Presenters:
Janet Fulton – jfulton@cccco.edu
Kelly Gornik – kgornik@cccco.edu
Cristina Mora – cmora@cccco.edu
Overview of today’s presentation
will compare the following areas
in each of the programs:
Purpose:
Student Eligibility:
Coordination Requirements
Services Provided Educational and Employment-Related Services:
Allowable Expenses:
Funding Source and Definitions:
California Community Colleges
Programs that serve low-income
students:
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The California Community Colleges offer various programs to assist lowincome students in achieving their educational and career goals.
These programs include the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to
Kids (CalWORKs), Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS), and
the Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE) programs.
Although program goals, services, and eligibility requirements differ,
collaboration and coordination between CalWORKs, EOPS and CARE are
encouraged to ensure that students receive comprehensive, non-duplicative
support from the programs for which they are eligible.
Similarities and Differences
of the Programs
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While there are similarities between the programs, they are distinctly
different in the following ways:
Purpose: The intent of the CalWORKs program is ultimately employment,
while the primary focus of EOPS and CARE is to assist students achieve
academic success by offering educational support services to enhance
persistence, retention, graduation and transfer goals.
Purpose of Each Program:
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CalWORKs program
serves students to
transition from public
assistance to economic
self-sufficiency
(employment)…
EOPS program serve
students to achieve
academic success by
offering support
services to enhance
persistence, retention,
graduation and
transfer goals…
CARE program serves
students to achieve
academic success by
offering support
services to enhance
persistence, retention,
graduation and
transfer goals and to
help them transition
from public assistance
to economic selfsufficiency…
Student Eligibility Requirements:
Students may meet requirements in each program and may be served by each
program…but not all CalWORKs students are eligible for EOPS and/or CARE
services—over 60% of CalWORKs students do not qualify based on full-time
credit eligibility and other requirements. Students who are timed out or no
longer receiving CalWORKs/TANF cash aid for themselves may still be eligible
for CARE, if they meet EOPS/CARE program eligibility requirements.
The following are the differences for eligibility for each of the programs:
Cal Works Student Eligibility:
EOPS Student Eligibility:
CARE Student Eligibility:
CalWORKs/TANF recipient
parents who are attending college
as a part of their welfare-to-work
activities
Must be a California resident or
eligible for California Dream Act
(AB 130 and AB 131)
Must be eligible for EOPS and
meet additional CARE
requirements:
Must be eligible for a Board of
Governors Fee Waiver (A, B, or C
with zero EFC)
Must be single head of household
(i.e., one-parent assistance unit)
Must be receiving the adult
portion of the TANF grant
Must have at least one dependent
Must have a dependent child
Must be educationally
child under age 14 at time of
under the age of 18 living in the
disadvantaged as defined by Title acceptance into CARE
home
5, section 56220 and Chancellor's
Office
Parent or child must be current
Must be enrolled in the college and
CalWORKs, TANF or Tribal TANF
a course at the beginning of the
Must be enrolled in minimum of cash aid recipient
term.
12 credit units (full-time status) at
time of acceptance into EOPS
Must be at least 18 years old
Can serve students who have left
TANF cash aid within the past two Must not have completed more
Safety net provided to students
years and must be working (full- than 70 degree- applicable units
who no longer receive
time or on a Limited Basis)
(excluding basic skills, remedial
CalWORKs/TANF/Tribal TANF
education and ESL units)
cash aid, but whose dependent
children still do
Coordination Requirements (CR):
All programs are required by law to collaborate, or create advisory
groups with other campus programs or the Department of Social Services
county office local county welfare department to coordinate services.
The following are the requirements for each program:
CalWORKs Coordination Requirements: EOPS Coordination
Requirements:
Programs are required by law to
coordinate with the County Welfare
The program is required to
Department (CWD)—the CWD is a
create an EOPS advisory
required signature on the college’s
committee by Title 5, section
annual program plan and programs are 56208 to meet at least once per
required to coordinate services directly
academic year;
with the local county welfare department
and other campus programs that serve
Purpose is to assist in
the same students
developing and maintaining an
effective EOPS program; shall
Coordination & collaborative
consist of no fewer members
relationships are encouraged and should than the local board of trustees;
be established to better serve
should include representatives
CalWORKs students programs should
from college personnel, EOPS
establish working groups, advisory
students, local or feeder high
groups with other campus programs, and schools, community and
community programs as well as local
business sector, and 4-year
and campus employers.
colleges where possible.
Because policy requirements of the
program regarding collaboration with the
county offices the campuses are required
to submit their annual program plan to
the county office for signature.
CARE Coordination
Requirements:
The program is required to have
an advisory committee that meets
at least twice annually. However,
flexibility exists in the type of
committee established; a CARE
advisory committee, a joint
EOPS/CARE advisory committee,
a CARE subcommittee of the
EOPS advisory committee or an
interagency group may all suffice.
Flexibility does not exist in the
composition committee members.
It shall include representatives
from the local county welfare
department, local Tribal TANF
program, community, business
sector, CARE student population
and others determined by the
college CARE coordinator.
Services Provided by Each Program:
Education and Employment-Related Services: Because CalWORKs, EOPS
and CARE programs focus on education and employment, EOPS and CARE
funds can be used for all approved educational purposes and CalWORKs
funds for all approved educational and work related purposes such as
work-study, childcare, books, supplies, meal tickets, transportation.
