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California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) is a state funded welfare-to-work program designed to help individuals on public assistance (TANF). TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a cash aid program (welfare) for parents who meet income guidelines and have a child at home under the age of 18. In August 1997, AB1542 established CalWORKs as California's version of welfare reform. AB1542 describes the activities of agencies to assist current welfare recipients in their movemment towards employment. With the passage of Senate bill 1104 in 2003-2004 CalWORKs students may be albe to participate in education and traning for up to 60 months. All CalWORKs participants are required to engage in a combination of work related activities for a minimum of 32 hours a week as described in ther individual welfare to work plan. This plan my include attendance at a California Community College in a program that the county Humam Services Agency agrees will help lead the participant towards unsbusidized employment. The college must affirm the students' participation is satisfactory. The Merced College CalWORKs program serves students and their families by providing educational and career oportunities combined with an array of high-quality support services that enable students to complete their education goals, find meaningful empoylment, and a successfully transition into the workforce. Through collaboration and advocacy with our college and community partners, we prepare a segment of California's workforce by promoting the economic self-sufficiency of CalWORKs students thourgh the attainment of a higher education. Who is Eligible for our services? To be considered eligible for our services you mus be a Merced College student who is currently a TANF recipient who has or who is developing a Welfare To Work plan.
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