• Partners include
  • Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance (DHA)
  • Department of General Services (DGS)
  • Lutheran Social Services of Northern California (LSS)
  • Sacramento City Unified School District
  • Charles A. Jones Skills and Business Education Center (SBEC)
  • Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance (DHA)
• Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved DHA to purchase approximately fifty (50) surplus county vehicles per year from DGS using CalWORKs funds.
• Price is set using the Kelley Blue Book computations.
• DHA will refer employed CalWORKs recipients who are participating in a Welfare-to-Work Program, who cannot utilize public transportation and who meet other criteria are eligible for the program.
• DGS will assist in the selection of the vehicles.
• SBEC students will perform a diagnostic evaluation of each selected vehicle to assure the safety and reliability of the vehicle.
• LSS will match the referred recipients to a vehicle and assist the recipient to complete all of the necessary paperwork.

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• Provide vehicles to employed Welfare-to-Work participants who cannot utilize public transportation and cannot afford to purchase a vehicle.
• Result in longer job retention or assist the recipient to seek employment with a better career ladder.
• Provide a training opportunity for students of the automotive program at the Sacramento City Unified School District, Charles A. Jones Skills and Business Education Center.

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• Lack of adequate transportation has been one of the major barriers faced by public assistance recipients to finding and keeping employment.
• Many recipients cannot afford to purchase a vehicle needed to retain their current job.
• At times, public transportation is not appropriate due to the recipient's work hours, job location, or the need for multiple stops due to child care needs.
• Some employed Welfare-to-Work participants cannot utilize public transportation.

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• Increase in job retention for the recipient.
• Assists the recipient to achieve self-sufficiency and long-term success.
• Provides a vehicle to employed individuals who cannot afford one.

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CalWORKs recipients who live in Sacramento County qualify for this program if they meet all of the following requirements:

• Is a current CalWORKs recipient enrolled in a Welfare To Work program, and
• Is employed, including self-employment, and
• Has no vehicles registered in his/her name, or
• Does not own a vehicle or vehicle does not run and has been denied funds to fix it by his/her worker, and
• Has not received a vehicle through Sacramento County's Auto Loan or Wheels To Work Programs, and
• Has a valid California driver's license, and
• Has received no vehicular felonies or misdemeanors in the last ten (10) years, and
• Has received no moving violations in the last three (3) years, and
• Has been a resident of Sacramento County resident for six (6) months, and
• Meets at least one of the following qualifications:
  • Does not live within one (1) mile of public transportation, or
  • Job site is not within one (1) mile of public transportation, or
  • Job site is located out of Sacramento County, or
  • Must make multiple stops due to verified child care, or
  • Work hours are during a time when there is not public transportation available

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If you would like to find out if you or someone you know is eligible for the Wheels to Works Program, please call your CalWORKs caseworker.

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