Welfare in California consists of federal welfare programs—which are often at least partially administered by state and county agencies—and several independent...

A welfare state is a form of government in which the state (or a well-established network of social institutions) protects and promotes the economic and...

Entitlement program Wealth inequality in the United States Welfare economics Welfare in California Welfare in Puerto Rico Welfare trap STANLEY , D. (2023). The...

The California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is the California welfare implementation of the federal welfare-to-work...

Welfare spending is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social...

Covered California is the health insurance marketplace in the U.S. state of California established under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable...

real-time computer program that supports the administration of welfare in California. These include CalWORKs (TANF), CalFresh (food stamps), Medi-Cal...

recipients in lieu of SNAP benefits. As part of large-scale federal welfare reform in 1996, many documented non-citizen immigrants in California lost their...

increased from $56 billion in 1998 to $127 billion in 2011. California has the third highest per capita spending on welfare among the states, as well as...

A "welfare queen" is a derogatory term used in the United States to describe individuals who are perceived to misuse or abuse the welfare system, often...