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California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) is a welfare-to-work program designed to assist parents with minor children successfully transition to gainful employment. Working in partnership with the Department of Public Social Services, we provide support for parents experiencing barriers to employment due to mental health problems. Our aim is to increase self sufficiency while decreasing reliance on public support. Services include individual and group treatment, medication support and linkages to other community resources, including housing, childcare, and English as Second Language classes.
Our program is now an award-winning leader in providing such services: The County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health has honored the Clinic's CalWORKS Program with its 2009 "Best Practices" Award for the third consecutive year. The award honored the Clinic for its "outstanding program highlighting valuable resources and celebrating successes of CalWORKs participants."
DMH also awarded one of the Clinic's CalWORKs participants with the "Outstanding Personal Achievement Award" for demonstrating courage and commitment towards self-sufficiency.
DMH previously honored the Clinic with its 2008 "Best Practices Award" for outstanding contributions toward enhancing services provided to CalWORKS participants, as well as its 2008 "Success Story Award".
In 2007, the Clinic was also awarded the CalWORKS Program's "Best Practices Award".
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