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 ...

The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) provides families - with children whose income and assets fall below the USA's maximum thresholds for their family size - with ...

Established in 2014, the CalWORKs Housing Support Program is used to offer housing stability to families that are either about to experience or experiencing homelessness right now. This program offers ...

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 ...

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

The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is a cornerstone of social assistance in the ...

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 ...

The Metropolitan Education District (MetroED) was named Partner of the Year by Santa Clara County for the 35th annual CalWORKs Achievement Awards. MetroED, which serves the Milpitas Unified School ...

Day 1 for the 28 first-term members of the Assembly and 10 members of the Senate who were sworn into office Monday gave them a taste of just how dysfunctional the Legislature has become. Gov. Arnold ...

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 ...

The centerpiece of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s state budget proposals is the wholesale elimination of the CalWORKS program, the state’s welfare-to-work program begun in 1997. Over 1.4 ...