Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Gender of Head of Household Disproportionate Share of CalWORKs Families Had Female Heads of Household. As shown in Figure   14 , almost 90   percent of CalWORKs heads of household were women in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - Notably, however, families headed by a single mother are much more likely to be CalWORKs ‑eligible than those headed by a single father despite these families having similar poverty rates. In reviewing the data, this appears to be because families headed by single mothers are about twice as likely to report zero outside income as those headed by single fathers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - Porterville DC. Porterville DC, which opened in 1953, sits on 670 acres in the town of Porterville in Tulare County. Porterville DC is somewhat more remote than the other DCs, with the closest airport in Visalia, 40 m iles away.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3735

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Other DC Issues Fairview DC to Remain in Warm Shutdown in 2020 ‑21. The spending plan provides $12  million General Fund one time for warm shutdown costs at Fairview DC while the Department of General Services conducts a site assessment before determining the disposition of the property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/1

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - Sonoma DC in Sonoma County is scheduled to close at the end of 2018, while Fairview DC in Orange County and the general treatment area (GTA) of Porterville DC in Tulare County are scheduled to close at the end of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - The year ‑over ‑year reductions are primarily due to DC closure activities. The budget reflects a substantial reduction in DC staff from 2017 ‑ 18 t o 2018 ‑ 19 —about 830 p ositions —as more and more DC residents transition to the community.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Disposal of Developmental Center (DC) Properties. The budget includes $23.3  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 to support the disposal of two DC properties. First, for the Sonoma DC —whose final residents moved out in 2018 —the budget includes $21.1  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 (and a total of $43.7  million over three
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - Some cases exit because the head of household forgets to submit their redetermination or makes an error on the paperwork, and many of these families successfully re ‑file the next month. Executive Order N ‑28 ‑20 suspended CalWORKs redeterminations for the months of March, April, and May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report examines disproportionalities and disparities across California’s child welfare system in terms of income and race/ethnicity. The report provides background on the child welfare system, describes child welfare system disproportionalities and disparities, and lays out potential drivers of these inequities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897