Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) County Letters

The following are guidance for Family Stabilization Program including All County Letters (ACL), All County Information Notices (ACIN), County Fiscal Letters (CFL), and related resources:

ACL No.

• ACL 25-40 CalWORKs Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE): New and Revised ESE County Plan Forms, Plan Amendments, And Submittal Timelines
• ACL 25-19 CalWORKs Expanded Subsidized Employment Program Updated Data Reporting

• ACL 21-01 Clarifying Guidance for Operational and Non-Operational Costs (Wage and Non-Wage Costs) In the CalWORKs Expanded Subsidized Employment Program
• ACL 20-36 CalWORKs Program Guidance to Provide Outcomes-Based Incentives and Performance-Based Payments
• ACL 17-03 Clarifying Guidance for the ESE Program
• ACL 17-03E CalWORKs Program: Additional Clarifying Guidance for The Expanded Subsidized Employment Program
• ACL 16-95 ESE Program Updates; Elimination of AB 98 Subsidized Employment
• ACL 16-95E CalWORKs AB 98 Subsidized Employment and Expanded Subsidized Employment Program Changes
• ACL 14-81 Clarifying Guidance for the ESE Program
• ACL 14-81E CalWORKs Program: Clarifying Guidance for The Implementation of the Expanded Subsidized Employment Program Resulting from The Passage of AB 74 (Chapter 21, Statutes Of 2013)
• ACL 14-17 ESE Program Data Reporting
• ACL 13-81 Guidance to Implement ESE Programs
• ACL 12-15 Workers’ Compensation for Subsidized Employment

ACIN No.

• ACIN I-62-18 (September 28, 2018) Access to CalWORKs, CalFresh and General Assistance/General Relief Recipient Employment Development Department Base Wage Data
• ACIN I-64-17 Updated Data Upload Address

ACWDL No.

• ACWDL September 1, 2020, provision of CalWORKs Employment Services in response to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
• ACWDL Dated March 30, 2020, CalWORKs Employment Services, COVID-19
  • ACWDL Follow-up Question and Answer (Q&A) 1
  • ACWDL Follow-up Q&A 2
  • ACWDL Follow-up Q&A 

CFL No.

• CFL 24/25-22 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 23/24-01 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 22/23-02 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 21/22-12 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 20/21-05 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 19/20-15 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 18/19-08 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 17/18-15 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 16/17-39 Allocation for the ESE Program
• CFL 16/17-23 Updated ESE Claiming Guidance
• CFL 16/17-23E Updated ESE Claiming Guidance
• CFL 15/16-23 Updated ESE Claiming Guidance
• CFL 15/16-65 Updated ESE Claiming Guidance
• CFL 13/14-22 Claiming Guidance for the ESE Program
• CFL 13/14-23 Original Allocation for the ESE Program

Expanded Subsidized Employment Forms

• WTW 39 (2/25) – Assembly Bill (AB) 161 County Health and Human Service Agency (HHSA) Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) Plan
• WTW 39 (2/25) – Assembly Bill (AB) 161 County Health and Human Service Agency (HHSA) Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) Plan- NO Change
• Expanded Subsidized Employment ESE Participant Date Report Form
• Expanded Subsidized Employment ESE Employer of Placement Form