03515nam 22004693u 450 991045517560332120210106235653.00-8330-4337-40-585-23508-2(CKB)111004368713922(EBL)3031522(MiAaPQ)EBC3031522(EXLCZ)9911100436871392220151005d1999|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Welfare Reform in California[electronic resource] State and County Implementation of Calworks in the First YearSanta Monica RAND Corporation, The19991 online resource (27 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8330-2720-4 ""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Background""; ""Objective""; ""ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CHANGED IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPANDED MISSION OF CalWORKs, DESPITE LIMITED TIME FOR PLANNING""; ""Implementing CalWORKs Entails a Profound Expansion of the Organizational Mission""; ""Late Legislation Limited the Time Available for County-Level Planning""; ""As a Result, Counties Have Been Forced to Implement with Only Limited Planning""; ""Counties Are Using Different Strategies to Deal with Key Implementation Requirements""""Running Eligibility and Welfare-to-Work Activities""""Coordinating Operations with Other Agencies and Service Providers""; ""Apportioning New Agency Responsibility to Staff""; ""Increasing the Use of Outsourcing""; ""IMPLEMENTATION IS UNDER WAY, BUT RECIPIENT COMPLIANCE IS LOW""; ""Implementation Is Under Way but Is Far from Complete""; ""High Job-Placement Rates Mask a Noncompliance Problem""; ""Although Counties Are Still Developing Sanction Programs, Many Are Concerned They Will Be Ineffective When in Place""; ""COUNTIES CURRENTLY HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS, BUT THIS MAY CHANGE""""The Counties Currently Have Sufficient Funds""""The Shift to a Single TANF Block Grant""; ""Other Funding Streams""; ""Declining Caseloads""; ""Carryover Funds""; ""How Much Do These Factors Affect Per-Case Funding?""; ""CountiesÌ Fiscal Status Could Change Dramatically""; ""Internal Factors""; ""External Factors""; ""As a Result, the Responses of County Welfare Agencies Vary""; ""ACHIEVING EARNINGS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SELF- SUFFICIENCY BEFORE TIME LIMITS EXPIRE IS A CHALLENGE""; ""Under CalWORKs, Work Pays""; ""Moving Recipients to Self-Sufficiency Is Challenging""""Counties Need to Work to Meet the Challenge""""IMPLICATIONS FOR FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES""; ""Theme 1: Organizational Change""; ""Theme 2: Implementation and Noncompliance""; ""Theme 3: Sufficiency of Funding""; ""Theme 4: Transition to Self-Sufficiency""California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program)Public welfare -- CaliforniaWelfare recipients -- Employment -- CaliforniaElectronic books.California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program).Public welfare -- California.Welfare recipients -- Employment -- California.Zellman Gail L948441Steinberg Paul899256Klerman Jacob A939234AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910455175603321Welfare Reform in California2143995UNINA