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California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - July 20, 2001

Item 01-07-01H
CDSS ACL 01-38 -- June 26, 2001 (Synopsis): CalWORKs Grant-Based On-the Job Training (OJT)

CalWORKs Grant-Based On-the Job Training (OJT)

Reference: Assembly Bill (AB) 1233

Grant-based OJT is a funding mechanism for subsidized public or private sector employment in which the CalWORKs recipient's cash grant, or a portion of the cash grant, or grant savings from employment, is diverted to the employer as a wage subsidy to partially or wholly offset the payment of wages to the participant. AB 1233 amended grant-based OJT provisions as follows:

CalWORKs WTW participants may only be assigned to grant-based OJT on a voluntary basis;
The amount of cash aid that may be diverted to the employer is modified;
Earned income disregards for grant-based OJT funded wages are eliminated;
County plan requirements are revised.

This ACL discusses grant-based OJT at length including how to treat grant-based OJT earnings and how to compute the grant for those who choose to participate in grant-based OJT as compared to those who do not choose to participate.