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

Feb 21, 2025 - Generally, if an individual is ineligible for CalWORKs, other members of his or her family (including children) who themselves meet eligibility requirements can receive aid. Grants Based on Number of Eligible Family Members, Not Overall Family Size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Data Limited on Other Family Members. As mentioned, demographic data are generally collected on the CalWORKs applicant. However, an applicant is generally not asked to provide demographic information on other members of his or her family, even if the characteristics of other family members differ from those of the applicant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - New PDL Process Could Improve Technology Project Outcomes … Based on our preliminary assessment of the new PDL process, we acknowledge that PDL —in concept —could improve the outcomes of GenAI (and potentially other) technology projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Funds must be used for services/items that meet an assessed need and must (1)  promote inclusion in the community, (2)  increase safety in the home environment, and/or (3)  facilitate age-appropriate participation or autonomy in making decisions that improve physical or behavioral health outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The Governor ’s budget proposed that DDS develop a Master Plan for Developmental Services with the intent to improve the experience of individuals and families receiving developmental services. Subsequently, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services (CalHHS) appointed members of the Master Plan for Developmental Services Committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Information Security Proposals

Feb 25, 2020 - The proposed budget includes resource requests for the entities that govern IS for the entire state to increase their operational capacity, as well as resource requests for individual government entities to expand and improve their IS programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4176

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The CalWORKs HVP is a voluntary program that aims to improve the outcomes of CalWORKs participants who are pregnant or have children under 24 months of age through evidence-based home visiting models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - How legislative leadership (and any other Members and legislative staff) use the IS compliance documentation submitted by nonreporting entities to assess whether nonreporting entities are indeed in compliance could be critical to the longer ‑term success of the law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The administration has noted that because undocumented individuals remain ineligible to be IHSS providers, and a majority of IHSS recipients receive services from a family member, recipients with undocu mented family members may have a more difficult time securing an eligible provider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget shifts about $61 million total funds ($19  million General Fund) in previously appropriated funds for EBT card improvements to 2024-25 to align with remaining project payment milestones (it is our understanding that the projected multi-year cost of the EBT card improvement project remains about $75 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971