Definition: Number of children receiving at least $10 of CalWORKs cash aid in the month of January, per 1,000 children ages 0-17 (e.g., in January 2020, 80 per 1,000 California children participated in CalWORKs).
Data Source: California Dept. of Social Services, CalWORKs Cash Grant Caseload Movement Report; California Dept. of Finance, Population Estimates and Projections (May 2020).
Footnote: CalWORKs is a welfare program that provides cash aid and services to eligible needy families in California. CalWORKs defines a child as a person who is either (a) under age 18, or (b) over age 18 and expecting to graduate from a full-time high school, vocational, or technical program before age 19. The notation S refers to data that have been suppressed because fewer than 20 children participated in CalWORKs. N/A means that data are not available.
