Body A CalWORKs Welfare-To-Work participant who appears unable to fully participate in their assigned activity, or who exhibits behavioral problems limiting their ability to participate, may have a learning or developmental disability. A Case Manager can use a screening tool with the participant, and if a potential disability is determined a...

Body CASA Making a difference one child at a time! Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ) is a non-profit organization that trains community volunteers to serve as powerful mentors and advocates for our community’s most severely abused, abandoned and neglected children. CASA volunteers are needed to help make sure that...

Body Child Abuse Reporting Act While everyone should report suspected child abuse, The California Penal Code provides that it is a crime for certain professionals and laypersons who have a special working relationship of contact with children not to report suspected child abuse to the proper authorities. These professionals and laypersons...

Body It is a requirement under the CalWORKs program that parents or caretakers on aide, unless exempt to meet work requirement, participate in an approved Welfare-To-Work (WTW) employment related activity. Below you will find a list of services that support the WTW activity for persons who are approved for and receiving...

Body Everyday, people like YOU are making a difference in a child's life . They give support, show compassion, provide a safe home and help children find the courage to hope for a better life. They are teachers, friends, role models, and heroes. They are foster and adoptive parents. Help make...

Body In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers and recipients must either enroll in the Electronic Timesheet System (ETS) or the Telephonic Timesheet System (TTS) to complete, submit, and manage their IHSS timesheet and payment accounts. These secured systems allow IHSS providers to submit their IHSS timesheets and the IHSS recipients to review...

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Body The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program provides cash benefits for the care of children in need when one or both parents are absent, disabled, deceased or unemployed. CalWORKs benefits may be extended to qualifying non-citizens who have a child or children in the home. Non-citizens can...

Body In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) 2020 W. Walnut St. Santa Ana, CA 92703 Phone: 714-825-3000 / TTY 714-834-4400 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday Welcome to the County of Orange Social Services Agency In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) website. The purpose of the IHSS program is to provide supportive services to persons...

Body You may be eligible to attend school while participating in the CalWORKs Welfare to Work Program. If you are already in school when you apply you might be eligible to continue, or we may be able to refer you to training as part of an approved program activity. Vocational training...