Section 10531 - Plan requirementsEach county shall develop a plan consistent with state law that describes how the county intends to deliver the full range of activities and services necessary to move CalWORKs recipients from welfare to work. The plan shall be updated as needed. The plan shall describe:
(a) How the county will collaborate with other public and private agencies to provide for all necessary training, and support services.(b) The county's partnerships with the private sector, including employers and employer associations, and how those partnerships will identify jobs for CalWORKs program recipients.(c) Other means the county will use to identify local labor market needs.(d) The range of welfare-to-work activities the county will offer recipients and the identification of any allowable activities that will not be offered.(e) The process the county will use to provide for the availability of substance abuse and mental health treatment services.(f) The process the county will use to provide for child care and transportation services.(g) The county's community service plan.(h) How the county will provide training of county workers responsible for working with CalWORKs recipients who are victims of domestic violence.(i) The performance outcomes identified during the local planning process that the county or other local agencies will track in order to measure the extent to which the county's program meets locally established objectives.(j) The means the county used to provide broad public input to the development of the county's plan.(k) A budget that specifies the source and expenditures of funds for the program.(l) How the county will assist families that are transitioning off aid.(m) All necessary components of the job creation plan required by Section 15365.55 of the Government Code in counties that choose to implement the program described in Chapter 1.12 (commencing with Section 15365.50) of Part 6.7 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(n) Other elements identified by the director, in consultation with the steering committee under Section 10544.5, including elements related to the performance outcomes listed in Sections 10540 and 10541.(o) How the county will comply with federal requirements of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (Part A (commencing with Section 601) of Subchapter 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code).(p) How the county will coordinate welfare-to-work activities with the local private industry councils or alternate administrative entities designated by the Governor to administer local welfare-to-work programs, including the expenditure of state or other matching funds provided to the county welfare department for welfare-to-work activities. No later than September 1, 1998, and each year thereafter, subject to continued welfare-to-work funding, each county shall submit an addendum to its plan required under this section that describes its coordination efforts.Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 10531
Amended by Stats 2004 ch 229 (SB 1104),s 17, eff. 8/16/2004.