The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - (Four of the six milestones are now expected to be tested in EUST 2, and the remaining two milestones are expected to be tested in EUST 3.) During the four-week EUST session, participants identified a significant amount of required rework prior to implementation of the three (and several other related) milestones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

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

Feb 22, 2022 - Historically, one of the main federal funding streams available for foster care —Title  IV ‑ E —has not been available for states to use on services that may prevent foster care placement in the first place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Federal Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA). Historically, one of the main federal funding streams available for foster care —Title IV ‑ E —has not been available for states to use on services that may prevent foster care placement in the first place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - If the PDL process were pilot-tested based on the first and second POC rounds, the Legislature would have time t o evaluate the new PDL process as it is refined by the administration based on actual experience with GenAI POCs and subsequent contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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

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

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

Feb 21, 2025 - California was recently selected as one of five states to participate in a federal, six-year pilot to test new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program performance metrics focused on long-term employment and family well-being.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - Under SPR 7, STO will deploy all of its functions in FI$Cal in the first quarter of 2018-19 —one year later than anticipated by SPR 6. However, SPR 7 significantly changes the release of SCO functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2023 - Under the 2023 ‑24 proposal, implementation would continue for these recently ‑funded programs, as well as for major ongoing child welfare programs, such as Continuum of Care Reform and Family First Prevention Services Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4698

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - 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 COVID ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512