A handful of participants in the CalWORKs program that helps families pull out of poverty, were applauded recently at a “Champions” celebration in Escondido. The event highlighted the hard work and ...

The government shutdown is affecting some of Kern’s most vulnerable population. Public assistance programs like Cal-Works and ...

Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018. She had left an abusive partner and had failed her first semester at Laney ...

Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018. She had left an abusive partner and had failed her first semester at Laney ...

Just a couple of days left of October and many are wondering if their CalWORKs benefits will continue in November amid the ...

Kern County Dept. of Human Services discusses the possible loss of funding if the shutdown continues into November ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Five South Bay families are being awarded for their determination and resilience. On Monday, Santa Clara County Supervisors recognized families from the CalWORKs program, who ...

Raising twins as a working single mother became a bigger challenge for Gente Tesfai when she suffered a knee injury that required major surgery, leaving her unable to return to work. That’s when she ...

As California's finances deteriorated this year, one proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would've eliminated CalWORKs, the state program that helps jobless people get training and skills to get ...

Santa Clara County honored five clients of a state assistance program and celebrated the success of those families in an awards ceremony at the county's Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

UNCOVERED THEAY W THIEVES TARGETED THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STEALING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY SKIMMING BENEFIT CARDS NOW, THEY’RE TARGETING ANOTHER STATE AGENCY THIS TIME STEALING THE MONEY ...

When caring for her two young sons and her 90-year-old grandmother make Laketha Moore feel as if her body will give out, when finals roll around and she feels overwhelmed, there’s an office at her ...