High unemployment stops the CalWORKs clock in Indian Country

After conducting a survey on the unemployment rate of adults in federally recognized tribes, CDSS has determined which tribes experienced an unemployment rate of 50 percent or higher in 2013, providing CalWORKs and tribal TANF recipients exemptions from the CalWORKs time limits during those months of high unemployment. A recipient may still qualify for an exemption if CDSS has not recognized the tribe’s unemployment rate, but must obtain written documentation from the federally-recognized tribe that adult unemployment was 50 percent or higher during the months in question.  ACL 14-108.