Senate Bill 570 (Newman) – G.I. Bill CalWORKs
CWLC supports SB 570, introduced by Senator Newman, which would amend the rules governing income and eligibility for the CalWORKs program to exempt all education related benefits paid to military, veteran and surviving family members by the United States Veteran Administration (VA) from income tests for the program.
SB 570 was approved by the Governor on October 3, 2017.