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

Feb 11, 2016 - Until 2011 –12 the state General Fund and counties shared the nonfederal costs of administering CWS. In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 realignment, which dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales tax to counties to administer CWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3351

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - TBL specifies that if a child placed in an STRTP requires regular on-site nursing care, the placing agency (namely, the county child welfare agency or probation department) is res ponsible for ensuring the necessary nursing care is provided —either by the STRTP consistent with its treatment model or by the county arranging for that care to be provided utilizing county nursing resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Measuring CalWORKs Performance

Sep 6, 2017 - A fourth measure —the percentage of CalWORKs participants with earnings sufficient to receive the maximum benefit from the federal earned income tax credit —was added later. In order to receive incentive funding from the Pay for Performance program, counties would either have to make a minimum level of improvement on a given performance measure or rank in the top 20  percent of counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3702

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - For example, for the Department of Social Services ’ Child Welfare Services – California Automated Response and Engagement System project, the project D &I approach changed to a combination of agile and traditional approaches because county eligibility workers needed to limit the amount of user testing and training required.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

Proposition 10: How Does It Work? What Role Should the Legislature Play in Its Implementation? [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 1999 - We believe that while the Legislature has no direct control over the expenditure of Proposition 10 funds, it should take action to encourage the county commissions to spend their funds effectively. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/316

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Funds Racial Equity and Implicit Bias Training for County CalWORKs Staff. The spending plan includes $3  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22 and $10  million in 2022 ‑23 to support racial equity training for CalWORKs county staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Beginning in 2018-19, the state began using a revised funding formula for supporting county administrative activities in the CalWORKs program. Generally speaking, this formula increased or decreased funding gradually as caseload increased or decreased, but did not separately adjust for increases in the cost of doing business.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/2

The 2021-22 May Revision—Child Welfare Budget Proposals

Jun 11, 2021 - The updated language —in line with the previous version —allows counties the option of (but does not require) implementing prevention services, meaning counties would need to provide the required matching funds using their realignment revenues or other county sources to be able to claim additional federal Title IV-E dollars on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4444

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Families living in high-cost coastal counties such as Los Angeles and San Francisco receive grants that are about 5.5  percent larger than similar families living in inland counties such as Fresno and Shasta.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340