CalFresh E&T: A Strategic Partnership for Local Boards

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN18-33

Issued: May 6, 2019

The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB), in coordination with state level partners, are developing policy briefs intended to provide Local Workforce Development Boards and their local and regional planning partners with useful information for serving populations with barriers to employment. These policy briefs could provide a general framework for identifying, developing, and expanding local partnership opportunities to deliver services and implement policies emphasized in California’s Unified Strategic State Unified Development Plan.

The latest policy brief is the CalFresh Employment and Training: A Strategic Partnership for Local Workforce Development Boards. The purpose of this policy brief is to provide more CalFresh recipients with access to CalFresh Employment and Training (E&T), supportive services, and skills and credentialing.

The brief includes the following information:

• The background, framework, and strategic goals of the CalFresh E&T program.
• The various types of CalFresh E&T funding, including 100% federal funds, 50% federal reimbursement for additional services, and 50% federal reimbursement for participant costs.
• The service strategies and allowable components that a county or partner administering CalFresh E&T must offer program participants.

All CWDB policy briefs, including the CalFresh Employment and Training: A Strategic Partnership for Local Workforce Development Boards policy brief can found by visiting the CWDB’s Policy Briefs webpage.

/s/ JAIME L. GUTIERREZ, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division