The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Of these, about 665,500 are estimated t o not meet the requirement, becoming at risk of losing food assistance. Any discontinuances would gradually occur over 12 months as affected recipients undergo annual recertification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2024-25 spending plan eliminated t wo similar fees for higher-income families with children served by regional centers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - In addition to rejecting this cap on overtime, as part of the final budget package, the Legislature adopted budget-related legislation that states t hat any hours worked that exceed 40 hours in a workweek will continue to be paid overtime rates even in the event that the federal government makes a future decision to no longer require overtime, or pay a share of the cost of overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - If the PDL process were pilot-tested based on the first and second POC rounds, the Legislature would have time t o evaluate the new PDL process as it is refined by the administration based on actual experience with GenAI POCs and subsequent contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The notice includes details on work registration, information on the CalFresh time limit for some able-bodied adult recipients without dependents (ABAWD), and an overview of the CalFresh Employmen t and Training program in counties with this program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - It is our understanding that during the first year of the pilot (October 2024 to September 2025), participating states will work with ACF t o establish performance benchmarks and targets. It is our understanding that proposals related to the state ’s participation in the pilot are not included in the Governor ’s 2025-26 budget (according to the administration, this is both due to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 budget package includes language to amend the requirement that a t ribal-state agreement be in place by May 1 of the previous fiscal year. This change allows tribes to begin receiving funding as soon as they submit an annual letter of interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - While total IHSS county MOE costs increase from 2019 ‑ 20 t o 2020 ‑21, the IHSS county MOE is projected to offset a decreasing share of the nonfederal IHSS costs — 26  p ercent and 24  p ercent, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The administration currently anticipates that, beginning in May 2024, EBT cards will be issued with chip and tap-to-pay technologies, which provide improved fraud protection over magnetic stripe t echnology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - During deliberations on the 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package, the Legislature directed our office to review data about the reporting of child abuse and neglect —which we refer to as maltreatment in this report —for older youth (ages 14 t o 1 7) c ompared to younger youth (ages   0  t o  13).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980