The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Increasing the additional monthly stipend provided to pregnant women on CalWORKs from $47 to $100, and allowing women to become immediately eligible upon verification of their pregnancies (as opposed to waiting until the second trimester).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Increased the additional monthly stipend provided to pregnant women on CalWORKs from $47 to $100, and also allowed women to become immediately eligible upon verification of their pregnancies (as opposed to waiting until the second trimester).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure   14 , almost 90   percent of CalWORKs heads of household were women in 2022. Among cases with two eligible parents, a smaller proportion of heads of household were women (73   percent), as compared to all cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - We assume no Pregnant Women-Only (PWO) CalWORKs cases. CalWORKs allows pregnant women to receive CalWORKs even if their only eligible child is unborn, but the ACS does not record whether female respondents are pregnant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - For  example, we estimate women have a much higher take ‑up rate than men. When comparing Figure  6 to Figure  5 (showing relative eligibility rates) above, we find groups with relatively higher eligibility rates also tend to have higher take ‑up rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - Living situations, including homelessness or living with a parent or guardian, at the time of the report, if available. Number of petitions filed under Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) 329, and time frame of the filing, if available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to SSI Grants … The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Increases Benefits for Pregnant Women Receiving CalWORKs. Under prior state law, pregnant women who otherwise qualify for CalWORKs could receive a monthly supplemental aid payment of $47 beginning in their second trimester.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Lower‑Income Families Disproportionately Represented Most of California ’s Families Involved With the Child Welfare System Live in Poverty. We do not have aggregated data about family income level for those involved with the child welfare system, but available data reflect that the majority of children in foster care live in deep poverty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

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

Feb 21, 2025 - Families living in high-cost coastal counties such as Los Angeles and San Francisco receive grants about 5  percent higher than similar families living in inland counties such as Fresno and Shasta. Additionally, grant sizes generally decrease as family income increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978