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A
State Hearing is available to
a claimant who is dissatisfied
with a County action or inaction.
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The
Commission is a 15-member body
of public-spirited, private citizens
who are knowledgeable and interested
in the area of public welfare.
They meet monthly to discuss,
examine and evaluate public welfare
issues and the programs and operations
of the Department. All meetings
are open to the public.
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Community Services Block Grants are appropriations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help communities address poverty issues. States are allocated money and are directed to fund anti-poverty nonprofit and/or public agencies statewide to address the local issues of poverty within their communities.
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DPSS
is designated as the Los Angeles
County Operational Area Branch
Coordinator for Care and Shelter.
DPSS is the Operational Area
liaison with private, not-for-profit
human services agencies, including
community based organizations.
DPSS is also the Operational
Area liaison with the grocery
industry.
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This
Former Foster Care Children
program will provide full,
no cost Medi-Cal for persons
who were in foster care on
their 18th birthday and who
were released from foster care
due to age. Coverage can continue
until your 21st birthday.
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DPSS
has two sections which investigate
fraud. WFP&I investigates
allegations of welfare fraud.
The Internal Affairs Unit investigates
allegations of employee fraud
within the Department.
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The mission of the Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) is to enrich lives through effective and caring service. DPSS, in commitment to reduce and prevent homelessness among its CalWORKs families, implemented, in April 2004, the DPSS Housing Program. The Program includes a number of benefit and services designed to assist homeless families and families at risk of homelessness to move out of the current situation and into affordable permanent housing. |
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New
INS guidelines permit immigrants
and
their children to use certain non-cash
benefits and special purpose cash
benefits without affecting their
immigration status. |
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This site provides the monthly Statistical Reports and quarterly Caseload Characteristics Reports. |
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The County departments involved
in providing social services are
coordinating their efforts for
the Hurricane Katrina evacuees,
with DPSS taking the lead.
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The
Intergovernmental Relations Section
is a part of the Intergovernmental
and Interagency Relations Division
in the Bureau of Program and
Policy. They
are responsible
to coordinate the Department’s
legislative activities. They
coordinate Departmental analyses
and make recommendations to
advance Board Policy on all State
and Federal bills impacting programs
administered by the Department
as well as on proposed State/Federal
regulations.
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The
Department of Public
Social Services seeks
to provide useful, up-to-date
information about the
programs and services
we offer the diverse
population of Los Angeles
County.
You will find here copies of correspondences sent from DPSS
to our Board of Supervisors, beginning with April 2002. Some
are written in response to agenda items that the Board takes
action on that has an effect on our Department and the people
we serve; others clarify policies, services, rules and regulations.
Every document we post here can be downloaded and printed out
at your convenience.
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This site provides research reports, population data and trends, protocol for research proposal submission, and other research and data resources.
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CalWORKs
participants meeting welfare-to-work
requirements may receive
Domestic Violence services,
treatment for Mental Health
and Substance Abuse problems,
and also participate in
the Housing Relocation
and Family Preservation
Programs. |
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The
Department’s Plan
embraces the five goals
established by the Countywide
Strategic Plan: (1) Service
Excellence, (2) Workforce
Excellence, (3) Organizational
Effectiveness, (4) Fiscal
Responsibility, and (5)
Children and Families’ Well-Being.
These five goals provide
the framework for our service
delivery system. As an
evolving “work in
progress,” the Plan
is subject to modifications
due to fiscal considerations,
revised State and federal
regulations, program enhancements
and innovative new ideas. |
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The
Toy Loan Program is
a free service which allows
children to borrow toys
from a Toy Loan Center
in the same manner in which
they borrow books from
the public library. |
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Volunteer & Special
Programs are designed to
recruit volunteers and
develop resources and programs
to enhance and supplement
services to the Department's
clients countywide. |
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This
program is the successor
to the current JTPA Summer
Youth programs that will
provide paid work-based
learning opportunities
for 9,000 CalWORKs youths
in Los Angeles County coupled
with functional basic skills,
career planning, employment,
employment readiness skills,
and job placement (includes
summer jobs, retail management,
library jobs, transportation
foundation and LA Youth
at Work). First priority
for these opportunities
would go to CalWORKs teen
parents.
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