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Work Components - Workfare
Workfare
Workfare participants work off the value of their household’s monthly CalFresh benefit allotment through a Workfare assignment at a public or private non-profit organization. Participants cannot complete Workfare at for-profit organizations or employers.
Participants in this component gain valuable work experience and increase employability by participating in a variety of workfare activities. In lieu of wages, workfare participants receive compensation in the form of their household’s monthly CalFresh benefit allotment. The primary goal of workfare is to improve employability and encourage individuals to move into regular employment while returning something of value to the community. Workfare assignments cannot replace or prevent the employment of regular employees. Workfare assignments must provide the same working conditions and workers’ compensation benefits that are provided to regularly employed individuals performing similar work for equal hours.
The maximum number of hours of work each month must be determined using the followng formula:
Household's CalFresh monthly allotment divided by the local, state, or federal minimum wage, whichever is highest.
Voluntary participants are not subject to hourly restrictions, as long as they are paid a wage for all hours spent in Workfare at a rate at least equal to the local, state, or federal minimum wage, whichever is highest.
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