The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - At the time, the federal government only fully approved 13 of the HCBS enhancements and denied one initiative. (The initiative that was denied was a $2  million proposal to improve broadband access and disaster readiness in nursing home facilities and expand the Small Home nursing facility pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - The available data do not offer a clear picture as to why CalWORKs applications are being denied at historically high rates, nor why CalWORKs exits have increased. However, public health concerns may play some role in either or both of these trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

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

Feb 22, 2022 - Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Appeals: $227,000 ongoing for social worker costs related to preparing and filing appeals for denied federal SSI applications for foster youth approaching 18 years of age.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Families also generally are deemed ineligible if they own more than $10,000 in property (other than their primary residence), have $10,000 in their bank accounts, or if they own more than $25,000 in automobiles (in practice, few families are denied aid because of these asset limits).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

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