California AB1655 ensures children detained by ICE remain eligible for CalWORKs benefits.

California AB1655 amends the Welfare and Institutions Code to ensure that children detained by federal immigration authorities remain eligible for CalWORKs benefits. This change prevents a reduction in family grants due to a child's detention. The bill also considers children in hospitals as temporarily absent for benefit purposes. The provisions become inoperative when the Statewide Automated Welfare System can implement these changes or on July 1, 2027, whichever is later.

California AB1655 ensures children detained by ICE remain eligible for CalWORKs benefits.

California AB1655 amends the Welfare and Institutions Code to ensure that children detained by federal immigration authorities remain eligible for CalWORKs benefits. This change prevents a reduction in family grants due to a child's detention. The bill also considers children in hospitals as temporarily absent for benefit purposes. The provisions become inoperative when the Statewide Automated Welfare System can implement these changes or on July 1, 2027, whichever is later.