CalWORKs

Helping You Meet Welfare-To-Work Requirements as Well as Providing a Variety of Support Services

CalWORKs is a program intended to help students meet their Welfare-To-Work requirements and prepare for permanent jobs in their chosen profession.

We provide a variety of support services to help you successfully complete your dream of a college education, while also meeting your county CalWORKs requirements. We will advise you of your rights as a CalWORKs student so that you can continue your educational goals. Work-Study is exempt income that does not affect your TANF/CalWORKs grant.

The program pays 50-75% of the CalWORKs student’s wages as an incentive for on and off campus employers to hire and train CalWORKs students.

Benefits

Academic, personal, and career counseling
Information and referrals to campus and community programs and services
Educational expense cards
Employment opportunities
Financial grants
Loaner laptops and calculators
Monthly attendance reports
Priority registration

Eligibility

To be eligible for the CalWORKs program, you must meet the following requirements.

Be a current TANF/CalWORKs recipient OR a former TANF/CalWORKs recipient who has been off cash aid less than two years
Be a current Sierra College student enrolled in at least one class
Be in good academic standing with 2.0 GPA or higher