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

Feb 3, 2021 - Among the most notable changes made to CalWORKs in the most recent budget are: Extended lifetime limits for adult recipients from 48 m onths to 60 m onths starting in May 2022. Offered adults increased flexibility in work participation requirements for their entire time on aid starting in May 2022 (currently, adults are allowed this increased flexibility for a total of only 24 m onths).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - The administration requests $14. 1  m illion ($2. 9  m illion General Fund) in 2021 ‑22 and $1. 3  m illion ($128,000 General Fund) in 2022 ‑ 23 t o continue three of the previous Medi ‑Cal IT system modernization projects —the approved Federal Draw and Reporting project, the proposed California Automated Recovery Management project, and the proposed Comprehensive Behavioral Health Data System Modernization project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

The 2024-25 Budget: IS and IT Project Proposal Tables

Feb 9, 2024 - However, this request for funding to cover credit card processing fees and M &O costs might relate to DCA ’s other business modernization efforts identified as proposed or approved IT projects (such as BMC2). e ABC completed the design, development, and implementation of the BizMod ‑RBS IT project, so there is no open CDT project number.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836

The 2021-22 Budget: California State Payroll System IT Project

Feb 2, 2021 - The 2021 ‑22 Governor ’s Budget proposes to continue CSPS planning efforts with requests totaling $5. 7  m illion ($3. 4  m illion General Fund) in 2021 ‑22 for SCO and CalHR to begin project procurement and change management activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4339

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - M &O. Once IT project D &I is completed, a project becomes an IT system and enters M &O. M &O includes activities and costs associated with a state entity ’s ongoing upkeep and continuing use of a system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Other changes in estimated expenditures from 2020 ‑ 21 t o 2021 ‑ 22 r eflect expected annual growth of realigned programs, such as for foster care assistance payments ($ 30  m illion federal increase), adoption assistance program payments ($ 16  m illion federal increase), county administration of foster care ($ 31  m illion federal increase), and CWS program costs ($ 118  m illion federal increase).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - This increase in benefits also may have made the program more attractive to recipients relative to the administrative requirements to enroll, m aking some recipients potentially more likely to enroll or maintain enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - To ensure California meets the MOE requirement and maximizes the usage of TANF funds each year, the administration generally m akes some technical adjustments as needed, shifting costs (within or outside of CalWORKs) from General Fund to TANF or vice versa.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Departmental costs to build interfaces from existing internal HR and payroll IT systems to CSPS, hire additional staff (if, for example, information is required by the new payroll system that was not required by USPS), and m odify or replace existing internal IT systems (among other costs) are not included in the total project cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - While the majority of issues are targeted to be addressed in CalHEERS releases over the next 24 m onths (informing the 24 ‑month CalHEERS roadmap), some issues are scheduled to be addressed in a 2024 r elease once the state migrates from its current SAWS to a single system called the CalSAWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408