The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - However, due to observed delays in spending all of the enhanced funding, the 2023-24 May Revision assumed a six-month extension beyond the original March  31, 2024 close-out date (until September 30, 2024) for certain HCBS activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - As shown in Figure  1, the Governor ’s budget proposes $14.8  billion in total funds ($1  billion General Fund) for the CalFresh and CFAP programs in 2024 ‑25, a net increase of $186  million total funds (1  percent) and net decrease of $12  million General Fund (1  percent) compared to the revised 2023 ‑24 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

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 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 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 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The 2024-25 spending plan reduces ESE funding on a short-term basis —by $30  million in 2023-24 and $37  million in 2024- 25 —to hold ESE funding to the approximate 2022-23 spending level. With these reductions, the spending plan provides about $97  million for ESE in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

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