The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - We examine how these cost drivers have changed alongside policy changes in the program and the state overall. Taken together, these cost drivers account for much of the overall growth in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - For this reason, we further examine mode ‑specific mortality trends under various light conditions. The results appear in Figure  20 . Overall, nighttime crashes —including both lit and unlit roadways —account for nearly 60  percent of the state ’s pandemic ‑era growth in young adult motor vehicle deaths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan permits the Interagency Council on Homelessness to, upon request, share personally identifiable, individual-level data from the Homeless Data Integration System with an agency or department that is a member of the council for purposes of measuring housing instability and examining the effectiveness of and need for housing, homelessness, and other antipoverty programs in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - We also examine certain groups ’ disproportionate exposure to mandated reporters, as well as the role that implicit bias may play in reporting and decision ‑making. Front ‑End Policy Areas Impacting Child Welfare System Involvement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - For family ‑level characteristics, we examine the CalWORKs eligibility and take ‑up rates of children, as all CalWORKs families contain at least one eligible child but only about half of CalWORKs families contain any eligible adults.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - The Constitution requires that all appointments and promotions within the civil service be made under a general system based on merit determined by competitive examination. All state employees are in the civil service unless specifically exempted by the Constitution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Given the likelihood of continued budget problems in the future, the Legislature may wish to examine what funding level —accounting for recent policy changes —would be warranted. Budget Language Related to Overpayments Proposed Language Would Allow DCSS to Address Overpayment of Support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Community Services and Development

Feb 9, 2023 - To the extent the Legislatur e is interested in assessing how current levels of energy utility debt and affordability challenges compare to those of the extraordinary pandemic eligibility period, the Legislature could direct CSD to examine this issue in consultation with stakeholders and report back to the Legislature on findings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4674

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - In upcoming posts, we plan to examine whether and how the CalWORKs take-up rate varies among different regions in the state and explore reasons for those differences. We also will attempt to identify which types of families are most likely to enroll in CalWORKs when eligible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340