Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - In 2023‑24, about 890,000 individuals (in about 350,000 families) participated in CalWORKs, making up over 30 percent of all TANF recipients nationwide (by comparison, California residents made up about 12 percent of the overall United States population in 2023).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - This was then offset by roughly $30  million in increased HCBS Funds. This leaves, as of December 2024, a funding gap of at least $60  million. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee has requested the administration to provide a final reconciliation of the total funding gap, as well as, a plan to fully address program overages by April 1, 2025, or 30 days after the reconciliation is complete —whichever comes first.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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

Feb 21, 2025 - In 2023-24, about 890,000 individuals in about 346,000 households participated in CalWORKs (making up over 30  percent of all TANF recipients nationwide). Federal, State, and County Governments Share Program Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - July 30, 2024 —Initial Submission of FFY 2025 APDU to ACF. The project initially submitted its FFY 2025 APDU without some of the information requested to address the seven conditions in ACF ’s FFY 2024 APDU approval, including updates on the project ’s progress in line with the current project schedule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CDSS currently anticipates it will begin mass card replacement in late February 2025 and that new cards will be distributed via mail over a period of 12 to 16 weeks (with all new cards deployed by June 30, 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - As mentioned above, the 2024-25 Budget Act included a one-time reduction of $37  million in 2024-25 to ESE funding (as well as a one-time $30  million reduction to ESE funding in 2023-24). In 2025-26, ESE funding is restored to $134  million (equivalent to annual ESE funding levels prior to the 2023-24 and 2024-25 reductions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969