California's new initiative, the Sacramento Family First program, offers a monthly direct payment of $725, ensuring financial stability without affecting existing benefits like CalFresh and CalWORKs.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KGTV) - On Tuesday, a mother of two discovered her CalWORKs funds were drained from her account just hours after she received a notification that the funds were deposited.

In 2015, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to run a free diaper bank, partnering with the Bay Area nonprofit Help a Mother Out to distribute hundreds of thousands of diapers a year to ...

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 ...

Job training is paid for by welfare-to-work assistance funded through CalWORKs, a state program that could be scaled back if proposed budget cuts go through.

While CalWORKs provided childcare and paid for my books, finding a safe place to study was challenging. I had to bring my children to class and only had time to search for daycare on my days off.

The CalWORKs social services program has helped lift families out of poverty. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed major cuts to the program.

CalWORKs Housing Support Program received about $760 million over the past five fiscal years and spent an average of $12,000 to $22,000 per fiscal year on families that received housing support ...

El programa ampliado de empleo subsidiado llega a unos 8,000 participantes al mes. En total, 354,000 hogares con 659,000 niños reciben beneficios de CalWORKS al año. Recortes de CalWORKS ...

Both cuts would undermine CalWORKS’ effectiveness, advocates say, and contradict the governor’s stated goals of helping move families out of poverty. The family stabilization program serves ...

To shrink CalWORKS' $7 billion annual budget, Newsom would take away what's left of the $55 million from family stabilization this year and $71 million next year and $134 million each year from ...

The extended subsidized employment program reaches about 8,000 participants a month. In total 354,000 households with 659,000 children receive CalWORKS benefits a year. CalWORKS cuts ...