Just as Republicans in Congress are moving to beef up work requirements for people who receive welfare, California lawmakers are moving to do the opposite. 📝: JeanneKuang
Research shows that work requirements led to some increase in employment in the 1990s, but evidence from more recent years is less clear, partly because so many people left the welfare program.found a “substantial” increase since the 1990s in single mothers who have no income from either work or cash aid.
While many states slashed welfare rolls — opting instead to use their federal grants on other programs — California continued giving cash assistance. Unlike some other states, California kept cash aid going to children even after their parents’ benefits were cut for violating program work rules. “States are doing these things that can be seen as workarounds, because working with the feels counter to their goals of helping people achieve economic success,” Hahn said.More notably, some low-income parents in California receive cash aid while attending college, which counts toward the state’s work rules. The 42-year-old mother in Grass Valley signed up for CalWORKs upon enrolling at Sierra College. She had two children to support and no income after getting divorced.
Advocates say recipients face steep barriers to finding and keeping stable jobs that pay enough to raise children.45% of the people required to participate in work activities don’t have a high school diploma. Just before the pandemic upended the economy, 18,000 former welfare recipients made income from jobs a year after leaving CalWORKs,. In the first three months of 2020, those former recipients earned an average of $5,800 — about $23,000 annually.
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