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• Recipients with more significant barriers may be assigned to initial engagement activities including FS services for those in crisis, or more intense substance abuse or mental health treatment and other barrier removal activities in preparation for participation in WTW. • If the recipient is unable to find unsubsidized employment through job search, or if initial engagement or barrier removal activities would last longer than four weeks, the individual is referred for an assessment. Based upon the assessment, the county and the recipient must develop and agree upon a WTW plan, which covers the activities and services that will be provided to an individual, as appropriate and as resources permit. • The WTW plan for recipients receiving cash assistance who are required to participate in WTW specifies the supportive services, which may include child care, transportation, diaper assistance payments (for AUs caring for children under 36 months of age), necessary books and supplies for students, clothes or equipment needed for a job, and personal counseling, such as mental health, domestic violence, housing search, or other barrier removal services. Payments for these services are made separate from any monthly income support payment and may or may not be in the form of cash to the recipient. • If necessary supportive services are unavailable, the participant has good cause for not participating in their assigned WTW plan activities. • All current CalWORKs services and WTW activities are available to clients, without restriction of activity time limits or a core hourly requirement. Aligned with TANF, CalWORKs standards require adults to participate a total of 20 hours per week for single-parents with a child under six years old; 30 hours per week for single parents with children six years old and older; and 35 hours per week, combined, for two parents. The appropriate activities and services are incorporated into a WTW plan designed to meet the CalWORKs hourly participation requirements and agreed upon by the client and county worker. The WTW activities offered by the County may include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Unsubsidized employment – employment in the public or private sector for which the welfare-to-work participant’s employer is not reimbursed for wages and/or training costs by the County Welfare Department (CWD), or via any other entity; 2. Subsidized private or public sector employment – employment in which the participant's employer is partially or wholly reimbursed for wages and/or training costs; 3. Work experience – a WTW training activity in the public or private sector that is performed under close supervision and helps provide basic job skills, enhance existing skills, or provide a needed community service that will lead to unsubsidized employment;