To be eligible for CARE support services, students must be:
• EOPS-eligible
• at least 18 years of age
• a single head of household
• a current recipient of TANF/CalWORKs cash aid for themselves and/or their dependent children,
• parent of a child under 14 years old at time of acceptance into CARE
• enrolled as a full-time college student
CARE also extends an important safety net to students who meet EOPS/CARE eligibility criteria but are ineligible for TANF/CalWORKs cash aid and ancillary services, because they: a) have exceeded the TANF 60-month lifetime limit (adults time-limited, but children in family continue to receive cash aid), b) are sanctioned by CalWORKs, or c) are ineligible for CalWORKs cash aid due to prior drug felony conviction. The CARE safety net offers these students vital resources not offered by other programs for child care, textbooks, school supplies, transportation and other services while they are enrolled in college educational and vocational programs.