The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - Some of the key information provided thus far includes: CalWORKs Home Visiting Program: As of January 2024, about $33  million (of $86  million total funds) in 2021-22 home visiting funding and about $41  million (of $100  million total funds) in 2022-23 home visiting funding was unspent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - In the final quarter of 2019-20, the state dedicated $41  million General Fund in emergency coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response funding for the Department of Social Services (DSS) to temporarily relocate residents in CCL-licensed adult and senior care facilities as needed for quarantine and isolation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/6

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - Net changes in CCR costs 72 41 The net increase in CCR costs reflects increases in the Home ‑Based Family Care Rate, CFT, and automation. a Other net changes 440 131 This amount reflects the net effect of other changes across programs, including caseload changes, increases in total projected KinGAP and AAP expenditures, and estimated increases in county and federal expenditures under 2011 realignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Due to challenges in estimating caseload during the COVID ‑19 pandemic, the 2020 ‑21 to 2022 ‑23 spending plans overestimated CalWORKs caseload by 7  percent to 41  percent each year. About $770  million and $900  million in TANF carryforward funds were available in 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24, respectively, due to these overestimations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget includes $41  million General Fund ($135  million total funds) for the combined impact of recent state minimum wage increase from $10.00 to $10.50 per hour on January 1, 2017 and the scheduled increase from $10.50 to $11.00 per hour on January 1, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/2