Overpayments. Existing law establishes the maximum aid payment amounts to be provided to each family receiving aid under CalWORKs, increases the maximum aid payments by 10%, effective April 1, 2019, and states the intent of the Legislature to increase CalWORKs maximum aid payment levels in the 2019–20 and 2020–21 fiscal years. The value of an automobile is exempt up to a maximum value of $9,500. In general, CalWORKs is funded through a combination of California’s federal TANF block grant allocation (which totals $3. Families on aid will get to keep $50 of the monthly child support payment for each month the absent parent pays on time. Non-Exempt (Employable) AU Standards Chart Region 1 - MAP Effective 10/1/16 and MBSAC Effective 07/01/16 . Maximum Family Grant (MFG) (Obsolete) Effective January 1, 2017, due to the enactment of Assembly Bill (AB) 1603, no child will be denied aid because he/she was born into a family that received cash aid continuously for ten months immediately prior to their birth.

Figure 2 displays the various funding sources for the CalWORKs program. The table above reflects the current NON EXEMPT MAP, and EXEMPT MAP (monthly maximum aid payment) levels effective April 1, 2015. CalWORKs and RCA/ECA Charts . Program Purpose The purpose of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is to: • Promote and encourage work to enable families to become self-sufficient. CalWORKs Handbook page 48-1 Maximum Family Grant (MFG) (Obsolete) 48. Homeless Assistance.

The property limit is $3,250 if a family member is over the age of 60 or disabled as defined by Social Security rules. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to increase CalWORKs maximum aid payment levels in the 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 fiscal years, or until the maximum aid payment levels reach 50 percent of the federal poverty level for the family size that is one greater than the assistance unit.

Number in Assistance Unit *Minimum Basic Standard for Adequate Care (MBSAC) 7/1/16; Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) 10/1/16 10% of MAP; 5% of MAP; 1; $636 $355: $35 $17: 2 $1,042: $577 57: 28 3: $1,292 $714: 71 35: 4 $1,533: $852 85: 42 … • Protect and preserve the family unit.

Parents/caretakers participating in CalWORKs must cooperate with the Child Support Services Department (CSSD) to collect child support for the children from any absent parent, unless exempt.

CalWORKs applicants are allowed a maximum of $2,250 in combined personal and real property, not including the value of an exempt primary residence.