Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - In theory, counties will achieve foster care cost savings once they implement effective child welfare prevention services—meaning there is a natural incentive to invest in prevention programs. However, achieving those savings will require significant upfront investment, which may not be possible using only local funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - States May Face Financial Penalties for Failing to Meet WPR Requirements. Federal financial penalties for failing to meet the WPR requirements can start at 5 percent of a state’s annual TANF grant. Penalties can increase (up to a maximum penalty of 21 percent) each successive year a state fails to meet the requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Generally, if an individual is ineligible for CalWORKs, other members of his or her family (including children) who themselves meet eligibility requirements can receive aid. Grants Based on Number of Eligible Family Members, Not Overall Family Size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies Department of Finance (DOF) Contract to Implement Operational Improvements. The 2025-26 budget package includes up to $20  million for DOF to enter into one or more new contracts to implement operational improvements that allow the state to reduce state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Better program outcomes also benefit the state fiscally because counties ’ service improvements have the potential to reduce overall costs. Moreover, with a share of cost, counties have an incentive to control program costs in areas over which they have more control (like administration).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - (Many CalWORKs families have unaided members who are excluded from the grant calculation because they are ineligible for assistance for various reasons.) Figure  6 displays how current CalWORKs grant levels compare to the FPL for a household of one larger than the number of aided members in the CalWORKs family.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - What about the contract for the Financial Management Coordinator, and any other externally contracted parties? Would DSS be able to cancel these contracts? The most recent cost estimates we have seen assume a phased implementation approach over three years (2027-28 to 2029-30).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - These rates have increased in recent years due to a combination of new actuarial assumptions adopted by the CalPERS board and lower-than-assumed investment returns. The state ’s total contribution to CalPERS in 2019-20 is expected to be $6.8  billion —$3.9  billion paid from the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Despite these enrollment declines, because of the way AEP and community colleges are funded, adult education providers have not seen reductions in their funding. As a result, AEP consortium members likely have significant capacity next year to serve more students without the Governor ’s proposed augmentation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Additionally, the Governor ’s budget includes a total of $ 500  m illion for improvements to early education ($ 245  m illion for facilities, $ 245  m illion for the child care workforce, and $ 10  m illion for a comprehensive plan to improve access and quality).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916