The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - When the unemployment rate is low —for example, during the pre ‑COVID ‑ 19 e conomic expansion —caseload declines (reaching what was then an all ‑time low of about 366, 000 c ases in 2019 ‑20). Because the recession due to the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic has caused the unemployment rate to reach historic highs (peaking at 15. 6  p ercent in May 2020), caseload also was projected to
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