Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Key Caseload Trend Findings In Recent Years, Caseload Trend Deviated From Poverty Trend. Although the gap between the CalWORKs participation rate and the poverty rate was greatest during the pandemic, these trends started to diverge in 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics [Publication Details]

Jun 16, 2025 - Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5057

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - This allows for consideration of trends in eligibility activities that may not follow the overal l caseload trend. Require That Assumptions Be Updated Periodically. One common challenge with HHS administration budgeting methodologies is that estimated unit costs and other assumptions can become outdated because of inflation or changes in processes or program requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - A Family Urgent Response System (FURS) program funding reduction to bring ongoing appropriation in line with recent spending trends ($9  million General Fund ongoing reduction). $21  million General Fund annually remains for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - During the COVID-19 pandemic the state significantly overestimated CalWORKs caseload and spending, largely due to unprecedented federal and state policy responses that led to historically unusual enrollment trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Conflicting Evidence on Buprenorphine Prescription Trends Different Trends Despite Same Underlying Data. CDPH ’s Overdose Surveillance Dashboard and a paper by Wang et al. (2024) present conflicting information about statewide trends in buprenorphine prescriptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - We describe some trends from the counties and their CPPs in the next several paragraphs. (Appendix B offers more detail regarding which counties selected specific EBPs.) Most Counties Noted Benefits of the Process of Developing CPP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This growth assumption is generally in line with historical trends. The spending plan assumes that state-operated residential and community facilities will serve 302 individuals in 2025-26, the same number served in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1