However, not all programs offer all the same services.
Allowable Expenses:
Funds may not duplicate or supplant any federal, state, or institutional aid to
which students may be entitled. Any funds spent on individuals, services or
other program expenses are allowable only if the expenditure has direct
responsibility for coordinating the day to day activities of the program or are
used for direct services to fulfil the educational needs of the students enrolled in
the programs
In planning and building the categorical program budgets…Such as the
program expenses, program directors/coordinators must ensure that the costs
are reasonable and not excessive, and that program expenses support the
educational goals and welfare-to-work plans of the student in each of the
programs. Program directors/coordinators are required to become familiar
with their college’s procurement practices and to adhere to those guidelines.
Programs should coordinate the purchase of computer equipment with the
campus-wide operation to assure the compatibility of equipment and efforts. If
equipment is no longer needed or is being replaced, refer to the district/college
policy regarding surplus.
CalWORKs: Counseling -
EOPS: Academic, Career &
CARE: Supplemental
Academic, Career and Personal
Case management and tracking of
student progress
Personal Counseling
Academic, Career and
Personal Counseling
Support services to eligible
students, including but not
Supportive services to students
limited to: textbook
including but not limited to books,
vouchers, tutoring,
computer equipment loan program,
transportation, child care,
transportation, and educational
educational supplies, and/or
supplies. Workshops and Training
transfer/career activities
for students on resume writing, how
needed for retention and
to interview, etc.
academic success
Work-Study - jobs
Child care
Post-Employment
Services are provided to eligible
students in a non-duplicative
manner over, above and in addition
to what all other college students
receive
Grants and EOPS workstudy (optional)
Child care assistance to
children of EOPS students
Services are provided to
eligible students in a nonduplicative manner over,
above and in addition to
what all other college
Support services including
but not limited to:
textbook vouchers,
tutoring, transportation,
child care, educational
supplies, and other
assistance needed for
retention and academic
success
Supplemental child care
assistance to children of
CARE students not
provided by other resources
Services are provided to
students in a nonduplicative manner over,
above and in addition to
EOPS Allowable Expenses:
CalWORKs Allowable Expenses:
Expenses needed for retention
Expenses needed for retention and and academic success include but
academic success include but not not limited to salaries/benefits of
limited to salaries/benefits of
employees assigned to the
employees assigned to the
EOPS/CARE programs, such as
CalWORKs program, such as
counselors, peer advisors, tutors,
director/coordinator, counselors,
and other support staff, and
peer advisors, tutors, and other
textbooks, grants, instructional
support staff, textbooks,
supplies and materials, supplies
instructional supplies and
for the program, outreach and
materials, supplies for the
recruitment materials, EOPSprogram, outreach and
related trainings and conferences
recruitment materials,
for EOPS staff and EOPS students,
food/beverages for students at
CalWORKs related trainings and
EOPS educational activities,
conferences for CalWORKs staff
computer equipment, furniture,
and students, food/beverages for
transportation services, child care
students at educational activities,
services, school supplies, meal
and a year-end recognition event,
tickets. uniforms required by
equipment, lending library,
transportation services, child care educational programs,
fingerprinting fees, university
services, and school supplies..
Speaker fees, work-study-salaries application fees, transcript fees,
vocational certification board
Childcare.
CARE Allowable Expenses:
CARE funds activities that are over
and above what is already provided
CARE students through EOPS.
Additionally, CARE funds may not
duplicate or supplant any federal,
state, or institutional aid to which
CARE students may be entitled.
Allowable expenses may include
child care, campus parking, bus
passes, basic auto repair, gas cards,
transportation services, textbooks
(supplementing EOPS only), school
supplies, campus meal vouchers,
uniforms required by educational
programs, fingerprinting fees,
university application fees, transcript
fees, vocational certification board
examination fees, student
identification cards and student
health fees.
Funding Source:
The funding sources may be a combination of funds from the State of
California and the Federal Government. Funds are distributed through the
allocation process, based on a standard base allocation for each college plus
the number of eligible students:
CalWORKs Base – $125,000 per college
EOPS Base – $50,000 per college
CARE Base- $10,000 per college
Additional funds will be allocated to each school based on the number of
eligible students enrolled or served by program.
CalWORKs Funding Sources:
EOPS Funding Sources:
Proposition 98 Funds in the
CW Program funds (Prop 98)
State Budget Act;
Works-study (Prop 98)
District funds, college general
Child Care (Prop 98)
fund and non-general funds
TANF (Federal funds)
for specific “over and above”
EOPS activities and services;
Funds allocated to the
program for CW Program,
and Work-Study – require a
dollar for dollar match.
District backfill, one-time or
temporary district funds
specifically to cover shortfalls
in the EOPS budget.
Child Care and TANF funds do
Other funding sources
not require a dollar for dollar
including SSSP and Student
match.
Equity
Please note: Proposition 98 Definition of funds is similar
for CARE
funds are State funds
identified in the annual state
of California Budget.
CARE Funding Sources
Proposition 98 Funds in the
State Budget Act; district
funds, college general fund
and non-general funds for
specific “over and above”
EOPS activities and services;
district backfill, one-time or
temporary district funds
specifically to cover shortfalls
in the EOPS budget.
Other funding sources
including SSSP and Student
Equity
Definition of funds is similar
for EOPS
THE END
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