Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Additionally, until 2017, a family generally could not receive an increase to its monthly grant after the birth of a new child (with some exceptions) under the maximum family grant (MFG) policy. This policy was repealed in the 2016 ‑17 Budget Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - For example, between 2017-18 and 2023-24, average hours per case increased from about 108 hours per month to just over 122 hours per month. This was an average annual increa se of about 2  percent. We are working with the administration to better understand the reason for assuming the average hours per case will not increase in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Since 2017, the state has been implementing interim LOC rates for resource families, Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTPs), Foster Family Agencies, Intensive Services Foster Care, and other specialized models of foster care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The Safe Drinking Water Pilot was established through the 2017-18 Budget Act , which appropriated about $4  million General Fund for pilot benefits. Benefit issuances began in March  2022. The pilot was originally scheduled to end in February 2023, subject to available funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

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

Feb 21, 2025 - California established Cal-OAR, a local program management system, through the 2017-18 Budget Act . Cal-OAR is designed to facilitate improvement of county CalWORKs programs through the collection, analysis, and dissemination of program outcomes and best practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Since 2017, the state has been implementing interim LOC rates for resource families, Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTPs), Foster Family Agencies (FFAs), Intensive Services Foster Care (ISFC), and other specialized models of foster care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Social Services Immigration and Equity Programs

Mar 15, 2024 - Although the state has provided some level of funding for immigration services since 2015-16, ongoing General Fund support of $45 million has been provided since 2017-18. By providing funding to a statewide network of nonprofits (93 organizations funded in 2022-23), the Immigration Services Funding (ISF) program provides free services to immigrants under three broad categories : (1)  legal services, (2)  education and outreach, and (3)  legal training and technical assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4885

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Based on examining narrative reports written by social workers and other case file information for a representative sample of 295 neglect investigations in California in 2017, the study identified common types of neglect as inadequate supervision, failure to protect, and physical neglect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

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

Mar 5, 2024 - In California, the caseload reduction credit for 2008 was larger than the 2007 credit and was therefore used. b Some CalWORKs cases without a work ‑eligible adult were moved out from the CalWORKs WPR calculation and WINS cases were added to the calculation in FFY 2014 ‑15. c WINS two ‑parent cases were removed from the two ‑parent WPR calculation starting with FFY 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Since 2017, the state has been implementing interim level of care (LOC) rates for resource families, Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTPs), Foster Family Agencies (FFAs), Intensive Services Foster Care (ISFC), and other sp ecialized models of foster care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855