The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - As of January 2025, we understand the administration has revised the projected savings associated with the delay to $0 in 2024-25 and about $104 million General Fund in 2025-26. We are working with the administration to better understand these downward revisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - During deliberations on the 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package, the Legislature directed our office to review data about the reporting of child abuse and neglect —which we refer to as maltreatment in this report —for older youth (ages 14 t o 1 7) c ompared to younger youth (ages   0  t o  13).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - Our office forecasts CalWORKs caseload using three primary factors: ( 1)  c urrent economic conditions, ( 2)  e conomic conditions over the last two years, and ( 3)  t he number of Californians ages 0 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Since the program began in October 2022 through June 2024 (the most recent month of expenditures data), less than $900,00 0 total funds have been spent on Backup Provider services. At this time, we do not have any concerns with the administration ’s estimates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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

Jun 2, 2020 - In Our Spring Fiscal Outlook, Our Office Projected Substantially Lower Caseload Growth in 2020 ‑21 … As we explained in our analysis of the administration’s January budget proposal, our office projects CalWORKs caseload using three factors: (1) current economic conditions, (2) economic conditions over the last two years, and (3) the number of Californians ages 0 to 18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4249

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

Feb 3, 2021 - CalWORKs caseload increased by about 11, 000 c ases ( 3  p ercent) during the first three months of the COVID ‑ 19 r ecession (March through May 202 0) b efore decreasing in subsequent months. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - To date, the state has expanded comprehensive, or “full-scope, ” Medi-Cal coverage, including IHSS eligibility, to income-eligible undocumented immigrants ages 0 through 25. The spending plan further extends full-scope coverage to income-eligible undocumented immigrants ages 50 and older no sooner than May 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - For K ‑ 12 e ducation, the budget includes $1. 2  b illion for the Local Control Funding Formula, which reflects funding for the COLA offset by a 0. 3  p ercent attendance decline. For community colleges, the Governor ’s largest ongoing proposal is $ 199  m illion to cover the COLA and 0. 5  p ercent enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - As described above, initial state funding (provided in April 202 0) f or several pandemic response activities within child welfare appears to have ended in June 2020. At the time of the 2021 ‑22 Governor ’s Budget proposal, the administration proposed new child welfare pandemic response spending in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

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