Check List of Eligibility

Check List of GAIN Requirements and Entitlements While In School

Check List of GAIN Requirements After Training Time (after 18 or 24 months)

Check list of COC CalWORKS Office Regulations

Check List of eligibility for CalWORKs Students:

• You are a parent
• You are receiving public assistance (cash-aid)

• You declared to DPSS/Gain that you are a student (this self-declaration is referred to as a SIP component, SIP means Self-Initiated Person or Self-Initiated Program;

• You declared to DPSS/Gain that  you need to be in school in order to meet your employment goals.

• You may be receiving supportive services from GAIN;

• You may not be receiving supportive services from GAIN.

• You are a student at College of the Canyons;
• You are working; or will be working at school start (not including those exempt)
• The combination of class time and work time adds up to a minimum of 32 hours per week;
• You will complete your COC program within 24 months;
• If you are in compliance, you are entitled to receive assistance with childcare, transportation, books, school supplies and other ancillary services, licensing fees, family counseling, mental health and drug/alcohol services and other items need to carry out your approved activities;
• If you are in compliance, you are entitled to get money for these things in advance. You do not have to buy them first and wait for reimbursement;
• If you cannot do your Training Time assignment (i.e. school and work) because the county will not pay for a service you need, you have “good cause” to not participate in the assignment. In this case it means that you should not have your cash aid cut for not meeting your requirements;
• If your county will not give you a payment for a service you need (or an advance payment), you can challenge this by asking for a “state fair hearing” by following the instructions on the back of any notice of action.

• You are working or doing community service a minimum of 32 hours a week;
• If you are in compliance, you are entitled to receive assistance in childcare for another 24 months;
• If you are in compliance, you are entitled to receive Medical and food stamps for another 24 months;  

• If you cannot do your After Training Time assignment (i.e. work or community service) because the county will not pay for a service you need, you have a “good cause” to not participate in the assignment. In  this case it means that your cash aid should not be cut for not meeting your requirement.

• If your county will not give you a payment for a service you need (or an advance payment), you can challenge this by asking for a “state fair hearing” by following the instructions on the back of any notice of action.

• You attend the CalWORKs Orientation or watched the Orientation Video;
• Each semester you have filled out a new CalWORKs Intake Form;
• You keep the CalWORKs Office current of any changes to your address, telephone number, pager number, childcare provider, employer, class, lab and work schedules, etc.;
• You have provided a copy of your current class schedule;
• You have provided a copy of your most current cash aid Notice of Action;
• You have provided a copy of your Welfare-to-Work contract if available and/or applicable;
• You provide the CalWORKs Office with time sheets on a monthly basis which includes time spent in class, in lab and at work;
• You are attending all the workshops scheduled by the CalWORKs office;
• You have turned in a completed affidavit for not attending CalWORKs workshops if you are unable to be there because of conflicting, class and/or work schedules.
• You have read the notices sent to you on a regular basis by CalWORKs office staff. These notices contain the latest and most important information unique to CalWORKs students.