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

Feb 22, 2022 - Pre ‑approval funding for emergency caregivers, beyond 365 days 1.3 — — DSS did not track how many families received rate flexibilities (rather, the department receives aggregated claims data from counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Specifically, budget language amends statute to allow state assistance to be provided to emergency caregivers prior to their completion of the RFA process, for up to 120 days (or 365 days in cases where a good cause extension is warranted) on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - In March  2025, Chapin Hall published a statewide CQI plan and also has published individual EBP frameworks for each of the state’s selected EBPs (all available online through CFPIC’s resources webpage ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2021-22 May Revision—Child Welfare Budget Proposals

Jun 11, 2021 - Figure 3 State Funds for Pandemic Response Within Child Welfare Programs General Fund (In Millions) Cash cards for families at risk of foster care $27.8 State contracts for technology (laptops, cell phones) and hotlines for foster youth and families d — Administrative workload for child welfare social workers (overtime, pandemic outreach) 5.0 Rate flexibilities for resource families directly
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4444

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

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https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

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The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The spending plan requires that the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) work with stakeholders (including advocates, participants, and county representatives) to develop a new, streamlined appraisal tool to replace the existing appraisal tool, the Online CalWORKs Appraisal Tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2