The Family Self Sufficiency Division administers the CalWORKs and CalFresh programs and is committed to delivering readily accessible quality Employment Services to help the unemployed and underemployed achieve stable employment which promotes independence and self-sufficiency. Family Self-Sufficiency Division actively collaborates with other SSA divisions, contract providers, other governmental agencies and...

The County of Orange uses licensed private Foster Family Agencies (FFAs) for the placement of children who require more intensive care. Effective January 1, 2017, FFAs were required to submit program statements to the State of California. These program statements must address the following: Resource Family program implementation plan Strategies...

Adult Services In-Home Supportive Services provides a wide range of domestic and personal-care services to allow persons with disabilities and elderly individuals to live safely at home. Adult Protective Services provides services to prevent or remedy neglect, abuse, and/or exploitation of adults who are unable to protect their own interests...

A variety of factors such as abuse history, time since abuse occurred, previous medical examinations, past medical treatment experience, family dynamics, developmental level, temperament, etc., all influence the child’s perception of the examination. The CAST medical component’s goals are to check the child’s medical condition, collect forensic specimens, coordinate information...

The County of Orange Social Services Agency (SSA) operates under the policy direction of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the California Departments of Social Services and Health Services. SSA is responsible for planning, implementing, and operating many of the social services programs provided by the County of Orange...

A CalWORKs Welfare-To-Work participant who appears unable to fully participate in their assigned activity, or who exhibits behavioral problems limiting their ability to participate, may have a learning or developmental disability. A Case Manager can use a screening tool with the participant, and if a potential disability is determined a...

CASA Making a difference one child at a time! Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ) is a non-profit organization that trains community volunteers to serve as powerful mentors and advocates for our community’s most severely abused, abandoned and neglected children. CASA volunteers are needed to help make sure that...

Child Abuse Reporting Act While everyone should report suspected child abuse, The California Penal Code provides that it is a crime for certain professionals and laypersons who have a special working relationship of contact with children not to report suspected child abuse to the proper authorities. These professionals and laypersons...

It is a requirement under the CalWORKs program that parents or caretakers on aide, unless exempt to meet work requirement, participate in an approved Welfare-To-Work (WTW) employment related activity. Below you will find a list of services that support the WTW activity for persons who are approved for and receiving...

Everyday, people like YOU are making a difference in a child's life . They give support, show compassion, provide a safe home and help children find the courage to hope for a better life. They are teachers, friends, role models, and heroes. They are foster and adoptive parents. Help make...