CalWORKs

 Cal Learn

Facilities where this Service is offered:

• Family Resource Center - Centre City
• Family Resource Center - El Cajon
• Family Resource Center - Lemon Grove
• Family Resource Center - North Coastal
• Family Resource Center - North Inland
• Family Resource Center - Northeast #2
• Family Resource Center - Southeast
• Family Resource Center - North Central
• Family Resource Center - South

Cal Learn was designed as a strategy for reducing teen pregnancy rates and long-term welfare dependency for teen parents receiving CalWORKs. Cal Learn helps pregnant and parenting teens:

• Attend and graduate from high school or its equivalent
• Obtain health and social services
• Receive payments for childcare, transportation and educational expenses to enable pregnant/parenting teens to attend school.

Pregnant/parenting teens who are receiving CalWORKs and living with their minor child(ren) are required to participate in Cal Learn if:

1. They are under the age of 19; and
2. They have not graduated from high school or its equivalent.

Bonuses and sanctions encourage school attendance and good grades:

• Up to four $100 bonuses/sanctions per year may be earned/applied based on school progress
• A one-time $500 bonus is offered for graduation or its equivalent (GED or CHSPE)

Effective January 1, 1998, an otherwise eligible teen who is 19 years of age may continue to participate in the Cal Learn Program on a voluntary basis until he/she earns a high school diploma or its equivalent or turns 20 years.

For more information, click on one of these links below:

• Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

For more information send us an email.