That effort is ...

UNCOVERED THEAY W THIEVES TARGETED THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STEALING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY SKIMMING BENEFIT CARDS NOW, THEY’RE TARGETING ANOTHER STATE AGENCY THIS TIME STEALING THE MONEY ...

California will expand access to welfare, allowing more people previously excluded from federal cash aid to get help. The Administration for Children and Families chose California as one of five ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (BCN)– Santa Clara County honored five clients of a state assistance program and celebrated the success of those families in an awards ceremony at the county’s Board of Supervisors ...