The Governor signed Executive Order
N-59-20 that provides counties with additional flexibilities
for enrolling individuals into CalWORKs in response to social
distancing measures that are in place. Specifically, this
Executive Order allows counties to accept certain verbal
affirmations if an individual is not able to provide a physical
signature, allows pregnant applicants to provide a sworn
statement or verbal attestation to verify pregnancy, and waives
interview requirements if certain conditions are met. In
addition, this Executive Order allows a CalWORKs recipient whose
income is below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level to
qualify for a lump-sum financial assistance instead of CalWORKs
assistance and disallows Federal Pandemic Unemployment
Compensation from being considered as income for determining
CalWORKs grant amounts. Visit the CSAC COVID-19 resource page
to view all of the COVID-19 related Executive
Orders.
