The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - As part of a years –long effort to identify and effect improvements to the state ’s child welfare system, the Legislature passed legislation in 2015 implementing the Continuum of Care Reform, or CCR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3351

The 2012-13 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services Budget Update [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2012 - The first alternative is to consider extending a 3.6 percent across-the-board reduction in service hours that is set to expire at the end of the current year. The second alternative is to consider reenacting a reduction in state participation in provider wages to a level, determined by a study, that does not impact recipient access to services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2600

LAO Recommended Legislation [Publication Details]

Dec 1, 2008 - This report summarizes various changes to law that we have recommended in recent years. Recommendations in this report include, among many others: (a) Simplify and Consolidate K-12 General Purpose Funding, (b) Promote the Adoption of Health Information Technology in California, (c) Fund Inmate Education Programs Based on Actual Attendance, and (d) Increase and Index the State Gas Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1897

The 2011-12 Budget: Child Care and Development [Publication Details]

Jan 24, 2011 - The 2011-12 Budget: Child Care and Development [Publication Details] The 2011-12 Budget: Child Care and Development Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s budget plan provides $2.2 billion for child care and development (CCD) in 2011-12 —a reduction of $535 million, or 19 percent, compared to the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2394

Budget Deletes State Cost-of-Living Adjustments [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - Based on more recent data, we estimate savings in 2008-09 will increase by $5.3 million to a total of $305.6 million in the budget year. As part of the LAO budget alternative, we recommend reducing grants for couples to 125 percent of the federal poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1761

Welfare-to-Work Participation in the CalWORKs Program [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2002 - Only 26 percent of single-parent cases in federal fiscal year 2000 were participating in CalWORKs in accordance with state law. We believe that increasing participation is an important long-term focus for the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/852

The 2016-17 Budget: Child Welfare Services--New System

Feb 25, 2016 - Under the traditional approach, any implementation of the new IT system does not being until all phases of the project are complete (it often takes several years to reach this point). In contrast, the agile approach is an iterative approach for developing IT systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3369

CalWORKs: Impact of Recent Policy Changes on Work Participation [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - California has made significant changes in the CalWORKs program in order to increase work participation among recipients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1596

Foster Care [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2001 - Longer stays in foster care adversely impact children by reducing the time they spend in a permanent living situation. We recommend enactment of legislation to conduct a three-year pilot project whereby the treatment rates of foster family agency homes would incrementally decrease over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/796

Department of Information Technology: Limited Success Justifies Limited Reauthorization [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2002 - The Department of Information Technology (DOIT) is scheduled to sunset on June 30, 2002. DOIT's overall performance of its legislative mandates is one of limited success. Therefore, we recommend a two-year reauthorization of DOIT and a Bureau of State Audits review of DOIT's progress in meeting its mandated responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/873