Introduction -- CalWORKS sanction policy -- Implementation of sanction policy -- Why clients are sanctioned and home visits -- Prevalence of sanction and characteristics of those sanctioned -- Conclusion
Summary
In 2004, the California legislature passed a bill that tightened the participation requirement for California?s welfare program, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program (CalWORKs) and mandated a study of CalWORKs sanction policy for participant noncompliance in the welfare-to-work program. RAND was asked by the California Department of Social Services to carry out this study. Researchers found that county welfare caseworkers? implementation of the state?s statutory sanction policy makes the sanctions weaker in practice than might have been expected given stated polic
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-154)
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