The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - MOE Funds and the Work Incentive Nutrition Supplement (WINS) Program California Uses MOE Funds for the WINS Program. WINS, introduced in 2014, provides specific CalFresh households with additional CalWORKs-funded monthly food benefits of $10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Finally, the Legislature could eliminate the WINS program altogether beginning in 2025‑26, reducing about 125,000 WINS participants’ food benefits by $10 monthly, but generating about $25 million in annual General Fund savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

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

Feb 21, 2025 - Set New Rules for Programs Like the Work Incentive Nutrition Supplement (WINS) Program. Historically, WINS has used MOE funds to provide certain CalFresh households with additional CalWORKs-funded monthly food benefits of $10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The Diaper Bank program received three other one-time appropriations over the last six years —$10  million through the 2018-19 Budget Act , $8  million in 2019-20, and $30  million in 2021-22 (all General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Provides $10  Million to Renew the Helping Justice-Involved Reenter Employment Program. The 2025-26 budget plan includes $10  million for a grant program supporting non-profits who provide training and employment to individuals who were recently incarcerated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

May 17, 2021 - (We also include links to Appendix tables at the end of this post and the top left of this page. These appendix tables itemize select proposals by policy area based on our understanding at this time.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - (Prior to the full implementation of the quality incentive payment as 10  percent of the total rate, the state began providing some smaller quality incentive payments on top of providers ’ typical rates in 2022 ‑23.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - CalWORKs Family Composition Over Three ‑Quarters Of Recipients Were Children … As shown in Figure  10 , children made up over three ‑quarters of CalWORKs recipients annually for the past two decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - Figure  10 summarizes the foster care payment rate structure for the four primary placements types. Each carries different costs for the state and its federal and county funding partners. Figure 10 Selected Monthly Foster Care Payment Rates by Placement Type 2015 –16
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3351

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - Additionally, as shown in Figure  10 , the top performing LCSAs include some of the 21 LCSAs identified by the new budgeting methodology as not having enough funding to cover calculated baseline program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989