California Health and Safety Code

§ 50880

HSC § 50880 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 31 · Part 2 · Ch. 15 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)That there are more than 600,000 families in California who face the enormous challenge of moving rapidly from welfare to work in order to meet federal and state deadlines.

(2)That a significant number of these families face substantial obstacles in meeting these deadlines inasmuch as a vast percentage of these families pay 50 to 80 percent of their welfare checks for housing, live in counties with unemployment rates that are as high as 30 percent, cannot locate infant or child care because of no availability or long waiting lists, and lack personal or public transportation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 637, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.