One by one, slowly but surely, communities across the United States have come to understand that the most cost-effective way to help chronically homeless individuals — those who are the hardest to ...
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 ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Five South Bay families are being awarded for their determination and resilience. On Monday, Santa Clara County Supervisors recognized families from the CalWORKs program, who ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Some 1,200 impoverished Marin families, including 2,000 children, would lose cash assistance and job training if the CalWorks program is scrapped as recommended in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s revised ...
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 ...
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, ...