Tag: Welfare

  • Tweet City Heights: More on CalWorks and Help for Mixed-Status Families

    By Megan Burks The Fallout From Brown’s Proposed Welfare Cuts This week, we took a look at how Gov. Jerry Brown’s state budget proposal may impact City Heights residents. The proposal calls for deep cuts to CalWorks, a welfare-to-work program many families in the neighborhood rely on. HealthyCal.org published a good explainer on the proposal…

  • Welfare To Work Checks Reduced, Starting Today

    By Alison St John Beginning today, families in California’s Welfare to Work program will see an 8 percent reduction in their monthly benefit checks. It’s the result of cuts proposed in March and approved as part of the final state budget signed this week. In San Diego County 85,000 families are enrolled in Cal Works, the…