{"id":322238,"date":"2025-10-21T22:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/322238\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:21:12","slug":"la-county-turns-to-workfare-to-help-residents-keep-medi-cal-and-calfresh-benefits-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/322238\/","title":{"rendered":"LA County turns to \u2018workfare\u2019 to help residents keep Medi-Cal and CalFresh benefits \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saying more than 1 million Los Angeles County residents could be at risk of losing Medi-Cal or CalFresh benefits under upcoming new federal work requirements for recipients, the Board of Supervisors<\/a> voted Tuesday to expand so-called \u201cworkfare\u201d and volunteer opportunities with the county and community organizations.<\/p>\n

According to county Supervisor Hilda Solis, who sponsored the motion with Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, the federal budget bill signed in July<\/a> \u2014 HR 1 \u2014 imposed expanded work requirements on many Medi-Cal and CalFresh recipients.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the passage of HR 1, our most vulnerable neighbors, including working families, veterans, former foster youth, people experiencing homelessness and individuals with serious underlying health conditions, are now at risk of losing access to the basic support systems they rely on,\u201d Solis said in a statement after the board vote. \u201cWe cannot let that happen. This motion is about acting early and making sure Angelenos are not left behind. We are investing now in the infrastructure, partnerships and outreach necessary to ensure our communities are informed, connected and better able to keep their coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The motion instructs the county Department of Public Social Services and other agencies to begin preparing to assist residents in danger of losing access to the benefits. It also calls for the expansion of \u201cworkfare\u201d and volunteer opportunities with county departments and with community organizations to help people meet the work and volunteer requirements.<\/p>\n

According to Solis\u2019 office, as many as 1.5 million Medi-Cal recipients in the county could potentially lose coverage when the new requirements take effect on Jan. 1, 2027. As many as 202,000 CalFresh recipients will be required to meet new work requirements beginning Feb. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a responsibility to reduce that harm \u2014 by expanding access to support, minimizing barriers, and making sure people understand what\u2019s changing,\u201d Horvath said in a statement. \u201cThis motion strengthens the county\u2019s coordinated response to protect our most vulnerable residents and ensure they can maintain the care and resources they rely on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saying more than 1 million Los Angeles County residents could be at risk of losing Medi-Cal or CalFresh…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":322239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,210,2961,153723,8629,224,5337,17259,50,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-322238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-county-board-of-supervisors","13":"tag-local-politics","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-national-politics","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115414491777940741","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}