To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Approve the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Outcomes and Accountability Review System Improvement Plan (Cal-SIP)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
CONSIDER approving the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) System Improvement Plan (Cal-SIP) for the period of February 2024 through June 2026, as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Established by Senate Bill 89 (Chapter 24, Statutes of 2017) and codified in Welfare and Institutions Code section 11523, the CalWORKs Outcomes and Accountability Review (Cal-OAR) was developed by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) in partnership with various stakeholders to establish a local, data-driven continuous quality improvement cycle designed to deliver better participant outcomes and best practice replication in the Welfare to Work program.
The Cal-OAR consists of three main components: performance measures, a CalWORKs County Self-Assessment (Cal-CSA) process, and a county Cal-SIP. The Cal-OAR continuous quality improvement (Cal-CQI) process (which includes the Cal-CSA and Cal-SIP) takes place over five-year cycles. The first Cal-OAR cycle commenced on July 1, 2021, with the implementation of Cal-OAR. The Cal-SIP is the second component of the Cal-OAR CQI process. The Cal-SIP focuses on improving targeted performance measures and includes a goal, strategies, and action steps for each targeted measure. The CDSS has approved the plan that is now submitted for Board consideration. Board approval of the Cal-SIP is required before the implementation of the plan can begin.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, ...
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