The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Under the RFA process, providers must fill out an application explaining their program philosophy, intend ed service levels, staff qualifications, facility capacity, family engagement strategies, and finances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - (Community health workers are trained health educators who work directly with individuals who may have difficulty understanding or interacting with health care providers due to cultural or language barriers to increase their engagement with the health care system.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

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

Mar 5, 2026 - DSS is currently engaged with counties in an in ‑depth analysis of the root causes of the high CalFresh error rate. Preliminarily, income reporting appears to be a key focus. Avoiding Disenrollment of Eligible Individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - More rural, mountainous, and geographically large counties described logistical challenges to service delivery, such as lack of transportation and difficulties reaching and engaging with communities in more remote areas of the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2023 - For example, some of these major new programs include: building capacity and placement flexibilities for youth with complex care needs, increasing support for family finding and engagement, and developing prevention services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4698

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Additionally, DSS engaged with multiple stakeholders over several months to prepare and submit a statutorily required report to the Legislature in January 2026 analyzing the services needs of youth who will be eligible for the immediate needs component of the Tiered Rate Structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Feb 21, 2025 - However, questions remain on if and how the policy options and associated costs might interact with each other, if the estimated administrative savings are likely to materialize, how the anticipated implementation schedule of the policy options might impact estimated annual costs, and if other policy options not included in the CDSS report might be considered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Housing stabilization and relocation efforts also include outreach and engagement, landlord recruitment, case management, housing search and placement, legal se rvices, and credit repair. Bringing Families Home Program (BFH).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - (Other CalSAWS-related funding, such as funding for the interface between CalSAWS and the Child Welfare Services - California Automated Response and Engagement System , is covered in other sections of our spendi ng plan series.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/5

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - The  administration ’s overall plan is for HDFC to begin making awards beginning in 2026 ‑27 but with HCD and CalHFA staff providing support over the next year or two as HDFC engages in this redesign work and builds internal capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154