Immigrants

Welfare Policy Research Project was established by the 1997 state legislation that created California's CalWORKs program. In response to one of our legislative mandates, WPRP is operating a research grants program to support applied welfare policy research sought by state and local officials. The findings from these research efforts are published as Briefs (short policy summaries) and Reports (in-depth research findings) that we have made available on this site.

California’s Immigrant Households and Public-Assistance Participation in the 1990s - Policy Brief

(2002)

This policy brief is an executive summary of a report that provides an overview of California's immigrant families in the 1990s, with a special focus on changes in patterns of participation in public assistance programs.

California Immigrant Households and Public Assistance Participation in the 1990s - Detailed Research Findings

(2002)

Detailed research findings that provide an overview of California's immigrant families in the 1990s, with a special focus on changes in patterns of participation in public assistance programs.