The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

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The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

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

Feb 21, 2025 - Federal financial penalties for failing to meet the WPR requirements can start at 5  percent of a state ’s annual TANF grant and can increase (up to a maximum penalty of 21  percent) each successive year a state fails to meet the requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - As described in previous posts , the 2020-21 to 2022-23 spending plans significantly overestimated CalWORKs caseload and caseload-related program costs (largely due to challenges in estimating caseload during the COVID-19 pandemic).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - The system, implemented in July 2021 (after a COVID ‑19 related delay in 2020 ‑21), includes various performance measures, including on engagement, participation, supportive service delivery, and post ‑program outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - Based on these calculations, SSP grants increased by 23.95  percent on January 1, 2022 (increasing grants by $39 for individuals and $98 for couples); by 10.3  percent on January 1, 2023 (increasing grants by about $21 for individuals and $52 for couples); and by 9.2  percent on January 1, 2024 (increasing grants by about $20 for individuals and $51 for couples).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

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The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - October 21, 2024 —ACF Determines Non-CCWIS Claiming Status Starting FFY 2024. ACF responded to the project ’s resubmitted FFY 2025 APDU by determining the project to be in a non-CCWIS claiming status, citing the state ’s failure to meet the condition in ACF ’s FFY 2024 APDU approval letter to make progress in line with the current project schedule without removing planned functionalities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4951

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951