The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The state could choose to pass through a greater amount of payments (up to the full amount of the child support payment); however, the federal government would require the state to backfill the amount of the pass-through payment that would have otherwise gone to reimburse the f ederal share of CalWORKs recoupment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/6

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - According to a 2021 survey by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), Californians accrued more than $300  million in drinking water arrearages. In addition, the state ’s wastewater providers estimated arrearages could total several hundred million dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/7

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Recent State Investments in Care Economy Workforce In Recent Years, State Has Made Substantial Investments for Care Economy Workforce Development. Figure  1 shows recent major state funding for care economy workforce development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2022 - In this post, we analyze the Governor’s proposal to provide resources to the Department of Human Resources (CalHR) to implement specific proposals recommended by a taskforce established by the Governor aimed at finding ways to make the state a better employer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4564

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - Collectively, these civil service rules establish the state ’s policies for hiring, promoting, disciplining, and terminating state civil service employees. The  State Personnel Board is tasked by the Constitution to oversee the implementation of the merit principle in  state  government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2022 - This post provides background on the California Department of Technology's cost recovery model and rate development process for IT services, evaluates related Governor's budget proposals and available information on a proposed rate re-evaluation process, and offers our recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4552

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Moreover, the lack of information available for state entities to make direct comparisons between private vendor rates and State Data Center rates —including the benefits and costs of the services the State Data Center provides —makes state entities ’ decisions about the provision of IT services more difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - If  children are unable to return to their parents, the state provides assistance to establish a permanent placement for children, for example, through adoption or guardianship. California ’s counties carry out children and family program activities for the state, with funding from the federal and state governments, along with local funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Support Program Proposals

Feb 18, 2022 - The administration projects that the state will collect roughly $150 million in total CalWORKs recoupment in current CalWORKs cases in 2022‑23. The state could choose to fully pass through current support payments to current CalWORKs families instead of retaining a portion of these payments for government CalWORKs recoupment purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4550