The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Figure 4 Summary of Governor ’s Disaster ‑Related Proposals for 2019 ‑20 ( In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - In 2019, DOF found that 1991  Realignment could no longer support the county costs of IHSS. As a result, in 2019 ‑20, the 2017 MOE was eliminated and replaced with the current IHSS MOE structure —referred to as the 2019 IHSS MOE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - California ’s most recent payment error rate, for federal fiscal year 2023-24, is about 11  percent. (The comparable national error rate is similarly about 11  percent.) Payment error rates in California and nationally have risen in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure   6 , caseload reached its all ‑time high (about 600,000  households) in late 2010 ‑11 following the Great Recession. From early 2011 ‑12 to late 2019 ‑20 (prior to the COVID ‑19 pandemic), caseload mostly declined as the state ’s economy  improved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - ” The New York Times , December 11, 2023 . California Department of Public Health, Office of Policy and Planning (2024). California State of Public Health Report, 2024 . Case, Anne and Angus Deaton (2015).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The all-time high for CalWORKs caseload (587,000 cases per month) was reached in 2010 ‑11 in the wake of the Great Recession. In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency and recession, as part of the May Revision proposal, the administration projected the CalWORKs caseload would increase well above this previous high, averaging
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

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

Feb 3, 2021 - Budget Includes Large Revisions to CalWORKs Caseload, Cost Estimates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21. Relative to the 2020 ‑21 Budget Act , the Governor ’s budget projects caseload ‑related savings on CalWORKs cash assistance in 2019 ‑ 20 o f about $ 280  m illion General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - Budget Overview and LAO Assessment The Governor ’s budget proposes a total of $12. 7  b illion (all funds) for IHSS in 2019 ‑20, which is about $1. 3  b illion (11. 1  p ercent) above estimated expenditures in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Funding in 2020 ‑21 will repay the federal government for services already provided from 2010 ‑11 through 2019 ‑20 as well as annual funding in 2020 ‑21 (and ongoing) to pay directly for services that are ineligible for federal reimbursement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/1

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

Jun 2, 2020 - Figure 3 Comparing Projected CalWORKs Costs and Caseload All Funds (Dollars in Millions) 2019 ‑20
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4249