BILL NUMBER: AB 98	CHAPTERED  10/13/07

	CHAPTER  589
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 13, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 13, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 5, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Niello

                        DECEMBER 21, 2006

   An act to add Section 11322.63 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 98, Niello. CalWORKs eligibility: work activities.
   Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds
through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the
CalWORKs program for the allocation of federal funds received
through the TANF block grant program, under which each county
provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income
families.
   Existing law requires certain participants in the CalWORKs program
to participate in certain welfare-to-work activities, including, but
not limited to, subsidized employment in either the public or
private sector.
   This bill would require the department to pay 50% of the wage
subsidy to counties that include these activities within their
welfare-to-work activities, subject to prescribed limitations. The
bill would also require the department, no later than January 10,
2011, to report to the Legislature on the outcomes of implementing
the bill, as prescribed.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11322.63 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   11322.63.  (a) For counties that implement a welfare-to-work plan
that includes activities pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of
Section 11322.6, the State Department of Social Services shall pay
the county 50 percent of the participant's wage subsidy, subject to
both of the following conditions:
   (1) The state's share in wage subsidies shall not exceed 50
percent of the maximum aid payment for the assistance unit, which
includes the adult receiving the wage subsidy.
   (2) State participation in wage subsidies pursuant to this section
shall be limited to those county programs that provide a maximum of
six months of wage subsidies for each participant.
   (b) No later than January 10, 2011, the State Department of Social
Services shall submit a report to the Legislature on the outcomes of
implementing this section that shall include, but need not be
limited to, all of the following:
   (1) The number of CalWORKs recipients that entered subsidized
employment.
   (2) The number of CalWORKs recipients who found nonsubsidized
employment after the subsidy ends.
   (3) The earnings of the program participants before and after the
subsidy.
   (4) The impact of this program on the state's work participation
rate.
   (c) Payment of the state's share in wage subsidies required by
this section shall be made in addition to, and independent of, the
county allocations made pursuant to Section 15204.2.