Go to your county welfare office and fill out an application.
The county must give you an intake meeting within 5 working days after it gets your application. If you have gotten MFIP or DWP benefits in the last 12 months, counties must offer you the option of a phone interview. If you need child care, the county has to help you apply for child care at the intake meeting.
You should be referred for child care once you get a job counselor. You should get a job counselor within 1 day after the county decides that you can get DWP.
You should meet with your job counselor within 10 working days to make an Employment Plan (EP). You will not get cash benefits until your Employment Plan is approved.
It’s a good idea to write everything down– keep track of it. Start a DWP/MFIP notebook. Keep all of the papers you get.