The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - CDSS = California Department of Social Services; CACFP = Child and Adult Care Food Program; EBT = Electronic Benefit Transfer; TEFAP = The Emergency Food Assistance Program; SNB = Supplemental Nutrition Benefit Program; TNB = Transitional Nutrition Benefit Program; SSI/SSP = Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment; and WINS = Work Incentive Nutritional Suppleme nt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - MOE Funds and the Work Incentive Nutrition Supplement (WINS) Program California Uses MOE Funds for the WINS Program. WINS, introduced in 2014, provides specific CalFresh households with additional CalWORKs-funded monthly food benefits of $10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

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

Feb 21, 2025 - The Legislature could ask for more information on WINS from the administration, such as: In recent years, what percentage of total food benefits received by WINS participants were WINS benefits? Would there be anticipated costs associated with pausing (or subsequently restarting) the WINS program in the future?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Currently, WINS costs roughly $25 million annually. Because WINS is an MOE‑funded program, WINS households help California meet its WPR requirements. However, the FRA set new rules for programs like WINS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

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

Mar 5, 2026 - At the same time, individual county implementation will depend on strategies and resource allocation priorities of individual counties. To support successfully mitigating risks of payment error penalties, the Legislature will need to understand what changes to state and county processes will be required to address the largest contributors to error rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - EBT = Electronic Benefit Transfer; CDSS = California Department of Social Services; CACFP = Child and Adult Care Food Program; TEFAP = The Emergency Food Assistance Program; SNB = Supplemental Nutrition Benefit Program; TNB = Transitional Nutrition Benefit Program; SSI/SSP = Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment; and WINS = Work Incentive Nutritional Suppleme nt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Additionally, DSS shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before April 1, 2024 that (1) summarizes the workgroup conversations, (2) identifies potential strategies to prevent unintended consequences and any estimates of implementing these recommended strategies, (3) estimates the impact of federal funding levels and any changes to eligibility and benefit
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/6

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - Our comments below focus on the data collection efforts under the proposal because we think that any successful effort to establish a statewide diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy would require significant improvements to the data currently collected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Depending on the report ’s findings and suggested mitigation strategies, the Legislature may wish to take additional steps in advance of potential future implementation of the passthrough, to help ensure that the goal of financially bolstering low-income families receiving CalWORKs assistance is met.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Other sections establish the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal ‑CSIC) and require Cal ‑CSIC to develop a statewide cybersecurity strategy. Section 8586.5. Government Code Section 8586.5 contains the statutory authority for Cal ‑CSIC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756