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CalWORKs Publications

The first product from this project is a background and study design report. Results from the project will be disseminated through a series of reports that will be posted to this page.

Featured Publications

Evaluation of the SB 1041 Reforms to California's CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work Program: Updated Findings Regarding Policy Implementation and Outcomes

Jan 24, 2020

This report offers further findings from the evaluation of the Senate Bill (SB) 1041 reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, with a focus on ongoing implementation of SB 1041 and updates on participant outcomes.

Lois M. Davis, Lynn A. Karoly, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Beverly A. Weidmer, Praise O. Iyiewuare, Robert Bozick, Gabriele Fain, Sami Kitmitto, Cheryl Graczewski, Eric Larsen, Johannes M. Bos, Melissa Arellanes, Andrew Horinouchi, Jennifer Anthony, Marina Castro, Kaitlin Fronberg, Connie Chandra, Anlan Zhang
A Descriptive Profile of CalWORKs Recipients and Their Families: Initial Findings from the First Wave of the California Socioeconomic Survey

Dec 16, 2019

Provides a descriptive profile of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids' recipients and their families based upon Wave I of the California Socioeconomic Survey, collected in 2015.

Robert Bozick, Lynn A. Karoly, Anamarie A. Whitaker, Beverly A. Weidmer, Ashley N. Muchow, Italo A. Gutierrez
Evaluation of the SB 1041 Reforms to California's CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work Program: Findings Regarding the Initial Policy Implementation and Outcomes

Nov 2, 2016

This report provides initial findings from the evaluation of the Senate Bill 1041 reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, with a focus on the implementation of the policy changes and participant outcomes.

Lois M. Davis, Lynn A. Karoly, Robert Bozick, Diana Catherine Lavery, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Beverly A. Weidmer, Praise O. Iyiewuare, Jonathan Schweig, Gabriele Fain, Sami Kitmitto, Lori Turk-Bicakci, Cheryl Graczewski, Jennifer Anthony, Johannes M. Bos, Kaitlin Fronberg, Marina Castro, Melissa Arellanes, Andrew Horinouchi, Charles Blankenship
Evaluation of the SB 1041 Reforms to California's CalWORKs Program: Background and Study Design

Mar 30, 2015

This report provides background on the Senate Bill (SB) 1041 reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, as well as an overview of a multiyear, multicomponent evaluation of the SB 1041 policy changes.

Lynn A. Karoly, Robert Bozick, Lois M. Davis, Sami Kitmitto, Lori Turk-Bicakci, Johannes M. Bos, Aleksandra Holod, Charles Blankenship