Fiscal Effect on California: Congressional Welfare Reform Reauthorization Proposals [Publication Details]

Aug 29, 2002 - Congress is considering different approaches to the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. We estimate that over the next five federal fiscal years net state costs would be about $2.2 billion for the House bill (H.R. 4737) and $140 million for the version passed by the Senate Finance Committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/906

Get $mart: Reforming the State’s Equipment Financing Program [Publication Details]

Jan 28, 2003 - The Department of General Services' (DGS) GS $Mart Program has been used to finance $521 million in state equipment purchases over the past seven years. We find that DGS has demonstrated initiative in developing this innovative program but that the program has significant deficiencies, including a lack of statutory authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/923

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - Given that the PMO has only been directly involved with managing state IT projects for two years, we acknowledge that the PMO is in the early stages of establishing its capacity and processes as an office, especially as the PMO is intended to scale up to eventually manage larger, more complex projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723

Alternatives to the Governor’s Proposal--Work Participation Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - Pre-assistance programs focusing on preparing recipients to enter the labor force within four months and a community service requirement for adults who have received five years of assistance are two policies which would increase participation with less budgetary savings than the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1759

President's Welfare Reform Reauthorization Plan--Fiscal Effect on California [Publication Details]

Apr 15, 2002 - President Bush's welfare reform reauthorization plan, if enacted by Congress, would increase the effective work participation rate requirement for California by a factor of almost ten. In order to have a reasonable chance of meeting this mandate, we estimate that the state would incur total additional net costs of approximately $2.8 billion over the next five federal fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/884

The CalWORKs Time Limit: Implementation Issues [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2002 - By June 2003 about 100,000 adult recipients (20 percent of caseload) will lose their cash aid because of the CalWORKs five-year time limit. We (1) present options for establishing guidelines for counties in providing exemptions and (2) recommend enactment of legislation providing transportation assistance to former recipients who are working at least 20 hours per week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/876

California Meets Federal Work Participation Rates for CalWORKs in 1998 [Publication Details]

Aug 31, 1999 - The federal welfare reform legislation of 1996 requires states to have specified percentages of their caseload working or engaged in some other work-related activity. For federal fiscal year (FFY) 1997--October 1996 through September 1997--California met the work participation rate for all families but did not meet the higher rate for two-parent families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/335