The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2025 - In March 2025, the federal government notified the five previously selected pilot states—California, Maine, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Ohio—that these states were deselected from the pilot project. The federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) indicated it plans to take a new approach to the pilot program and will issue a new request for proposals from states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4978

Measuring CalWORKs Performance

Sep 6, 2017 - We describe the role of statistical adjustment in performance measurement in the TANF program of one state —Minnesota —in the following box. Performance Measurement in the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) Minnesota ’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, referred to as MFIP, is administered locally by 87 counties and four tribal employment service providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3702

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

Feb 21, 2025 - In November 2024, the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) notified CDSS that California was selected to participate in the pilot alongside Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, and Ohio. Of the five states selected to participate, California has the largest TANF program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - However, as a budget solution, the 2024-25 spending plan de layed the expansion implementation by two years. Automation for the expansion is now expected to begin in 2026-27, with benefit distribution to begin in 2027-28 (for newly eligible recipients).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Strengthen Information Security

Feb 28, 2017 - Some departments would establish continuously operating security centers to monitor threats, others would develop mitigation plans to reduce the risk of threats, while still others would establish de partment policies and procedures to achieve security compliance and train staff on information security procedures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3594

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - De spite this projected decrease, our office projects total costs associated with Medi-Cal caseload to increase year over year and notes that Medi-Cal caseload remains significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - However, as discussed earlier, how several augmentations within the proposed package would fit within the structure of existing workforce de velopment programs is unclear. Accordingly, new workforce development programs may need to be created to administer some of the funding in this proposed package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572