CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
An act to amend Sections 11320.3, 11320.31, and 11451.5 of, and to add Section 18929 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.
(1) Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals. Existing law generally requires a recipient of CalWORKs benefits to participate in welfare-to-work activities as a condition of eligibility for aid. Existing law exempts certain persons from the welfare-to-work activities, including an individual whose presence in the home is required because of the illness or incapacity of another member of the household and whose caretaking responsibilities impair the recipient’s ability to be regularly employed or to participate in welfare-to-work activities.
Under this bill, a nonbirthing parent caring for a new infant and a birthing parent would qualify for that exemption for 12 weeks following the birth of a child.
Existing law also authorizes a one-time exemption from the welfare-to-work requirements for a parent or other relative who has primary responsibility for personally providing care to a child 6 months of age or under, as specified. Under existing law, this period may be reduced by the county to the first 12 weeks after the birth or adoption of the child, or increased...
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