CalWORKs: unrelated adult male.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify if the bill will be signed into law or any further actions after it passed both chambers.

CalWORKs: Unrelated Adult Male

This bill removes a requirement that unrelated adult males living with families receiving CalWORKs benefits must contribute financially to the family.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the rule that requires an unrelated adult male who lives with a family applying for or getting help from the CalWORKs program to give money to the family.

Who It Names or Affects

• Families receiving or applying for CalWORKs benefits who have an unrelated adult male living with them.
• Counties and local agencies that manage the CalWORKs program.

Terms To Know

CalWORKs

A California program that provides cash assistance and other benefits to low-income families.

TANF

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a federal program that allocates funds to states for helping needy families.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not provide funding from the General Fund to cover costs related to implementing these changes.
• If the Commission on State Mandates finds that this bill imposes new state-mandated local program costs, reimbursement procedures will apply as required by law.

Official Summary Text

SB 1030, as amended, Smallwood-Cuevas.
CalWORKs: unrelated adult male.
Existing federal law provides for
the
allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law requires an unrelated adult male who resides with a family who is applying for or receiving aid from the CalWORKs program to make a financial contribution to the family, as specified.
This bill would repeal
those
the above-described
provisions requiring an unrelated adult male who resides with a family applying for or receiving aid from the CalWORKs program to make a financial contribution to the family. By expanding eligibility for the CalWORKs program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law continuously appropriates moneys from the General Fund to defray a portion of county costs under the CalWORKs program.
This bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing the bill.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the
Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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