The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - To be eligible, households generally must earn less than 200  percent of the federal poverty level. CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - LAO Assessment Over $200  Million in Additional Eligibility and Administration Component Funding Would Likely Be Needed to Incorporate Findings in 2025-26. We estimate updating the eligibility and administration component methodology to reflect updated eligibility worker rates and to account for changes in the number of CalWORKs applications submitted would require an increase of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The budget package reverts $200  million from LIHWAP to the California Emergency Relief Fund, and reallocates those funds back to the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (CWWAPP) administered by the State Water Resources Control Board.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/7

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - One fee was an annual flat fee of $200. Another fee was assessed on a sliding scale relative to family income for respite, day care, and camping services. These two fees were suspended in March  2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - Last-Mile Project Grants Delays $200  Million General Fund From 2025 ‑26 to 2027 ‑28. The May Revision proposes to delay $200  million General Fund for last-mile projects planned for appropriation in 2025 ‑26 by two fiscal years to 2027 ‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Total funding allocated to counties and tribes is approximately $200 million, with remaining funds (around $20 million) retained by state for reporting, evaluation, and administration. Expenditures: Counties and tribes have spent around $57 million of their total $200 million allocations, as of June 30, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - To be eligible, households generally must earn less than 200  percent of the federal poverty level. CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - (The federal government does not require repayment of its share of the $100/$200 pass through.) The spending plan includes language that will prioritize passing through the full amount of child support payments to current CalWORKs families as a part of the 2024-25 budget subject to certain conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/6

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - To help pay down remaining arrearages beyond what could be addressed by the initial federal LIHWAP funding allocation and beyond what SWRCB ’s CWWAPP may cover, the 2022-23 spending plan augments LIHWAP by $200  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/7

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - It is our understanding that the May Revision updates this partial reversion to $200  million based on updated expenditure data. Proposes Full Safety Net Reserve Withdrawal. The May Revision proposes withdrawing the full balance ($900  million) of the Safety Net Reserve, as was proposed in January.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911