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Employment & Training

Mission

To motivate, support and prepare families and individuals receiving public assistance to sufficiency through employment.

Employment Services includes the following programs:

Welfare–to–Work

CalWORKs recipients, unless exempt, are required by law to participate in Welfare-to-Work activities as a condition of eligibility for benefits.

Minimum hourly participation requirements:

All participants will be required to be engaged in employment and/or training activities for 32 hours per week for single-parent cases, and 35 combined hours per week for parents in a two-parent case.

Supportive services:

In addition to child care, transportation, and ancillary services, welfare-to-work supportive services include mental health, substance abuse, and domestic abuse services.

Welfare-to-Work Program Flow

 

CalFresh Employment & Training Program

This program is available to Employable General Assistance/CalFresh applicants and recipients that choose to participate. Participants are expected to follow all rules and regulations of the program. While participation is voluntary, those participants that don’t cooperate will have their participation stopped; they will be unable to participate again until a new approval for General Assistance occurs.

Minimum hourly participation requirements:

All participants are expected to be engaged in activities for up to 32 hours per week.

Supportive services:

Participants are provided with transportation to and from their assigned activities.

 

Refugee Cash Assistance Employment Services

Refugee Cash Assistance participants are required to take an active part in Employment Services as conditions of eligibility. The program will provide services through our Community Based partners that may include:

  • ESL(English as a second language) classes,

  • Job Services includes assistance with job search and placement and creating a resume,

  • Vocational training includes, but not limited to computer training, security guard training and certified nursing assistant training along with other approved short-term training programs,

  • Work Experience includes placement at a worksite for participant to gain job skills and work experience.

Employment Resources

Employment resource information is available here.