The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Are enrolled in the Home Visiting program. Are transitioning from subsidized to unsubsidized employment. Are participating in Family Stabilization services. Are referred to Stage 1 Child Care services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Home Visiting Program (HVP). The CalWORKs HVP is a voluntary program that aims to improve the outcomes of CalWORKs participants who are pregnant or have children under 24 months of age through evidence-based home visiting models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - Most theft of EBT benefits is believed to be accomplished through creating “clones ” of EBT cards. EBT card cloning is possible, in part, because EBT cards have historically lacked many security features common to debit and credit cards, such as security chips.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The notice includes details on work registration, information on the CalFresh time limit for some able-bodied adult recipients without dependents (ABAWD), and an overview of the CalFresh Employmen t and Training program in counties with this program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Continues EBT Card Replacement Effort. The 2023-24 Budget Act included funding (about $75  million total funds over multiple years) to improve EBT card technology and security through the rollout of new cards with chip and tap-to-pay technologies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - For the Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH-CONNECT) program, the implementation status of certain components —the joint behavioral health home visits and the activity funds initiative —is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Given our office ’s assessment that the 2025-26 budget is roughly balanced , the budget does not have capacity for new augmentations for child welfare this budget year (without reductions or revenue solutions elsewhere across the budget).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Without sufficie nt revenue growth in the subaccount, a grant increase is not triggered. A new grant increase has not been triggered for 2025-26. In the past, the Child Poverty and Family Supplemental Subaccount funded multiple grant increases and the repeal of the maximum family grant policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - CalWORKs home visiting program 47 Ongoing Reduction (New  in May) May Revision proposes a new ongoing reduction of $47 million for CalWORKs home visiting beginning in 2024 ‑25 (proposed home visiting funding after the reduction totals about $63 million in 2024 ‑25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Specifically, providers will need to comply with Electronic Visit Verification, federal Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS), and independent audit and fiscal review requirement s. Not all providers will be subject to all three requirements (for example, the HCBS rules only apply to providers of certain service types, while the audit requirement only applies to providers that receive a certain amount of federal funding per year).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1