The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - In addition to restructuring foster care maintenance payments, the 2024-25 statutory changes also added two new foster care programs and corresponding rate components: (1)  Strengths Building and Child and Family Determination Program, and (2)  Immediate Needs Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - As Figure  2 shows, this period of caseload growth was primarily driven not by an increase in cases added, but by a decrease in cases exiting following the temporary suspension of redeterminations. (Generally, when cases added are greater than cases exited, net caseload grows, and vice versa.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - New required data fields could be added to county social worker reporting forms, but the new fields would need to be automated in CWS-CARES. Also, aggregated data on county social worker use of structured decision-making (SDM) tools could help identify certain decision points at which some groups are disproportionately impacted, but SDM tools are also scheduled for integration into CWS-CARES.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Community Services and Development

Feb 9, 2023 - The utilities then had 60 days to apply benefits to their customers ’ accounts. As per statute, CSD will provide a final report to the Legislature on 2022-23 CAPP results; the report will be due in summer/fall 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4674

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - The report also could describe how the fixes and functionalities are designed to address known Medi ‑Cal eligibility functionality issues in CalHEERS, and whether any new issues have been added to the dashboard because of the CalHEERS releases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

Overview of Major Federal and State Broadband Programs and Projects [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2024 - Overview of Major Federal and State Broadband Programs and Projects [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/4864

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [Publication Details]

Apr 29, 2025 - Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [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/5034

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - Ad ditionally, while not COLAs, SSP grant increases were provided in 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. We describe those increases more fully below. During Great Recession, SSP Grants for Individuals and Couples Were Reduced to Federally Required Minimum.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - (The project added California State University as a mega processing department for this analysis because, although they are not a civil service state department, their payroll is processed by the current USPS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011