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The Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) is the county-managed public assistance eligibility and enrollment system, e.g., the case management system for county eligibility staff providing CalWORKs, Welfare to Work, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, Foster Care, Refugee Assistance, County Medical Services Program, and General Assistance/General Relief. [17]
On March 3, 2020, Placer County declared a public health emergency, following the confirmation of a second coronavirus case in that county. [ 128 ] On March 7, 2020, a family in Elk Grove contracted the virus and was quarantined [ 129 ] which led to the school district of Elk Grove decision to close down all schools until March 13.
General Assistance (also known as General Relief) is a term used in the United States to denote welfare programs that benefit adults without dependents (single persons, or less commonly, childless married couples) as opposed to families with children, who receive assistance from the federal program formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and, since 1996, officially known as ...
Not all locations participate in this program, so call ahead and ask if CalFresh EBT cards are accepted. You can apply for CalFresh benefits online at GetCalFresh.org or by calling the CalFresh ...
Three weeks after becoming the first California county to reinstitute a mask mandate in most indoor public settings amid climbing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, Alameda County has ...
Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
Ten of the first 20 confirmed COVID-19 infections in the United States were detected in California, and the first infection was confirmed on January 26, 2020. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] All of the early confirmed cases were persons who had recently travelled to China, as testing was restricted to this group, but there were some other people infected by ...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is an Act of Congress meant to respond to the economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The act provides funding for free coronavirus testing, 14-day paid leave for American workers affected by the pandemic, and increased funding for food stamps .