The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Bonus Pay for Bilingual Service Provider Staff. The spending plan provides $2.2  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22, $4.3  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $6.5  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 and ongoing to support wage bonuses for DSPs who are bilingual —including in American Sign Language —and can support the estimated 90,000 consumers who speak a primary language other than English.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - About 20  percent of CalWORKs heads of household were Black, compared to about 5  percent of all heads of  household. Some Groups Made up Disproportionate Shares of CalWORKs Participants Compared to Californians in Poverty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - More recently, the state allocated $2  million in 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18 to improve awareness and take-up of the California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides money to low-income workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs $20 Less Than 1 % a TANF carry forward is a non ‑add line item for display purposes only. This amount is included in Federal TANF block grant funds. TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The spending plan includes a $5  million one-time loan from the HICAP Fund to the General Fund. The loan shall be repaid with interest when the General Fund no longer needs the loan or the HICAP Fund needs the money for program operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/8

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - When a parent applies for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, federal law requires them to sign over the majority of their monthly child support payments to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/9

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Caseload Growth Expected to Return to Close to Pre-COVID Rates …  Prior to the start of COVID-19, the average number of IHSS paid cases had grown at an average rate of about 4  percent annually, reaching 555,000 cases in 2019-20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - The administration estimates an average monthly CalWORKs caseload of about 354,000 households in 2024 ‑ 25 —this represents a roughly 5  percent increase compared to their most recent estimate for 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - One encouraging sign is that response rates for this survey tend to be high. Although the survey response rate dipped a bit in 2021 (to 74  percent), the response rates in 2020 and 2022 were very similar to 2019 (all 85 to 86  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945