The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Continues EBT Card Replacement Effort. The 2023-24 Budget Act included funding (about $75  million total funds over multiple years) to improve EBT card technology and security through the rollout of new cards with chip and tap-to-pay technologies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

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

Mar 5, 2026 - To try to address this, the Legislature has taken steps to require that the administrative budgeting methodologies for both CalFresh and IHSS are reevaluated every three years, with a report to the Legislature on potential changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - In addition, statute requires administrators to renew their certificates every two years, a process which includes comp leting a specified number of hours of continuing education, again depending on the facility type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - Most theft of EBT benefits is believed to be accomplished through creating “clones ” of EBT cards. EBT card cloning is possible, in part, because EBT cards have historically lacked many security features common to debit and credit cards, such as security chips.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Most of this theft is believed to be accomplished through creating “clones ” of EBT cards. EBT card cloning is possible, in part, because EBT cards lack many security features common to debit and credit cards, such as security chips.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

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

Feb 22, 2022 - Statute specifies that the maximum duration of PPA will decrease from 120 days (with possible extension up to 365 days) in 2021 ‑22 to 90 days (no extension possible) in 2022 ‑23. As of the third quarter of 2021, median approval time was 120 days overall, and 109 days for PPA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The administration currently estimates, beginning in May 2024, EBT cards will be issued with chip and tap-to-pay technologies, which provide improved fraud protection over the current magnetic stripe technology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

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

Feb 3, 2021 - (CalWORKs recipients generally must submit redetermination paperwork once every six months to remain on aid. The redetermination paperwork is intended to determine whether participants continue to meet the eligibility requirements to participate in the program.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

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

Mar 6, 2026 - Also, HCD currently plays a key role in the review and implementation of AHSC, so it already has “in house ” knowledge of the program. Further, the intent is that this knowledge and program capacity will be transmitted to HDFC through the proposed position transfers from HCD  to HDFC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

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

Mar 7, 2025 - CSPS IT Project Affects Nearly Every State Department. One of the important reasons the CSPS IT project went through the PAL process is that nearly every state department will be impacted by the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011