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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000. Over the past several years, the Legislature has focused on certain financial aid goals, including: ( 1)  i ncreasing living assistance (especially for students enrolled
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - DSS issued guidance to counties about the availability of the 2021 ‑22 non ‑competitive allocations for all 58 counties (and a tribal set aside) in mid ‑February; county welfare departments will indicate whether they accept their allocations by the end of March.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - For counties that previously participated in Title IV ‑E Waiver Demonstration Projects (which ended in September 2019), funding certainty grants —based on funding provided to counties through the waiver projects in federal fiscal year 2019 —are provided in federal fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - This program will afford foster youth a monthly allocation to participate in activities, such as sports or academic enrichment. A youth ’s individual budget will depend on their assessed tier (as shown in Figure  2 below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - “Rising Morbidity and Mortality in Midlife Among White Non ‑Hispanic Americans in the 21st Century. ” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(49):15078 ‑15083. Fowle, Matthew and Giselle Routhier (2024).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - The decreases in national and state SPM rates in 2021 (relative to 2019) were largely due to these expansions, as the SPM reflects economic supports in household income. SPM rates increased in 2022 (relative to 2021) as many of the expansions ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - In other words, despite the 10  percent reduction in fees, the department ’s proposal to temporarily cover some of its indirect administrative costs outside of the rate structure would not make some of the IT services it provides competitively priced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Annual data compiled by RCs and reported to DDS indicate that the consumers who do not receive direct services or whose total cost for direct services is low tend to be disproportionately people of color or individuals whose first language is not E nglish.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

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 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the federal government increased the federal match rate for Medicaid services by 6.2  percentage points for the duration of the national public health emergency caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4