CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

How is the income received from a college
work study program treated?
Earned income from any college work study
program is exempt. This applies for both eligibility
and grant determination.
What is the Transitional Housing Placement
Program (THPP) and the Transitional Housing
Program-Plus (THP-Plus)? How are these
payments treated?
Both are transitional housing placement programs
for foster care and probation youth. The programs
provide youth with a safe living environment while
helping them achieve self-sufficiency through
learning the life skills necessary to live on their
own upon leaving the foster care/probation
system.
THPP is for probation and foster care youth
ages 16 to 18, who are currently in the child
Welfare system; and
THPP payments are exempt from consideration
as income if they are part of a written
Independent Living Plan (ILP) and the youth is
still considered a dependent child; and
THP-Plus is for emancipated youth ages 18 to
24 who are emancipated from the foster care or
probation systems; and
THP-Plus payments are not exempt because
the youth eligible for this program are between
the ages of 18 and 24 and are not considered
children for the purposes of CalWORKs.
THP-Plus payments are to be treated as
follows:
o Cash THP-Plus payments are
considered unearned income; and
o THP-Plus payments made directly as
rent are considered “In-Kind” income for
that item of need.
See Income - Unearned for LEADER procedures.
See Income – In-Kind for LEADER procedures.