SB 982 Summary

• Incrementally increases CalWORKs maximum monthly grant amounts over three years starting January 1, 2019, with Table A (2019), Table B (2020), and Table C (2021) establishing new payment schedules for families of different sizes.

• Reinstates annual cost-of-living adjustments to maximum aid payments beginning in the 2019–20 fiscal year, adjusted on January 1 of each year based on the California Necessities Index.

• Exempts counties from being required to contribute their share of costs to cover the incremental increases to maximum aid payments resulting from this bill.

• Eliminates the continuous General Fund appropriation for implementing the bill's provisions, making the bill operative only if funding is expressly provided in the annual Budget Act.