Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - The underlying CURES data include various specific products that health care practitioners prescribe. Researchers must exercise some discretion as they decide which specific product names should count as buprenorphine for the purpose of tracking aggregate trends in medication ‑assisted treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The latter reduction allows for existing participants to still receive tuition reimbursement but closes the program to new applicants. Reduces Funding for Staff at Porterville Developmental Center. The Governor ’s January proposal reduced the 2023-24 estimated budget for the Porterville Developmental Center by $20  million General Fund as a result of workforce hiring challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

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

Feb 11, 2022 - Consequently, additional months on aid during the COVID ‑19 pandemic do not count against an adult ’s 48 ‑month lifetime limit, though they do still count against the 60 ‑month maximum set by federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision $1,137 $465 Note: This reflects our best understanding as of May 15, 2021; however, we are still receiving information from the administration about these proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/2

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - Grants Still Not Estimated to Meet Legislature ’s Goal for All Recipients. As part of the 2018-19 Budget Act , the Legislature set a goal to increase CalWORKs grants to 50  percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) for a family that is one person larger than the AU size (to account for CalWORKs households in which the actual family size is larger than the CalWORKs AU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

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

Feb 20, 2020 - Requests for Resources to Develop and Implement Proposed IT Projects That Are Still Being Planned but Are Expected to Be Approved in 2020 ‑21... Of the 30 b udget requests in the Governor ’s proposed 2020 ‑ 21 b udget for resources to develop and implement IT projects, ten are for proposed projects that are still being planned, but are expected to be approved in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4170

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision $2,099 $510 Note: This reflects our best understanding as of May 15, 2021; however, we are still receiving information from the administration about these proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/5

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - This report is the first of a three-part series focused on trends in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Each part of the series focuses on an area of the program, beginning with this report on participant characteristics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Providers who had already completed trainings were still able to claim incentive payments up to November 2024. As of D ecember 2024, the Career Pathways program had accrued nearly $90  million worth of expenditures above their HCBS allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision $ 2,990 $217 Note: This reflects our best understanding as of May 15, 2021; however, we are still receiving information from the administration about these proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/6