Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 11322.8
Welfare-to-Work Activities
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2011
(a) Unless otherwise exempt, an adult recipient in a one-parent assistance unit shall participate in welfare-to-work activities for 32 hours each week.
(a) An adult recipient required to participate in welfare-to-work activities, unless otherwise exempt, shall participate in welfare-to-work activities for the following number of hours per week during the month: (1) An average of at least 30 hours per week, if the assistance unit includes either of the following, but does not include a child under six years of age: (A) One adult. (B) Two adults, one of whom is disabled, as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3. (2) An average of at least 20 hours per week, if the assistance unit includes a child under six years of age and either of the following: (A) One adult. (B) Two adults, one of whom is disabled, as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3. (3) An average of at least 20 hours per week, if the assistance unit consists only of a pregnant person. (4) An average of at least 35 hours per week, if the adult recipient is an unemployed parent, as defined in Section 11201, except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2). However, both parents in a two-parent assistance unit may contribute to the 35 hours.
(c) An adult recipient required to participate under subdivision (a) or (b) shall participate for at least 20 hours each week in core welfare-to-work activities. The welfare-to-work activities listed in subdivisions (a) to (j), inclusive, and (m) and (n) of Section 11322.6, are core activities for the purposes of this section. Participation in core activities under subdivision (m) of Section 11322.6 shall be limited to a total of 12 months. Additional hours that the applicant or recipient is required to participate under subdivisions (a) or (b) of this section may be satisfied by any of the welfare-to-work activities described in Section 11322.6 that are consistent with the assessment performed in accordance with Section 11325.4, and included in the individual’s welfare-to-work plan, described in Section 11325.21.
(d) Hours spent in activities listed under subdivision (q) of Section 11322.6 shall count toward the core activity requirement in subdivision (c) to the extent that these activities are necessary to enable the individual to participate in core activities and to the extent these activities cannot be accomplished within the additional noncore hours of participation required by subdivision (c).
(e) Hours spent in classroom, laboratory, or internship activities pursuant to subdivisions (k), (l), (o), and (p) of Section 11322.6 shall count toward the core activity requirement in subdivision (c) to the extent these activities cannot be accomplished within the additional noncore hours of participation, the county determines the program is likely to lead to self-supporting employment, and the recipient makes satisfactory progress. The provisions in paragraph (2), and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3), of subdivision (a) of Section 11325.23 shall apply to participants in these activities.
(f) Spending hours in any or all of the activities specified in subdivision (r) of Section 11322.6 shall not make a recipient ineligible to count activities set forth in subdivisions (d) and (e) toward the core activities requirements, as appropriate.
(g) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.
(b) This section shall become operative on May 1, 2022, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement this section, whichever date is later.
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