LEADER 03483nam 22004573u 450 001 9910778964503321 005 20230422041931.0 010 $a0-8330-4337-4 010 $a0-585-23508-2 035 $a(CKB)111004368713922 035 $a(EBL)3031522 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3031522 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368713922 100 $a20151005d1999|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aWelfare reform in California$b[electronic resource] $estate and county implementation of Calworks in the first year 210 $aSanta Monica $cRAND Corporation, The$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (27 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8330-2720-4 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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?""; ""CountiesA?? 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"" 327 $a""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"" 606 $aCalifornia Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program) 606 $aPublic welfare -- California 606 $aWelfare recipients -- Employment -- California 615 4$aCalifornia Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program). 615 4$aPublic welfare -- California. 615 4$aWelfare recipients -- Employment -- California. 700 $aZellman$b Gail L$01142413 701 $aSteinberg$b Paul$0899256 701 $aKlerman$b Jacob A$01489134 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778964503321 996 $aWelfare reform in California$93709686 997 $aUNINA