Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018. She had left an abusive partner and had failed her first semester at Laney ...

A handful of participants in the CalWORKs program that helps families pull out of poverty, were applauded recently at a “Champions” celebration in Escondido. The event highlighted the hard work and ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Five South Bay families are being awarded for their determination and resilience. On Monday, Santa Clara County Supervisors recognized families from the CalWORKs program, who ...

Santa Clara County honored five clients of a state assistance program and celebrated the success of those families in an awards ceremony at the county's Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

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Public health officials say the outbreaks of measles and whooping cough over the past year put a spotlight on the need to ensure as many children as possible get their immunizations. That effort is ...

The Metropolitan Education District (MetroED) was named Partner of the Year by Santa Clara County for the 35th annual CalWORKs Achievement Awards. MetroED, which serves the Milpitas Unified School ...

As California's finances deteriorated this year, one proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would've eliminated CalWORKs, the state program that helps jobless people get training and skills to get ...