The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CalSAWS was introduced in 2019 and, as of October 2023, all 58 counties use the system. The federal government helps manage an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which deposits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services pr ograms onto cards to be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CalSAWS was introduced in 2019 and, as of October 2023, all 58 counties use the system. The federal government helps manage an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which deposits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services pr ograms onto cards to be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.8  percent each year. As shown in Figure  2, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 1.3  percent in 2024-25 and 0.7  percent in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Given we estimated the Governor ’s budget solved a $58  billion budget problem —and revenues continue to deteriorate —the administration likely will not implement the full passthrough to current CalWORKs families as part of the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 16, 2024 - Figure  1 shows that the 2024-25 budget package authorizes a total of nearly $1.8  billion in new one-time funding for three programs. At the same time, the budget generates a total of about $1.5  billion in budget solutions by reducing funding for nine previously authorized purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4936

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Provides $1.8  Billion for CalWORKs Administration and Support Services. The state provides counties with a “single allocation ” to cover most costs associated with CalWORKs aside from cash assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - DSS issued guidance to counties about the availability of the 2021 ‑22 non ‑competitive allocations for all 58 counties (and a tribal set aside) in mid ‑February; county welfare departments will indicate whether they accept their allocations by the end of March.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Department of General Services The budget provides $1.8  billion to the Department of General Services (DGS) from various funds, including reimbursements from other state departments. This is a net decrease of $54  million (3  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - While General Fund spending is increasing by $1.8  billion for the RC system and by $7.4  million for DDS headquarters, General Fund spending for state-operated facilities is essentially flat across the two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/1

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - According to CDSS, the 2019 and 2023 CalWORKs take‑up rates were about 58 percent and 54 percent, respectively.) The CalWORKs participation rate differs from the CalWORKs take‑up rate in that it considers all families with children statewide (including those who are not eligible for the program), while the take‑up rate focuses only on likely eligible families (for example, households that meet the income and categorical requirements for CalWORKs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057