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Training PDF Print E-mail

CCWRO will provide individual office training free of charge upon request and based upon availability of time.  Please contact CCWRO if your office wants training in any aspect of public assistance. The trainings include (1) State Hearings Trainings  (2) Administrative Writ Training (3) Welfare-to-work Sanction Defense Training ( 4) California Public Benefits Cutting Edge issues & New Development (5) Introduction to Public Benefits Advocacy at the local and state level.

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Consultation PDF Print E-mail
By telephone, appointment (in person), e-mail, and mail.
CCWRO staff is available for consultation Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  CCWRO responds to all telephone calls/e-mails immediately, but no later than the next working day. 
 
Information Services PDF Print E-mail
Publications: Public Assistance Table, New Welfare News Bulletin.
We will provide an immediate response to questions from legal services programs regarding public benefit programs, laws, and regulations. CCWRO maintains current information on the status of pending or recently enacted state and federal legislation and regulations that we have identified as being important to our clients, members, and associates. CCWRO collects and disperses statistical information and analysis on the AFDC (aka CalWORKs), Food Stamps, Child Care and Welfare Employment programs.
 
Representation PDF Print E-mail
Advice, co-counseling, and full representation.
CCWRO provides consultation, and co-counseling on issues relating to public benefit programs, such as: Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) aka CalWORKS, Food Stamps, General Assistance, SSI, Child Care and the Welfare Employment Programs.  CCWRO also will do welfare hearing Administrative Writs (CCP §1094.5) that will be filed in Sacramento before judges who are more familiar with the administrative process than judges in many other counties around the state.