The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Support Program Proposals

Feb 18, 2022 - Governor ’s Pass ‑Through Proposal Aligns With Federal Flexibilities … The current pass ‑through policy for current CalWORKs families reflects the maximum amount of CalWORKs recoupment payments the federal government is willing to pass through to these families without requiring the state to backfill the federal loss of CalWORKs recoupment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4550

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - H.R. 1 Makes Significant Changes Impacting CalFresh and CFAP H.R. 1 was passed by Congress and signed by the President in July 2025. H.R. 1 introduces multiple significant changes to CalFresh and CFAP that are expected to result in reduced enrollment, lower benefits, and higher state costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Were a large statewide general obligation bond to pass, for example, state funding for MHP (and likely other gap funding programs) would increase. As a result, many projects would receive an HDFC award, and thus there would be an increase in calls on the proposed set ‑aside pool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The amount of unspent TANF funds that will be available for a given year often is not known when the budget for that year is passed. Budget projections are revised when unanticipated TANF funds are identified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Extend the Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax. California ’s Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax (PTET) allows certain businesses to elect to pay additional corporation taxes at a rate of 9.3  percent on qualified net income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - However, up to $100 of the current support payment is directed or “passed through ” to families with one child every month (increasing to $200 for families with two or more children). The state could choose to pass through a greater amount of payments (up to the full amount of the child support payment); however, the federal government would require the state to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/6

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - However, states can “pass-through ” or allow CalWORKs families to keep a portion of the monthly child support payments. The spending plan increases the amount of monthly child support that is passed-through to CalWORKs families to the federal participation limit —from $50 to $100 for a family with one child and $200 for a family with two or more children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/9

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - (These individuals would otherwise be eligible for CalFresh benefits, but were rendered ineligible by a federal welfare reform bill passed in 1996.) The 2021-22 budget included funding to begin an “age-based ” expansion of CFAP to otherwise ineligible immigrants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/3

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Effective January 1, 2022, increasing the amount of child support that could be “passed through ” to CalWORKs families from $50 to $100 a month for one child families, and from $50 to $200 for larger families (those with two or more children).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - In 1996, Congress passed a welfare reform bill that, among other things, restricted federal food assistance for certain noncitizens. Most notably, legal permanent residents were rendered ineligible for federally funded nutrition assistance until they had resided in the country for five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845