The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - This level of rework highlighted the need for the project to incor porate user feedback earlier and more frequently in milestone design and development, and to plan milestones based on analysis of business processes and requirements across child welfare service areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

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

Feb 21, 2025 - How would the administration recommend the Legislature prioritize the various policy options highlighted in the state ’s pilot application and in the January 2025 report from CDSS (especially given the budget constraints mentioned above)?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The spending plan provides $10  million one time for a pilot program to test a method for measuring and reporting consumer outcomes and service provider quality improvements. Direct Service Professional (DSP) Training and Certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

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 reunification, and (
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Throughout the report, findings are framed (where feasible and relevant) within the broader context of the state ’s overall population to highlight how the CalWORKs caseload is similar to and different from the overall population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

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

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Considerations and Opportunities for Legislature In this section, we highlight some considerations for the Legislature alongside opportunities to provide additional direction and guidance to the administration and support for counties to help ensure implementation of child welfare prevention services can continue in a manner that (1)  allows the state to maximize federal funding
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Up to five states selected for a new federal pilot will test alternative performance measures to the WPR requirements. Participating states will not be required to meet the WPR requirements for the duration of the six‑year pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - According to the SPR, the Integrated Solution allows additional time for testing and validating the FI$Cal system using reports produced by SCO ’s legacy systems before SCO fully transitions. SCO to Generate CAFR Using FI$Cal and Later Decommission Legacy Systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor's IT Project Proposals

Feb 20, 2020 - Highlighted projects are projects requesting resources for development and implementation that are still being planned but are expected by the administration to be approved in 2020 ‑21. Figure only reflects 2020 ‑21 funding amounts requested.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4170