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CalWORKs
provides temporary financial
assistance and employment focused
services to families with minor
children who have income and
property below State maximum
limits for their family size.
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Cash
Assistance Program for
Immigrants (CAPI) provides
cash to certain aged, blind,
and disabled legal non-citizens
ineligible to supplemental
Security Income/State Supplemental
Payment (SSI/SSP) due to
their immigration status.
CAPI participants may be
eligible for Medi-Cal,
In-Home Supportive Services
(IHSS), and/or Food Stamp
benefits.
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Since
early 2004, the Golden State
Advantage Card was implemented
as a new way of accessing your
Food Stamps and/or Cash Benefits!
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General
Relief (GR) is a County-funded
program that provides temporary
cash aid to indigent adults
and certain sponsored legal
immigrant families who are
ineligible for federal or State
programs.
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Supplemental
Security Income Assistance
program (SSIAP), implemented
in June 1992, assists physically
and mentally disabled General
Relief participants with
the initial SSI application
process. SSIAP focuses on
obtaining an early SSI approval
for GR participants who appear
to meet SSI eligibility criteria.
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