The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown in Figure  3, the majority of the caseload and cost increases associated with the Medi-Cal expansion to individuals regardless of immigration status, is attributable to the 50 and above age group.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - About 64  percent of families in poverty (as compared to 50  percent of all California families) had female heads of household. Disproportionately Hispanic. About 59  percent of families in poverty were Hispanic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - As a result, federal funds made up a larger proportion of CalWORKs total funds in 2022-23 than in years prior (almost 50 percent of total funds), as shown in Figure 3. 2024-25 TANF Carry Forward May Reflect Expenditure of Remaining Unspent TANF From COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

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

Mar 7, 2025 - The state ’s current payroll system —known as the Uniform State Payroll System (USPS) —is an amalgam of 12 different systems, all of which are aging and some of which were developed nearly 50 years ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - Once ACF approves the state ’s planning documents, the project is eligible for FFP of 50  percent for all CCWIS-related planning, development, and implementation costs (that is, a CCWIS claiming status).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Outreach, administration, and automation funding is 50 percent federal and 50 percent General Fund. b CACFP is federally funded through the Food and Nutrition Service. The state funding is provided through Proposition 98 and non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund. c TEFAP is 100 percent federally funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - Flexible funds to support home ‑based foster care placements ‑50 ‑50 One ‑time funding of $50 million was provided in 2022 ‑33, followed by an additional $50 million in 2023 ‑24, each with three years of expenditure authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The decrease is primarily driven by: Expiration of one-time funding provided in 2023-24, such as $100  million for Los Angeles County child welfare stabilization and $50  million for flexible county funds to support home-based foster placements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

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

Feb 21, 2025 - A state that meets the all families requirement (50  percent participation) but not the two-parent requirement (90  percent participation) might incur a smaller penalty than if it had failed to meet both requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - It is our understanding that this estimated reduction partially reflects the administration ’s use of an updated caseload methodology for the 26-49 and 50 and over age groups. The lower estimate also reflects an effort to more accurately reflect the lower than anticipated utilization rate for the expansion of IHSS services to undocumented individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/4