The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores. Benefit amounts vary by household and depend on various factors including household size, income, and costs for housing and utilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - However, the program still may be underutilized, may not yet be achieving its intended impact, and/or may not necessarily be progressing in line with legislative expectations. CWS ‑CARES = Child Welfare Services ‑California Automated Response and Engagement System; CANS = Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths; BH ‑CONNECT = Behavioral Health Community ‑Based
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2022-23 Budget: California Food Assistance Program

Feb 11, 2022 - CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores. Monthly benefits per household vary based on household size, income, and deductible living expenses, with larger households generally receiving more benefits than smaller households and rel atively higher ‑income households generally receiving fewer benefits than lower ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4532

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Grants Still Not Estimated to Meet Legislature ’s Goal for All Recipients. As part of the 2018-19 Budget Act , the Legislature set a goal to increase CalWORKs grants to 50  percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) for a family that is one person larger than the number of people in the family for which the grant amount is calculated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 5, 2026 - The value of lost eligibility and benefits to Medi ‑Cal and CalFresh enrollees is larger still. Addressing the structural budget problem will require difficult trade ‑offs. Backfilling lost federal benefits under H.R.  1 would require billions of dollars in additional budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - The  local child welfare agency still will need to be involved tangentially in the family ’s case in that the agency will be responsible for confirming the child/family is an eligible candidate for Title IV ‑E prevention services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores. Monthly benefits per household vary based on household size, income, and deductible living expenses —with larger households generally receiving more benefits than smaller households and relatively higher-income households generally receiving fewer benefits than lower-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - As noted above, many factors can contribute to crashes, some of which fit neatly into this framework and some of which do not. Nevertheless, this information can help us make some progress towards understanding the trend in motor vehicle  deaths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - As a result, the purchasing power of the grants —that is, how much families can buy —decreases over time absent legislative action. Moreover, as part of the budget solutions adopted during the Great Recession, CalWORKs grant levels were reduced by first 4  percent and then 8  percent in 2011 and remained below their pre-recession peak until 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Taken Together, These Cost Drivers Account for Much of the Growth Overall, IHSS Cost Growth Can Be Attributed to Three Main Factors. IHSS costs can be largely attributed to three primary factors: caseload, cost per hour, and hours per case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166