TYPES OF ASSISTANCE

Diversion Assistance is available to families in lieu of traditional cash assistance when they need short-term help to become or remain self-sufficient. Diversion Assistance should not be confused with emergency assistance. Diversion Assistance is intended to assist with parents’ needs that help them stay employed or be self-sufficient through other income sources, get through a temporary lay-off, pay household expenses until the first pay check, or help two-parent families with three months cash assistance before pay-after-performance. It is not designed just to assist with families’ sporadic emergency needs such as a utility cut-off notice or eviction notice.  Diversion assistance is generally a payment of 3 months assistance with no work obligation.

CASH ASSISTANCE

CHILD CARE:  Work First recipients should receive help in finding and paying for child care to enable employment