Contra Costa County employers have found that CalWORKs parents make terrific employees. Since July 1998, CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work participants were placed in over 22,000 jobs.

Working CalWORKs participants earned an average hourly wage of $9.51 in 2003.

1,208 CalWORKs participants left welfare due to employment in 2003.

Earnings of hardworking CalWORKs participants topped over $14,600,000 in 2003.

27% of all CalWORKs aided households have earned income.

In 2003, we made over 7,600 referrals to the Department of Child Support Services.

CalWORKs participants have become employed in over fifty different occupational categories with salaries ranging from minimum wage to over $25 dollars an hour.

Cal-Learn Teens earned 139 bonuses for passing report cards and graduations.

In 2003, 23 Cal-Learn Teens graduated from high school.

In 2003, the Advocacy Unit recovered $463,894 in SSI benefits.

In program year 2002-2003, the One-Stop Centers served over 11,000 customers. A 25% increase from the previous year. Total customer visits exceeded 76,000.

One-Stop Center Business Services Teams served over 1,600 employers in program year 2002-2003. A 45% increase from the previous year.

One-Stop Centers exceeded annual goals in program year 2002-2003 in the categories of: new universal clients, new WIA adults, new WIA Dislocated workers, WIA client exits due to employment and clients enrolled in training.