The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details] Description: In this brief, we assess the Governor's proposed funding for county administration of Medi-Cal and CalFresh in response to H.R. 1 and provide related recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - Backfilling lost federal benefits under H.R.  1 would require billions of dollars in additional budget solutions. …While Counties Face Multiple Cost Pressures. H.R.  1 also puts strain on county finances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES End ‑to ‑End Validation of All Milestones May ‑June 2026 4 Weeks CWS ‑CARES = Child Welfare Services ‑California Automated Response and Engagement System; V1 = version 1; EUST = End User System Testing; JNET = Juvenile Network (San Bernardino County); FCED = Foster Care Eligibility Determination; CMA = Case Management Assessment; SDM
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - Under the supervision of DSS, county CWS agencies provide the frontline administration of the CWS system, including: ( 1)  R eceiving reports of child maltreatment, ( 2)  i nvestigating maltreatment reports, ( 3)  r emoving children from unsafe homes, ( 4)  f inding and funding placements for children in foster care, ( 5)  p roviding services to families for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

The 2016-17 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 10, 2016 - These activities include engaging departments, converting data from current technology systems to FI$Cal, training end users, and testing the system. Pre –Wave was designed to serve as a pilot to test these procedures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3386

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

Feb 21, 2025 - The pilot will be in effect for six federal fiscal years, beginning October 1, 2024. Figure  3 describes the administration ’s anticipated time line for year one (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025), as we understand it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - In order to qualify for IHSS, a recipient must be aged, blind, or disabled and in most cases have income below the level necessary to qualify for the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment cash assistance program (for example, about $1,040 a month for an aged and/or disabled ind ividual living independently in 2021 ‑22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - The administration states that these resources are necessary to: (1)  develop and test the new accounting and cash management functions in FI$Cal, (2)  assist with the development of the Integrated Solution, and (3)  support the maintenance and operations of the FI$Cal Project once the legacy systems are decommissioned.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The federal Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 allows up to five states to participate in a six-year pilot program to test alternative outcome metrics (in lieu of the existing work participation rate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - A combination of the traditional and agile approaches might develop project scope as modules, but combine the modules into a few discrete releases for implementation to reduce the frequency of user testing and training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746