Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure  9 , the statewide CalWORKs participation rate was about 9  percent in 2023 ‑24. However, across counties, county ‑level CalWORKs participation rates (among families with children) varied from under 3  percent in certain counties (such as San Mateo, Placer, and Marin Counties) to over 20  percent in other counties (such as Del Norte and Imperial  Counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The  main differences between our estimates  include: Revenue Estimates Higher by $9   Billion. Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Net changes in CCR costs for Home ‑Based Family Care Rates 14 9 Higher projected costs for foster care, Kin ‑GAP, ARC, and AAP payments under CCR. This increase is the net change reflecting higher monthly payments to caregivers due to the annual COLA, partially offset by projected caseload trends —which are estimated to be lower for foster care and ARC and roughly flat for AAP and KinGAP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan also includes $9  million General Fund on a one-time basis for the Diaper Bank program, which provides funding to food banks for the distribution of diapers and wipes to low-income families with young children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - The one that lines up most clearly with the discussion above is “unsafe speed, ” which accounts for 9  percent of the growth. Additionally, driving at unsafe speeds could be a secondary factor contributing to many of the other deaths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Additionally, one possible COVID-1 9-related reason may be that recipients with non-live-in providers or non-live-in providers themselves may be hesitant to interact with individuals outside of their household due to public health concerns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) [Publication Details]

Jan 23, 2018 - Updated 2/9/18: On Friday, February 9, 2018, Congress appropriated additional funding for CHIP through FFY 2026-27 at states' traditional cost share which, in California, is 35 percent. No changes were made to the previous reauthorization of CHIP funding through FFY 2022-23, discussed in this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3734

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - Chapter  9 of 2024 (AB  106, Gabriel) included, among other actions, adoption of: (1)  the proposed delay of $100  million General Fund in last-mile project grant funding from 2024 ‑25 and 2026 ‑27, and (2)  the proposed reduction of $250  million General Fund from the LLRF across both 2024 ‑25 ($150  million) and 2025 ‑26 ($100  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Figure 9 Spending Deadlines for Child Care and Development Fund Dollars Federal Fiscal Year 2023 ‑24 CCDF Fund Source
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - The total amount includes funding for vouchers ($25.8 million) and training ($9 million). This represents an overall program funding reduction of around 40 percent. FURS elimination ‑31 ‑30 Governor ’s budget proposed to eliminate funding for FURS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909