The 2020-21 May Revision: CalWORKs Caseload-Driven Costs in the 2020-21 May Revision

Jun 2, 2020 - During the Great Recession, employment services utilization declined only modestly, and then only in response to deliber ate policy decisions to cut back on these services. In Our Spring Fiscal Outlook, Our Office Projected Substantially Lower Caseload Growth in 2020 ‑21 … As we explained in our analysis of the administration’s January budget proposal, our office projects
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4249

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Notably, across the budget, there are few program areas where the Governor proposed ongoing programmatic cuts to established programs. The proposed ongoing CalWORKs reductions, alongside similar proposed ongoing reductions to child welfare funding, are unique in this way.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - This policy change cut the exit rate by more than half in each of these months, temporarily increasing the caseload. COVID ‑19 and Subsequent Recession Was Projected to Increase Caseload. The economic contraction experienced in the spring of 2020 —as a result of the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic —was unprecedented in both its speed and scale.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

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

Jan 13, 2022 - Based on the reserve balance and one ‑time cushion, we think the state likely could weather a relatively mild recession without resorting to significant cuts or payment deferrals for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - This approach provides the state with a cushion to more easily accommodate a drop in the minimum guarantee without making cuts to ongoing programs. Though the Governor Is Focusing on Issues of Legislative Concern, One ‑Time Funding Might Not Have Much Impact.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Specifically, to the extent the guarantee drops or grows more slowly in the future, the expiration of these one-time allocations allows the state to accommodate the lower guarantee without relying on program cuts or payment deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309