The Transitional Assistance Department (TAD)
of the San Bernardino County Human Services is responsible for administering
the Department’s financial support programs to persons in need of financial,
and/or nutritional and/or medical assistance. These programs are described
below.
The goals of TAD are to meet the basic needs of families and individuals,
while working with them to attain self-sufficiency, and to promote work and
personal responsibility.
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CalWORKs Program |
The California Work Opportunity and
Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs)
program is a time-limited program that provides financial assistance and
Welfare-to-Work services to families with children who are deprived of support
or care due to the death, incapacity, unemployment/underemployment, or
continued absence of one or both parents. Homeless Assistance is included in
this program. CalWORKs is administered following Federal and State
regulations. |
| Food Stamp Program |
The Food Stamp Program is a nutritional
assistance program designed to help single people and families with little or
no income to buy food. Food Stamp benefits are issued on an EBT Card that is
used just like a bank card at most local food stores. The Food Stamp Program
is a Federal State funded program. |
| Medi-Cal Program |
The Medi-Cal program pays for health care for
certain needy residents of California, including public assistance recipients.
Medi-Cal is supported by federal and state taxes. Pregnant women and children
have been the focus of outreach efforts by the State of California for
enrollment in the Medi-Cal program. |
| Health Care Options |
If you are eligible for Medi-Cal benefits, you
may have the option of joining a Medi-Cal health plan. In San Bernardino
County, you can choose from the two available health plans, Inland Empire
Health Plan or Molina Health Care. It is important that you attend a Health
Care Options presentation to receive more information regarding your Medi-Cal
benefits. Read More |
| Refugee Resettlement Program |
The purpose of the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)
is to provide medical assistance and time-limited financial assistance to
persons who flee from their countries because of persecution due to political
and/or military changes in their government. Aid payments for refugees are
based on CalWORKs standards. |
| General Relief Program |
The County General Relief (GR) program provides
loan assistance to indigent individuals and families in temporary need of
housing, food, and/or transportation. General Relief is the only TAD program
that is totally funded, as well as administered, by the County of San
Bernardino. |
| Cash Aid Program for Immigrants |
The Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI)
is a State Only cash assistance program for specified aged, blind, or disabled
legal immigrants. These immigrants are not eligible for the Federal SSI/SSP
program due solely to their immigrant status. CAPI is not linked to any other
public assistance program. CAPI cases are centrally located in the Ontario TAD
office. |
| Child Care Programs |
TAD operates a number of child care programs
funded by the California Department of Social Services or the Department of
Education. These programs provide child care payments to providers on behalf
of CalWORKs recipients in approved work or training programs, former CalWORKs
recipients, parents in child protective services cases, and the working poor.
Payments are reimbursements for child care provided and are paid directly to
the provider. |
| Foster Care Program |
The purpose of the Foster Care Program is to
provide financial assistance for children in need of substitute parenting who
have been removed from the home by either the Department of Children’s
Services (DCS) or the Probation Department.
The Foster Care Case Worker is responsible for determining federal, state, or
county funding; the payment is the responsibility of the Transitional
Assistance Department (TAD). |
