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 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 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 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - All other HCBS activities were still subject to the earlier deadline of March  31, 2024. Ultimately, the 2023-24 budget extends the expenditure deadline for all HCBS activities to up to December 31, 2024 (allowing for close-out activities until March  31, 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

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 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - However, we recommend the Legislature consider approving the 31 new, permanent positions on a limited-term basis (for example, three fiscal years) to reassess whether all or only some of these positions continue to be needed given the time-limited nature of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - An additional $170.1  million ($104.4  million General Fund) is appropriated in 2023-24 for updates to CalSAWS (and other smaller information technology systems) to automate recent state budget and policy actions, and to maintain and operate the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Information Network (CalWIN) system until all remaining CalWIN counties migrate to CalSAWS by the federal deadline of December 31, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/5

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - The status of each of these programs and projects also highlights important upcoming deadlines, such as the federal ARP fiscal relief fund deadline to enter contracts by December 31, 2024 and spend funds by  December 31, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747