CalWORKs has a time limit exemption for Indian Country residents where at least 50 percent of adults are not employed. The California Department of Social Services did a survey to determine which Indian Country areas qualify for this time limit exemption. Based on the survey, CDSS identified and listed 25 Indian Country areas where at least 50 percent of adults are not employed.
If a CalWORKs recipient lives in an Indian Country area not identified by CDSS as having at least 50 percent of adults not employed, the recipient, county or Tribal-TANF program can get a written certification from a federally-recognized tribe that the recipient lived in where at least 50 percent of adults are unemployed to qualify for the time limit exemption. ACL 16-68 (August 26, 2016).