Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure  1 , about 34  million individuals resided in California in 2000. At the beginning of 2024, about 39  million individuals resided in the state, representing a population increase of about 16  percent (relative to  2000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

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

Jun 2, 2020 - This pattern, by which CalWORKs caseload follows jobless trends on a long lag, has occurred throughout the program ’s history, including not only the Great Recession, but also the recession of the early 2000 ’s, the economic expansion between those two recessions, and the most recent economic expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4249

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Health and Human Services (HHS)‑Related Funding to Address Homelessness

May 17, 2018 - According to the administration, the grants would be distributed to counties in accordance with principles used in a similar previous grant program enacted by Chapter  518 of 2000 (AB  2034, Steinberg) and Chapter  617 of 1999 (AB  34, Steinberg).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3842

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - This pattern, by which CalWORKs caseload follows jobless trends on a long lag, has occurred throughout the program ’s history, including after the Great Recession and after the recession of the early 2000 ’s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - State and federal funding for LCSAs has remained relatively flat since 2000. Due to inflation over this period, however, LCSAs now have fewer real resources at their disposal to operate child support today than they had in 2000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - This allowed the PMO to test the potential of the centralized project management approach and build the reputation and capacity of the office gradually, with the intention of scaling up to larger, more com plex projects once the office was more established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723