The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - The funds may be used for physical wellness activities and goods that promote a healthy lifestyle (suc h as sports club fees and gym memberships, bicycles, and related safety equipment) as well as for strengths-developing activities (such as music lessons, art lessons, and therapeutic summer camps).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

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

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Under prior program rules, individuals were required to first attended an orientation and appraisal, followed by participation in job search activities (also called job club or job readi ness workshop in some counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

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

Feb 22, 2022 - FFPSA Optional Title IV ‑E Prevention Services (Part I). Regarding optional Title IV ‑E prevention services which California intends to implement as allowed by Part I of FFPSA, the 2021 ‑22 budget included one ‑time General Fund resources of around $222  million for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Instead, the use of Title IV ‑E funds has been restricted to support youth and families only after a youth has been placed in foster care. Passed as part of the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act , FFPSA expands allowable uses of federal Title IV ‑E funds to include services to help parents and families from entering (or re ‑entering) the foster care system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Title IV ‑E Claiming. As described in the background, Title IV ‑E reimbursement in California generally requires counties to spend $1 from local sources for every $1 of federal monies claimed. Counties currently may seek Title IV ‑E reimbursement for administration and training activities in preparation for implementing EBPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - To claim Title IV-E federal funding for these services (the selection of which is detailed in the state ’s five-year Title IV-E prevention plan), the state must meet federal requirements around tracking per-child prevention spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Specifically, they helped to better align the cost of th e programs with counties available revenue and better matched counties ’ costs with their level of programmatic control. For more information on 1991 realignment please see our analysis titled: Rethinking the 1991 Realignment .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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

Feb 21, 2025 - Figure 4 CDSS Pilot Policy Options and Estimated Costs General Fund (In Millions a ) Policy Options and Estimated Costs CDSS Estimated Cost Eliminate non ‑compliance sanctions and penalties during first 90 days in CalWORKs $1.9 Replace fixed hourly work requirements with individualized engagement requirements 93.5 Make job club optional as an initial WTW activity — Eliminate the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - State Title IV-E Prevention Plan Background. To opt in to Part I, states must submit a five-year Title IV-E prevention plan (state plan) to be approved by the federal Administration of Children and Families (ACF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3